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Streamlining Microservices Testing With Platform Engineering

Standardizing testing processes is critical for improving engineering efficiency, reducing costs and increasing system reliability in the microservices domain of software engineering.
Nonstandard testing practices can lead to redundancies, increased maintenance costs, and expensive production issues, which can potentially affect revenue.
Platform engineering teams can collaborate with quality assurance teams to develop internal tools that standardize technical testing processes and provide self-service capabilities to developers.
Standardization can be achieved by consolidating multiple test environments, establishing early previews of code changes, and implementing shift-left automated testing.
The strategic areas of standardization discussed are integral to elevating the overall effectiveness and efficiency of platform engineering functions.
The key guiding principles to ensure effective testing efforts are outcome over output, value-driven testing, and iterative improvement.
Effective testing strategies align closely with business objectives, ensuring efforts are concentrated, where they deliver the most value.
Signadot helps platform teams to simplify and standardize testing and preview environments and enables a shift-left approach in the development cycle while minimizing infrastructure costs.
Platform engineers at Brex were able to scale developer testing across hundreds of engineers without duplicating infrastructure, and Earnest empowered its developers to conduct early testing in production-like environments, catching issues sooner and reducing costs.
Standardizing testing practices and processes with the help of platform engineering can enhance both efficiency and effectiveness in the development processes.

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Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) with custom domain name

To configure Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) with a custom domain name:
1. Provision TLS Certificates using Cert-Manager.
2. Update DNS Records with the Ingress Controller's external IP.
3. Install ECK and configure Ingress.
4. Deploy an Elasticsearch cluster and a Kibana instance.

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Mastering Amazon Web Services: Tips for Managing Your AWS Email Address

Managing email addresses in AWS is a crucial aspect of maintaining communication efficiency and compliance within your organization.
Amazon SES allows you to lease a dedicated IP address, ensuring that your emails are delivered from a consistent source, which can improve your sender reputation and deliverability rates.
AWS also offers a pay-less-by-using-more feature, which provides volume-based discounts.
Automating the sending of emails, especially for tasks like user verifications, can significantly streamline your business processes.
Setting up a customer contact center with AWS involves leveraging the power of AWS Connect, a service designed to deploy a contact center swiftly and efficiently.
In conclusion, mastering Amazon Web Services for managing your AWS email address involves utilizing services like Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) to send and receive emails efficiently and cost-effectively.
SES can be set up for a domain by configuring the necessary DNS settings, verifying the domain ownership, and creating appropriate IAM roles and policies for seamless email management.
The pay-as-you-go pricing model in AWS allows users to pay only for the resources they use, making it a cost-effective option for managing email addresses without incurring unnecessary expenses.
AWS Auto Scaling groups can create application load balancers across multiple availability zones, providing scalability and reliability for managing email addresses effectively with SES.
Amazon EFS can be used to store data across instances in an Auto Scaling group, ensuring data persistence and accessibility for managing email addresses securely and efficiently.

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ScaleOps Adds Predictive Horizontal Scaling, Smart Placement

The Israeli startup ScaleOps has added horizontal scaling and other features to its offering to dynamically allocate container resources at runtime.
Its predictive horizontal pod autoscaling uses AI to forecast application loads to scale in real time.
The company also introduced intelligent pod placement, which optimizes resource allocation by considering application constraints and cluster status.
ScaleOps aims to save organizations 50% in cloud costs and improve application performance with its real-time predictive scaling and intelligent pod placement capabilities.

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How to Thoroughly Cancel All AWS Services: A Step-by-Step Guide

This guide provides a step-by-step process for cancelling all AWS services effectively and securely.
Identify active services with tools such as AWS CLI, AWS Config and CloudWatch.
Understand service interdependencies to prevent disruptions in related systems.
Back up all necessary data to prevent data loss before shutting down instances and deleting resources.
Review AWS billing dashboard, close account, and handle refunds and credits.
Ensure compliance and data security post-cancellation by securing data, certifying data deletion, and maintaining compliance records.
Troubleshoot common issues during cancellation, such as billing discrepancies and termination errors.
Contact AWS Support for assistance.
Maintain a clear data retention policy and regularly audit your AWS services and resources to optimize cloud costs.
Closing an AWS account is an irreversible action; ensure that you have no further need for any AWS services or data.

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Kubernetes CRDs: The Backbone of Kubernetes Extensibility

Kubernetes CRDs (Custom Resource Definitions) empower developers to extend Kubernetes by creating custom resource types.
CRDs allow Kubernetes to recognize and handle custom resources just like its native objects.
CRDs make Kubernetes flexible, enabling the addition of new features, staying declarative, and automating tasks.
CRDs are commonly used in popular Kubernetes tools like Cert-Manager, ArgoCD, and Prometheus Operator.

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The partnership that will prevent vape sales to minors

Johnston Retail Services has partnered with Privately SA to bring the AgeAI app to Ireland, helping to prevent vape sales to minors and avoid the risk of costly fines
Privately's AgeAI app provides automated and highly accurate facial age estimation, removing the guesswork from age checks and mitigating the risk of fines for selling vapes to children
A 2023 study revealed that more than one-third of young people aged 13 to 16 in Ireland currently vape, and almost one-quarter of 10 to 12-year-olds said they had tried vaping
Johnston Retail Services, in partnership with Privately SA, will bring AgeAI to stores in Ireland, providing an automated and efficient solution for age verification during vape purchases

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The Original Disruptor of the Music Industry

The Wu-Tang Clan introduced unbundling into the music industry 6 years earlier in 1993 when Bobby Diggs insisted upon each individual artist retaining the option to sign as independent artists at any other label.
Diggs integrated a key capability of his supplier by mastering the skills necessary for music production and used guerrilla marketing tactics to get his music in front of listeners and create proven demand.
This contract structure was stunning in that it allowed all the artists involved (including himself) to be free agents outside of the group who had the right to negotiate and sign deals with other record companies.
Diggs wanted to control the pricing power and leverage of their key suppliers (the record companies) and retain the “wholesale transfer pricing power” advantage for all the artists within the Wu-Tang umbrella.
The Wu-Tang artists and the music industry as a whole won through the success of the Wu-Tang Clan, which was a pivotal event in creating what has now become the most popular selling genre of music.
The sheer amount of amazing content that was created as a result of a small yet powerful nuance in the original contract of the Wu-Tang Clan leaves but one question: Can it all be so simple?
Diggs’ courage and confidence were on full display when he sacrificed short-term revenue to gain long-term leverage.
In the recent past, cable TV providers bundled all of the individual networks and programs into one simple offering that consumers could buy. In the current world, unbreakable rules and legacy best practices are no longer rock-solid concepts that can be relied upon to deliver business results.
Optionality in financial markets is a concept that has been gaining traction in recent years thanks to the work of Nassim Nicholas Taleb. In the digital business context, optionality can be described as having a choice within your control but not the obligation to pursue it.
The RZA created and retained optionality for the members of The Wu-Tang Clan and also utilized convex and serial optionality to capture immense revenue gains from the marketplace in music, concerts, merchandise, and now streaming video.

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Dockerizing a Simple PHP Application

Containerization is a game-changer for developers seeking consistency and portability across different environments.
This blog post provides a practical example of Dockerizing a simple PHP application.
The guide walks through the steps of creating a Dockerfile, building a Docker image, running a Docker container, and accessing the application.
The benefits of Dockerizing PHP apps include consistency, portability, and ease of setup.

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Crossroads 2024: Reflections on Leadership, Legacy, and Modern Practices

As a software engineer and leader who has experienced two distinct eras of software delivery, the author reflects on the transformative power of modern practices such as Agile, Lean, DevOps, and Value Stream Management on team design, architecture, and processes that drive fast flow, delivering value faster and out-innovating the competition.
The author finds themselves at a pivotal crossroads, asking themselves how they want to spend their remaining years of their career, and where they can make the most significant impact; reflecting on a mission to inspire leaders, empower teams, and leave a legacy that champions modern practices, continuous learning, and the art of the possible.
Their journey has been shaped by personal experiences and technological advancements that have redefined how we work, along with culture being at the core of this transformation. A strong culture precedes processes, tools, and methodologies placing people at the center of an organization’s purpose. AI is a tool that complements modern leadership, opening up new opportunities for innovation and engagement, though it’s also important to adopt thoughtfully and be 'the human in the loop' in the process.
Leadership isn’t about perfection; it’s about progress, building trust, and empowering teams to thrive. High-performing teams prioritize based on expected outcomes, driving efficiency while maintaining a strong sense of purpose. This alignment enhances engagement, ensuring a greater impact for every dollar invested.
Having led teams through two distinct software delivery eras, the author is passionate about their role now, and building teams and organizations that set new standards. Their mission is to deliver the right digital products quickly, securely, and efficiently while fostering a culture of innovation and engagement.
The author intends to honor those who influenced and inspired them and help even one senior leader, organization, team, or individual create thriving environments, rethink leadership, or achieve better outcomes.

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Agile Is Rigor Mortis as Software’s State Religion

Agile has held a position as somewhat of a professional religion of software engineering.
Recent research has found that Agile software projects had a 268% higher failure rate.
Google’s DORA team is turning their backs on Agile and DevOps.
Synodus is reporting that by moving away from Agile, they are delivering projects 2-3x faster.
Impact Engineering is being favored over traditional Agile and DevOps metrics.
Loss aversion awareness can play a big role in mitigating project success.
The paper concludes that merely having clear requirements, even when they change late in development, seems to have a significant role in software project success.
Existing software engineering methodologies fail to address that humans are not machines and psychological factors impede the ability to address problems.
Having identified the issue, the paper presents how to use requirements before the start of a project to provide the opportunity to address problems when loss aversion is at its lowest.
Software projects become disasters when humans fail to address smaller scale technical problems.

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Day 2: Docker Installation & Hello World!

Today's blog post covers the installation of Docker and running the first container.
Docker is available for major platforms like Windows, Mac, Linux, and even Raspberry Pi.
The easiest way to get started is by downloading Docker Desktop application.
After installation, verify it using the 'docker info' command and run 'docker run hello-world' to ensure a successful installation.

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Headlamp: Microsoft’s Open-Source k8s Manager

Microsoft has introduced a new open-source project called Headlamp, which aims to provide an efficient way to manage multiple Kubernetes clusters.
Headlamp is a GUI-based solution that allows users to view and manage Kubernetes resources and worker nodes in one place.
The installation of Headlamp can be done either inside the Kubernetes cluster using Helm or by downloading the graphical version for the operating system.
Once installed, users can configure Headlamp by scanning the kubeconfig on their local computer or by uploading it directly.

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Day 02: Setting Up Terraform

On Day 2 of the Terraform setup, we need to install the Terraform CLI.
The installation process is specific to Linux, but other platforms can refer to the official documentation.
A video demonstration of executing the commands from the official documentation is provided.
Stay tuned for the next episode and remember to follow and share this journey.

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Beyond Shift Left: Transforming Security from Reactive to Proactive Teamwork

CVEs have increased 30% year over year, with ransomware attacks like Blue Yonder becoming commonplace.
Ops teams are overwhelmed and lack the tools to address the complexity of vulnerability management.
Strategic cyber attacks that exploit vulnerabilities are on the rise, causing significant disruptions.
A holistic approach to security is necessary, investing in proactive security tools and processes.

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