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Cloud Native and Kubernetes Observability: Expert Panel
InfoQ recently caught up with Observability experts to discuss several topics including fundamental questions about what Observability really entails, the misconceptions and challenges that the users are facing, the open standards that are influencing the industry in general and why there is more interest in this area off late.
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2021 State of Testing Report: Testing Careers, Covid-19, Agile, Coaching & Training, Automation
The 2021 State of Testing report provides insights into the adoption of test techniques, practices, and test automation, and the challenges that testers are facing. Key topics from this report are testing careers, the impact of Covid-19, agile, DevOps and other methodologies, testing coaching & training, and automation and scripting.
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Why a Serverless Data API Might Be Your Next Database
In this article, author Pieter Humphrey discussed database as a service (DBaaS) and serverless data API for cloud based data management.
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A Gentle Introduction to eBPF
eBPF lets programmers execute custom bytecode within the kernel without having to change the kernel or load kernel modules. In this article, we will review what eBPF is, what it does, and how it works. Then, we will explain how to execute an eBPF program and provide an example of eBPF in action. Finally, we will conclude with recommendations for next steps.
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Indestructible Storage in the Cloud with Apache Bookkeeper
At Salesforce, we required a storage system that could work with two kinds of streams, one stream for write-ahead logs and one for data. But we have competing requirements from both of the streams. Being the pioneers in cloud computing, we also required our storage system to be cloud-aware as the requirements of availability and durability are ever more increasing.
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Uno Platform and Xamarin.Forms: Choosing Your Next UI Framework
In this article, Matt Lacey, Microsoft MVP, talks about his recent experience helping a company choose between Uno Platform and Xamarin.Forms. He explains the differences, similarities, and relationships between the two, considering what the future holds for both these platforms and how to choose between them.
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A Reference Architecture for Fine-Grained Access Management on the Cloud
In this article, we will define a new reference architecture for cloud-native companies that are looking for a simplified access management solution for their cloud resources, from SSH hosts, databases, data warehouses, to message pipelines and cloud storage endpoints.
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Introducing .NET Multi-Platform App UI: Q&A with David Ortinau
InfoQ interviewed David Ortinau, currently principal program manager for Mobile Developer Tools at Microsoft focused on Xamarin.Forms and now on .NET MAUI, to talk about .NET MAUI, the goals behind it, its future, and the migration path from Xamarin.Forms.
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Running Axon Server in a Virtual Machine
In this series, we’ve been looking at running Axon Server locally, in Docker, and Kubernetes. What happens if we use a VM as a platform? Naturally, we need to do more work to get everything set up correctly, because instead of sharing a part of the Operating System, we now have to consider everything from the machine and upwards.
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Nine Trends That Are Influencing the Adoption of Devops and Devsecops in 2021
While it’s important to recognize the value of both DevOps and DevSecOps, they are not one-size-fits-all, monolithic, permanent paradigms. In this article, we’ll take a look at that ongoing development – isolating and explaining nine key trends that are driving and changing the adoption of DevOps, DevSecOps, and a number of related approaches to development and management.
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Article Series: Building Microservices in Java
This article series will explore the state-of-the-art in building microservice-based architectures using the Java language. Alongside popular stalwarts, such as Spring Boot and Dropwizard, newer frameworks, such as Quarkus, Micronaut and Helidon, have been gaining momentum. These frameworks emerged after MicroProfile was introduced to the Java community in 2016.
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Signs You’re in a Death Spiral (and How to Turn It around before It’s Too Late)
Don’t let feature work blind you. Enterprises are ramping up their software delivery to compete in the digital-first world. But more features and faster time-to-market can lead your business into a death spiral if you neglect technical debt and risk work. Learn how to use value stream metrics to identify whether your business is in danger and how to reverse the trajectory before it’s too late.