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Automate AWS Lambda function deployments to AWS CDK

When you build a cloud-based application, you can choose to deploy the resources using the GUI (Graphical User Interface) or CLI (Command Line Interface) provided by the cloud provider. This approach can work well with just a handful of resources, but as the complexity of your application increases, it can become difficult to manage the infrastructure manually.

How Modern Infrastructure is Impacting Application Availability at Scale

The complexity of modern information technology (IT) infrastructures has grown exponentially and changed the way software companies operate and deliver products and services. The days of a single application server and a simple delivery path are long gone. Today’s application development and delivery process can encompass multiple platforms, cloud vendors, code libraries and customer bases.

Get Git Info with GitLens

GitLens is a popular extension built for Visual Studio Code that helps developers extract the powerful insights hidden within Git code repositories. This VS Code extension makes development effortless by providing tools to quickly glance through, compare, and track each line of a code. It also helps address the drawbacks and intrusiveness of native Git features in large-scale projects.

Machine Learning At The Forefront Of Telemental Health

Michael Stefferson received his PhD in Physics from the University of Colorado before deciding to make the jump into machine learning (ML). He spent the last several years as a Machine Learning Engineer at Manifold, where he first started working on projects in the healthcare industry. Recently, Stefferson joined the team at Cerebral as a Staff Machine Learning Engineer and hopes to leverage data to make clinical improvements for patients that will improve their lives in meaningful ways.

Track your test coverage with Datadog RUM and Synthetic Monitoring

The modern standards of the web demand that user-facing applications be highly usable and satisfying. When deploying frontends, it’s important to implement a comprehensive testing strategy to ensure your customers are getting the best possible user experience. It can be difficult, however, to gauge the effectiveness of your test suite. For instance, all of your tests may be passing, but they might not cover a specific UI element that is crucial to a critical workflow.

Connecting to incident.io with Zapier

At incident.io, we believe that incidents are for everyone. As part of enabling that mission, we think it’s essential to ensure that all users can create, configure, and maintain business processes related to an incident. Today, we have two approaches to support different people, products, and organisational structures: We’re excited to announce that we’re taking this further and adding Zapier to our growing list of options to automate your processes (and focus on fixing)!

"Hey Avantra, refresh my QA systems"

I remember just about three years ago sitting in a companywide meeting in a conference room at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Lisbon, Portugal (Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisboa). Our CTO, Bernd Engist, was giving us a presentation about some new features we had recently developed on automating the start/stop process of an SAP system.

Quick Beginners Tutorial to PowerShell ISE

Since its introduction, Windows PowerShell ISE has become one of the must-have system administration tools for IT professionals. Its robust GUI has served as a close companion to Windows PowerShell, allowing users to test and debug scripts for automation and task management. We hope this article serves as a small intro to the PowerShell ISE. We’ll be covering what PowerShell ISE is and how you can make the best use of it. Dig in to learn the basics of PowerShell ISE.

Citrix Monitoring Masterclass with George Spiers - Q&A

Citrix monitoring refers to the ability to monitor Citrix services end-to-end. It includes the ability to monitor user experience – from logon time to application launch time to screen refresh latency so administrators can easily monitor and track if they are meeting their service levels (SLAs).

Amazon Photos Alternative? The Good, the Bad, and More Private Options

You've heard of Amazon, but do you have any idea how many services they actually offer? They have their online store, streaming video service, Audible for audiobooks, AWS for commercial cloud computing and server services, and so very much more. Did you know they have a cloud photo service called Amazon Photos? Well, they do. Is Amazon Photos good enough to try out, and can you trust such a massive cooperation with all of your precious photos?