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When building Cloud applications, we often put significant effort into breaking down our monoliths into small code pieces. They are easier to maintain but hard to make them communicate together. This is where NATS comes in. NATS is a simple and highly performant messaging system for Cloud-native apps. In this talk, I will share my experience using NATS at Qovery, why you should or should not use it, and the difference between the well-known RabbitMQ and Kafka.

Are you a designer within a software company? How do you manage your tasks and collaborate on those with your team? At Codefresh we use Jira for managing all our R&D and design tasks. This post provides an overview on how we manage design related tasks in Figma and ensure the issues are visible within Figma through the use of components. If you are new to components, have a look at our previous blog post on how we use components in our Design System.

When reading about Chaos Engineering, you’ll likely hear the terms “fault injection” or “failure injection.” As the name suggests, fault injection is a technique for deliberately introducing stress or failure into a system in order to see how the system responds. But what exactly does this mean, and how does this relate to Chaos Engineering?

A decade ago, DevOps teams were slow, lumbering behemoths with little automation and lots of manual review processes. As explained in the 2020 State of DevOps Report, new software releases were rare but required all hands on deck. Now, DevOps teams embrace Agile workflows and automation. They release often, with relatively few changes. High-quality DevOps change management is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s a must. For a lot of DevOps teams, this is easier said than done.

We give entrepreneurs from around the world the opportunity to build their projects with FlashDrive, and we're grateful to be able to give back to the startup community all the help we received when we launched FlashDrive not so long ago. FlashDrive Startups Program is a free program designed for startups at various stages that provides free computational credit and dedicated support to help startups quickly get started with FlashDrive's infrastructure, innovate, and grow rapidly.

The planning of an IT automation project is crucial to success, this article takes a deep dive into areas which should be considered and addressed before embarking on an automation journey. Securing executive sponsorship and establishing governance Having the support and guidance from a senior leader within your organisation will undoubtedly benefit the delivery of your project. Implementing automation is change, and as with any change; has the potential for resistance.