There’s just something about the fresh start you get with a new job. Both my previous job and my new one began with the opportunity to build a new infrastructure from scratch. In both cases, as is common with startup infrastructure in its early stages, everything was to be built using Amazon Web Services (AWS), […]
Month: March 2016
HPE and Microsoft Back Data Center Startup Mesosphere
Mesosphere, the data center startup commercializing open source technology that powers data centers for some of the most popular tech companies, including Apple, Netflix, Twitter, eBay, and Uber, has scored official backing from two giants in the enterprise data center space: Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Microsoft. via HPE and Microsoft Back Data Center Startup Mesosphere […]
Patch Java now, says Oracle.
Malicious web page could achieve remote PC takeover without authentication Oracle is urging Java users to upgrade, ASAP, to crimp a very nasty bug in the desktop and browser plug-in versions of the software. Labelled CVE-2016-0636, the flaw scored a 9.3 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System bug severity rating. That high score comes about […]
Building Resilient Microservices from the Fallacies of Distributed Computing
Microservices are the latest hot trend in software architecture – and with good reason. They create a path to Continuous Deployment in cloud-native environments, giving organizations increased business velocity and flexibility. However, that speed can lead engineers to focus too much on the business features they are more easily churning out and forget that their […]
How to Manage the “7 Wastes” of Agile Software Development
Origins of the term waste The concept of “waste” in business was coined in the manufacturing industry during late 1940s. It was used by Toyota. In those days, automobiles involved a huge amount of manufacturing, and companies had to charge their customers a high price. The only option for Toyota to reduce car prices was […]
The Twelve-Factor App
In the modern era, software is commonly delivered as a service: called web apps, or software-as-a-service. The twelve-factor app is a methodology for building software-as-a-service apps that: Use declarative formats for setup automation, to minimize time and cost for new developers joining the project; Have a clean contract with the underlying operating system, offering maximum […]
Sequioa’s Microservices Ecosystem
Sequioa published their updated view of the developing microservices ecosystem. This should help anyone looking to make the shift to developing microservices. Source: Sequoia Capital
Microservices: An application revolution powered by the cloud
We are in the midst of an application development and IT system management revolution driven by the cloud. Fast, agile, inexpensive, and massively scalable infrastructure, offered fully self-service and with pay-as-you-go billing, is improving operational efficiency and enabling faster-time-to-value across industries. The emergence of containers, with their fast startup, standardized application packaging, and isolation model, […]
Get ready to patch Git servers, clients – nasty-looking bugs surface
Code dive A chap who found two serious security bugs in Git servers and clients has urged people to patch their software. The flaws are present in Git pre-2.7.0, including the 1.9 and 1.7 branches, meaning the vulnerabilities have been lurking in version control tool for years. These two programming blunders can be potentially exploited […]
Amazon Web Services turns ten years old
It sounds like a work of fiction to say that a bookstore would grow to one day power much of the web’s critical infrastructure, but 10 years ago, that’s exactly what happened when Amazon launched S3, rewriting the rules around hosting and helping launch an ever-growing cloud industry. In the original 2006 press release, Amazon […]
