Maintenance Resources

A Primer on the History and Evolution of Incident Management to Today

Many of the concepts SREs take for granted about incident management originated with efforts to fight fires in California in the 1970s. Find out more below!

January 21, 2022

by JJ Tang

CORE

· 4,141 Views · 2 Likes

Microservices: Good for Developers' Mental Health

Microservices boost the most important but hard-to-measure metric: Developer Confidence. High confidence fuels good mental health, which can have dramatic benefits in the new workplace.

January 20, 2022

by Simone Pezzano

· 3,827 Views · 3 Likes

How To Deploy and Manage Redis Database on AWS Using Terraform

Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) has become an essential capability for any cloud service for it allows you to manage infrastructure with configuration files rather than through a GUI.

January 16, 2022

by Ajeet Raina

· 5,720 Views · 3 Likes

DevOps Contribution in Using Its Methods for Adoption in Software Development

DevOps has been a compilation of many things including technological tools and procedures. It has brought an improvement in the process of software development.

January 16, 2022

by Ayodele Johnson

· 5,003 Views · 2 Likes

Detecting and Solving Segmentation Faults in Linux Containers

In this article, we will explain what segmentation fault is, what causes them, and how to detect or troubleshoot them.

Updated January 13, 2022

by Hitesh Jethva

· 18,534 Views · 3 Likes

8 Top Metrics for Measuring Your Technical Debt in 2022

Technical debt metrics help you to monitor deficiencies in your current codebase. We decided to look at how they work, and pick out the best tracking tools.

January 13, 2022

by Alex Omeyer

· 21,800 Views · 10 Likes

A Tentative Comparison of Fault Tolerance Libraries on the JVM

From a number of libraries implementing fault tolerance features on the JVM, this post will look at Microprofile Fault Tolerance, Failsafe, and Resilience4J.

January 10, 2022

by Nicolas Fränkel

CORE

· 3,142 Views · 5 Likes

Hardware Optimization: Best Practices for Database Performance Boost

This article goes through the process of choosing the right components for your database server, ensuring the best performance for database workloads and apps.

December 27, 2021

by Borko Drljaca

· 8,251 Views · 1 Like

How to Practically Implement Microservices Infrastructure in Your Business

This article includes a tutorial for implementing Microservices infrastructure in your business — including using monolithic architecture.

Updated December 23, 2021

by Shy Lee

· 21,804 Views · 9 Likes

Practical Guide to SRE: Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

Learn why IaC is a great tool for SREs in particular, offering special advantages for enforcing configurations that maximize reliability across all IT assets.

December 10, 2021

by Quentin Rousseau

· 9,302 Views · 3 Likes

Using Datafold to Enhance DBT for Data Observability

We’ll look at how Datafold and dbt work in tandem to bring observability and repeatability into your data quality process.

December 7, 2021

by Michael Bogan

CORE

· 8,466 Views · 1 Like

How to Develop a Terraform Custom Provider

Learn how a custom terraform provider works and how to create and use a custom provider. Plus, discover what happens while invoking the Terraform CLI command.

Updated December 4, 2021

by Saravanan G

· 10,333 Views · 5 Likes

Five Data Quality Tools You Should Know

We'll consider five data quality tools and see how they can help you in your data journey. Let’s set the stage for why ensuring data quality is a business essential.

December 1, 2021

by Michael Bogan

CORE

· 8,372 Views · 4 Likes

Software Engineering Best Practices That High-Performing Teams Follow

I approached this article with broad strokes to move beyond the typical list. Let's take a look at the software engineering best practices that high-performing teams follow.

November 24, 2021

by Cate Lawrence

CORE

· 48,734 Views · 16 Likes

Developers Are Leaving Their Jobs to Escape From Your Bad Codebase

We surveyed engineers to learn how codebase health impacts hiring and retention. Here's what we learned and how to ask interviewers about code quality.

November 16, 2021

by Alex Omeyer

· 6,512 Views · 4 Likes

What is Data Lineage and How Can It Ensure Data Quality?

By providing a clear representation of the flow of data, a data lineage system essentially allows you to have your cake and eat it too.

November 10, 2021

by Michael Bogan

CORE

· 3,986 Views · 2 Likes

Installing and Debugging an Apereo Cas Application

Installing and debugging an Apereo CAS application: A step-by-step guide to implement a custom authentication handler in Apereo CAS.

November 9, 2021

by Upul Kamburawala

· 7,027 Views · 3 Likes

10 VS Code Extensions to Fight Technical Debt

The best engineering teams I’ve talked to use the right tools to continuously refactor code, improve their codebase communication, and address technical debt.

November 5, 2021

by Alex Omeyer

· 16,704 Views · 5 Likes

Cloud as an Enabler for Sustainability

Digital transformation is disruptive and innovative, but is it truly sustainable? Well, I would say there are two sides to every coin.

October 8, 2021

by Gaurav Agarwaal

· 7,035 Views · 4 Likes

Five Different Ways to Build AWS Infrastructure

Before deciding on how to create your production platform, learn about the benefits and drawbacks of different ways to build your AWS infrastructure.

September 30, 2021

by Joanna Wallace

· 13,640 Views · 2 Likes

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