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KubeCon Europe 2023 Highlights Kubernetes Explosion and Need for Instant Platform Engineering

The CNCF’s flagship KubeCon Europe 2023 conference in Amsterdam last week was a vibrant sold-out affair that drew more than 10,000 attendees, 58% of whom were new to the conference, with another 2,000 people on the waitlist.

Cloud Earnings Season - The Great Cloud Scaledown Of 2023

It’s cloud earnings week this week for AWS, GCP, and Azure, and I have already heard the pundits warming up the hot takes. Some are even asking if this could be the end of the cloud. My advice to you: Don’t be that person unless you enjoy being horribly wrong. No, I'm not saying that when AWS, Azure, and GCP report their growth that it's going to be anything different than what we expect.

Pocket article: Debug vs. Release Builds Considered Harmful

Separate “debug” and “release” builds are very common in embedded development. Typically the notion is improved debug capabilities (less aggressive compiler optimizations, more debugging information like logs) vs. highly optimized and hardened production release builds. I’m here to describe disadvantages to this practice, and why it might make sense to consolidate to a single build! Like Interrupt? Subscribe to get our latest posts straight to your mailbox.

Containerize a Rails 7 App and Run it on Vultr with Cloud 66

To celebrate a 3-year integration anniversary between Cloud 66 and Vultr we’re showcasing some of the changes and improvements that we have implemented in both of our platforms. To show how well our platforms work together, we’re taking a Rails 7 application sample and walking you through how to containerize and deploy that application on Vultr with Cloud 66.

7 ways businesses can improve the quality and speed of database releases

The quality of database releases relies on thorough initial testing in development with teams needing access to fast, reliable data. While database testing is one of the most challenging aspects of development, processes which utilize database clones can overcome these issues. A database clone is a complete and fully functioning copy of a database that is identical to the original in terms of the metadata and the data.

User story: How automating reporting helps a top 3 bank improve MTTR by 90%

Imagine being one of the world’s largest banking institutions and experiencing a critical severity security incident that affects millions of customers and billions of dollars. Now imagine it takes 20 minutes from the first notification to log a response and track down all relevant information from a variety of global systems just to understand the context and nature of the incident.

Try Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel TDX today: limited preview now available on Azure

On behalf of the Canonical confidential computing team, I am happy to announce the limited preview of Ubuntu Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on Microsoft Azure. As part of the DCev5-series and ECesv5-series VMs, they’re available for you to try today! This exciting development is an important milestone in Ubuntu’s journey to power the confidential public cloud of the future.

Why Am I Seeing NGINX 502 Bad Gateway: PHP-FPM?

The NGINX Error 502 Bad Gateway is a common error among website users. There are various possible reasons for this error and different ways to solve it. In this article, we will look at the main possible causes and how they can be solved by users and web developers. Use MetricFire's platform to analyze your system’s performance and troubleshoot errors.