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Maximizing Uptime and Security: Best Practices for AWS and Azure IAAS

Cloud computing has become an essential tool for businesses looking to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve reliability. Among the most popular cloud providers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure are two of the leading players in the industry. Both AWS and Azure offer Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions that allow businesses to host and manage virtual machines in the cloud.

What are the biggest challenges organizations face in their digital transformation efforts?

As part of a recent Redgate Summit which focused on digital transformation and data modernization, I was fortunate enough to be able to interview Pramod Sadalage, a Director at Thoughtworks. There, and I’m quoting here, he enjoys the rare role of bridging the divide between database professionals and application developers.

7 Things You Need to Know About Github's Sponsors-Only Repositories

Open-source software is driving some of the most exciting innovations today. According to The Linux Foundation, open-source constitutes about 70 to 90% of all modern software solutions. But it isn’t all fun and games: open-source software is free, which brings about operational inefficiencies due to a lack of financial support for their developers. Platforms like Switch and SubStack started incentivizing paid subscription models to solve this problem.

Introducing AppSignal for Hanami

Struggling to keep track of key metrics and potential issues in your Hanami application? AppSignal integrates seamlessly with Hanami 2.0 actions to provide action-level insights, making it easier for you to ensure a smooth-running application. In this blog post, you'll learn about the integration between AppSignal and Hanami and how it solves your performance monitoring challenges.

A Guide to Using ARM Stack Limit Registers

Stack overflows have notoriously plagued the development processes. They often can go undetected and can present themselves in obscure ways. We have implemented software mechanisms to protect against them, but these have limitations and still don’t protect against all conditions. With the maturity of the ARM architecture, wouldn’t it be better to have a fool-proof mechanism for detecting overflows?

Internet in Numbers 2022

“The Internet (or Internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies.

Using Playwright to Monitor Third-Party Resources That Could Impact User Experience

Today’s web consists of lots of 3rd party resources. Let it be your fonts, transformed and optimized media assets, or analytics and ad scripts, many sites out there include resources that they don’t own. Your website probably has a lot of those dependencies, too! And while implementing third-party resources has downsides for performance and you should self-host your assets when possible, sometimes relying on external files is unavoidable.

Best Search Packages for JavaScript

The demand for search functionality is growing, and many developers are trying to incorporate it into their applications. However, building one from scratch is challenging and time-consuming. Fortunately, many open-source libraries are available to relieve developers of this burden. This guide will provide the reader with a list of some of the best search packages for JavaScript.