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What should you choose? Docker Swarm vs Kubernetes

Since the introduction of containerisation by Linux many years ago, maturity has shifted from the traditional virtual machine to these containers. These tools have made application development much easier than the initial process. Docker Swarm and Kubernetes came into action when the number of containers increased within a system, they helped orchestrate these containers. A question that arises is, which one is the better option?

Engineering Manager from a non-STEM background?

There is a long list of requirements a hiring manager looks at before hiring an Engineering Manager, there needs to be a balance between technical and leadership skills to perform well in the position. Engineering Manager roles differ from company to company. It is hard to list what a day in an engineering manager’s life looks like.

Zenduty's Commitment to Security; Soc 2 Type 2

Security is a major requirement while dealing with SAAS companies across the globe. As a service provider to leading companies globally YellowAnt is fully committed to provide the best in class security compliance, in lieu of that we on May 31, 2022 have become Soc2 Type II compliant. It is integral to maintain our customers’ trust by keeping their data safe and secure.

Launched - Zenduty Web v2.0

We constantly update the platform to provide the best-in-class experience to our users. These updates are not something that we feel is right for the client; these updates are based on the user data, behavior, and requests that our users provide. We are always excited to bring new updates and share them with people but this one is special! We bring to you Zenduty Web v2.0!

Zenduty iOS and Android v3.0

We constantly update the platform to provide the best-in-class experience to our users. These updates are not something that we feel is right for the client; these updates are based on the user data, behavior, and requests that our users provide. We are always excited to bring new updates and share them with people but this one is special! We bring to you Zenduty iOS and Android v3.0!

All or none; Things to consider before major code refactoring

You just hired a bunch of superstars who are in tune with the latest industry trends. They roll up their sleeves and get to work. In a few days, they point out some systematic issues in your codebase that is making it difficult to expand current capabilities, and chalk out a plan for significant refactoring. But there’s a caveat - the refactor work will be a blocking issue for your near future roadmap.

Customizing Error Pages (Nginx Ingress Controller)

The most common way to do it, which is part of the offical solution is to create a Docker image server capable of responding to any request with 404 content, except /healthz and /metrics. This could be an Nginx instance. /healthz should return 200 /metrics is optional, but it should return data that is readable by Prometheus in case you are using it for k8s metrics. Note: Nginx can provide some basic data that Prometheus can read. /returns a 404 with your custom HTML content.

Sprint planning - How to prioritize urgent production issues?

Small engineering team members wear a lot of hats while working on a product. It becomes hard to prioritize and deal with issues that arise during production when a sprint is already planned and put in place. This not only makes sprints harder to plan but also reduces accountability. How do you tackle this problem and make sure your engineering team does not burn out at the same time? Let’s list down a couple of characteristics of this engineering team that is quite common across the board.

Announcing our $1.9M round of funding

It is with a great deal of anticipation and excitement that I’m announcing our $1.9M round of funding, led by StartupXSeed Ventures along with participation from marquee enterprise SaaS investors Powerhouse Ventures, Secure Octane fund, Kwaish Ventures, Supermorpheus, Titan Capital, 100X Entrepreneurs, Viral Bajaria(CTO, 6Sense), Premal Shah(SVP, 6Sense), Hitesh Chawla(CEO SilverPush), Sumit Jain(CTO, BirdEye) and existing investors Anand Chandrasekaran(EVP, Five9), Rajesh Sawhney(GSF), Ashish To

Preventing your teams from burning out while working from home

In the past year of covid related working from home, we are increasingly seeing more burnouts in engineering teams worldwide. More and more devs are partially checked out and may not be putting their 100% in team activities (planning, grooming, code review, quality checks). In these testing times, we have found some of the ways to keep your team motivated.