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Learn to mock your MySQL database and get realistic test data without the hassle of a live server!

Proxymock allows you to record real interactions between your application and a MySQL database. Use proxymock to simulate your database during local development and testing. Get real data without running a live MySQL server. Modify mock responses to fit your testing needs. Simplify your testing workflow and replicate production data easily.

Security vs. ops: the two sides of reliability

Security and ops work together to keep your systems reliable, but why do we treat them so differently? Reliability results start when you proactively take charge of your infrastructure and application risks. Transcript: When we talk about reliability in the software space and the digital operations space, you really end up falling into these two different mindsets.

Workstations at Scale: Challenges, Trade-offs, and Emerging Solutions

Scaling workstation deployments is never straightforward. IT teams need to balance performance, cost, manageability, and security, but the trade-offs between approaches can be significant. In this blog, we’ll walk through the three most common deployment models, highlight their limitations, and introduce how newer solutions like Computle illustrate a different path.

Anbox Cloud 1.27.0: what's new?

In this video, the Anbox team covers new features and changes in their latest 1.27.0 release: What is Anbox Cloud? Anbox Cloud lets you run virtualized Android environments securely, at any scale, to any device letting you focus on your use case. Run Android in system containers, not emulators, on AWS, OCI, Azure, GCP or your private cloud with ultra low streaming latency.

Understanding Variable Costs In The Cloud

Cloud costs don’t wait for your finance team to catch up. They spike on product launches, dip when usage slows, and sometimes blow past forecasts overnight. Every container spun up, every gigabyte stored, and every terabyte transferred adds to the tab. The main culprit is often variable costs. In this guide, we’ll break down how variable costs affect budgeting and the strategies you can use to turn cost variability into a competitive advantage.

GitKraken MCP: Give Copilot & Cursor the Git Context They're Missing

AI assistants like Cursor and GitHub Copilot are fun to play with. They autocomplete code, refactor functions, and occasionally argue with you about whether you really needed that semicolon. But the moment you ask them to do something grounded in your repo, say, “start work on JIRA-123”… you hit a wall. They don’t know your branching conventions. They don’t know how your team links issues.

Kubernetes v1.34: What You Need to Know

Kubernetes v1.34, codenamed “Of Wind & Will (O’ WaW)”, brings a wide range of enhancements aimed at making clusters more efficient, secure, and easier to manage. This release delivers 58 enhancements with 23 graduating to Stable, 22 entering Beta, and 13 in Alpha, reflecting the platform’s continued maturation as enterprises scale their container orchestration needs.

Introducing Puppet Edge: The Future of Network and Edge Device Management

Discover how Puppet Edge is revolutionizing infrastructure management by combining declarative and imperative approaches into one powerful solution. In this video, Margaret Lee, a product leader at Puppet, introduces Puppet Edge and explains how it simplifies the management of your entire estate, from network to edge devices.