How to Survive Database Failover – Debezium and PostgreSQL in Production
Getting Debezium to stream the first PostgreSQL change into Kafka is straightforward; keeping it correct through failover is the interesting part.
Archive for the category: Infrastructure
Postmortem: The Boiler Incident
The following is an attempt to clarify the circumstances of a production incident that happened more than 10 years ago; it is also a lesson to all of us to decouple our production servers from boilers in distant Balkan countries.
How to turn peak season chaos into a developer’s success story
Everyone experiences high-pressure days at work, but for our team Black Friday takes the crown.
Researcher in a deep tech startup explains the state of quantum computing
Join our conversation with a quantum researcher for a comprehensive look at quantum computing.
Engineer Explains: Scaling infrastructure from 0 to 20 million users explained in 5 minutes
We've asked experienced engineers to share how they would explain some tech terminology at three levels of experience - from junior developer to CTO.
Engineer Explains: What junior/senior developers and CTOs need to know about internal developer platforms
We've asked experienced engineers to share how they would explain some tech terminology at three levels of experience - from junior developer to CTO.
Edge computing in a nutshell by Erica Pisani
Explore how edge computing enhances performance by processing data closer to its source and learn about leveraging this technology for optimal performance with minimal changes from an expert in this field.
Database migration: Developers’ open-heart surgery
Live database migrations are developers' heart surgeries – and ours sure felt like it. Even now we have a long-lasting relationship with the patient and are keeping an eye on the surgery aftermath.
Michael Coté, VMware: Developer platforms have been a thing for at least 10 years
Michael also shares his opinion on DevOps vs. SRE vs. Platform Engineering debate, and the key ingredient for successful developer platform.
Is Terraform still open-source? Yes, but…
HashiCorp's change in licensing has prompted a backlash and a debate on the future of the open-source software.