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Kubernetes has become an enormously popular choice for containerized applications since its 2014 launch. Many software developers rely on the tool, which is now in v1.23.1. However, there are other choices on the market for container orchestration. One such tool is Nomad, originally launched in 2015. Generally pitched as an alternative to Kubernetes, Nomad, which most recently released v1.2, promotes itself as a simple, flexible option for software teams.

Today, I was working on our Terraform Provider, and I noticed that I never tried to deploy an application from scratch on a new and clean AWS account. Meaning, an empty AWS account - with 0 resources created. No VPC, no EC2, no Load Balancer, nothing... just an IAM user to get access to my AWS account programmatically. This post explains what I did and how it took 37 minutes and 33 seconds to literally: 😅 Let's explain all of that!

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is an AWS-managed service. It is used by startups, small & mid-sized businesses for web application development. As it comes pre-configured with EC2 server and is efficient at using automatic provisioning of services and resources, handling application code and environment configurations seems easier with this PaaS solution. AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a go-to option for various startups, small & mid-sized businesses.

Software development no more emphasizes “final delivery” or deployment of a project. It is more about “continuous delivery and integration” today. The market also demands rapid delivery and updates without missing out on elements like ‘quality’ and ‘innovation.’ So, instead of building a super-robust well-tested product at once, developers focus on faster and bug-free releases to create a reliable product over time.

Pricing is a complex topic matter, and there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to pricing. Few things impact growth and revenue as much as your pricing. Finding the right balance between value and revenue will make or break your business. While most founders have a clear product vision and have thought through things like their go-to-market strategy or hiring plans, surprisingly, few have an idea about what their pricing should look like.

Developers love containers for their portability and flexibility. Suitable for today’s cloud-native environment and agile development requirements, containers make it super-fast to develop, test, and run applications. Besides this, they are lightweight and can optimize the platform (and the host OS) they are deployed on. Now, for powerful applications with hundreds of containers, the platform should also be portable, flexible, extensible, and efficient.

Big news! The Qovery Terraform Provider is now publicly available for everyone! This article will show you what you can do and why you should consider using Terraform with Qovery.

When we talk about various deployment and infrastructure provisioning choices on AWS, each option serves a particular set of users and needs. Some of Amazon's most common deployment services include Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, and CodeDeploy. In containerization, there are options like ECS, EKS, Fargate, etc.

When the CTO of this growing company (freshly acquired by a billion-dollar company) contacted me, he was concerned by the ability of his team to deliver what they committed to for the current year. His main issue was 15 engineers working in the same development environment. Can you imagine developing on the same workstation? Things will get worst as they plan to quadruple their engineering team size in the next 18 months.