Running Docker on a Cloud Server, Properly
Containers on a single server are an excellent, underrated production setup.
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Developer & DevOps
Deployment, automation, CI, containers and the day-to-day of shipping on cloud.
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All topicsLogs, Metrics and Traces: Which One Answers Which Question
Three kinds of telemetry, three kinds of question. Collecting all three badly is worse than collecting two well.
Cloud-Init: Servers That Configure Themselves
Every cloud provider runs cloud-init on first boot. Most people never use it, and then configure each server by hand.
Infrastructure as Code: Why It Is Worth the Setup
Clicking through a console is faster today and slower every day after. Code is slower today and identical every time.
VM, Container Platform, Serverless or PaaS: Choosing a Deployment Target
Four ways to run the same application, with very different operational and cost profiles.
CI/CD Pipelines: What a Good One Looks Like
A pipeline that takes twenty minutes gets worked around. A pipeline that takes three minutes changes how a team works.
Deploying Without Downtime
Zero-downtime deployment is mostly about two things: having more than one of everything, and making database changes…
Working With Cloud CLIs and APIs
The console is for exploring. The CLI is for doing the same thing twice, and the API is for doing it ten thousand…
Kubernetes: When It Helps and When It Is Overhead
Kubernetes solves real problems extremely well. Most teams adopt it before they have those problems.
Development, Staging and Production: Keeping Them Honest
A staging environment that differs from production in the wrong ways gives false confidence, which is worse than no…
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