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Azure VM Instance Types and Their Roles in Different Distributed Software Systems

Azure provides various VM instance types optimized for compute, memory, storage, or GPU needs, such as Databricks, Snowflake, AKS, Synapse, and Azure Functions.

September 11, 2025

by Srinivasarao Rayankula

· 19,869 Views · 3 Likes

Supercharging Your Chatbot With Context-Aware AI on AWS

Tired of chatbots that feel like scripts? Learn how to build a context-aware, AI-powered chatbot that remembers, responds, and scales as per need.

September 10, 2025

by Jyostna Seelam

· 5,570 Views

Using ChartMuseum as a Helm Repository

ChartMuseum is a lightweight, open-source Helm Chart repository for Kubernetes. Learn how to deploy it, enable authentication, and integrate with CI/CD.

September 9, 2025

by Tanmay Batham

· 3,653 Views

How to Use Jenkins Effectively With ECS/EKS Cluster

Jenkins on AWS ECS/EKS boosts CI/CD with scalability, cost-efficiency, and automation, using AI-driven dynamic scaling, security, and monitoring

September 9, 2025

by Bibin Skaria

· 3,350 Views · 2 Likes

Secure Your Spring Boot Apps Using Keycloak and OIDC

This blog explores integrating Spring Security with Keycloak using OpenID Connect. It also provides examples and unit tests.

September 9, 2025

by Gunter Rotsaert

CORE

· 3,657 Views · 4 Likes

Cloud Automation Excellence: Terraform, Ansible, and Nomad for Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise cloud architecture demands sophisticated orchestration of infrastructure, configuration, and workload management across diverse computing platforms.

September 9, 2025

by Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

CORE

· 5,960 Views · 3 Likes

Replacing LEADTOOLS Scanner With AWS Textract (Step-by-Step Migration)

LEADTOOLS is a scanning tool that needs to be migrated to the AWS Cloud using an equivalent service, such as AWS Textract, for real-time document scanning.

September 8, 2025

by Prabhakar Mishra

· 2,675 Views · 1 Like

Slimming Down Docker Images: Base Image Choices and The Power of Multi-Stage Builds

Multi-stage Docker builds separate build-time dependencies from runtime requirements, dramatically reducing production image sizes.

September 8, 2025

by Chirag Agrawal

· 3,914 Views · 3 Likes

Building a Platform Abstraction for AWS Networks Using Crossplane

Build Crossplane abstractions that let your devs request AWS networks without writing infrastructure code. Create XRD and composition to hide details.

September 5, 2025

by Ramesh Sinha

· 3,282 Views · 2 Likes

How to Run Selenium Tests on Selenium Grid 4 With Jenkins and Docker Compose

A step-by-step guide to set up an automated pipeline to run Selenium WebDriver tests on Selenium Grid 4 with Jenkins and Docker Compose.

September 5, 2025

by Faisal Khatri

CORE

· 3,164 Views · 4 Likes

Build a RAG Application With LangChain and Local LLMs Powered by Ollama

Learn how to run local LLMs with Ollama and Azure Cosmos DB for RAG, ensuring data privacy, offline use, and full control of your AI workflow.

September 5, 2025

by Abhishek Gupta

CORE

· 3,497 Views · 1 Like

DevOps as a Platform: How to Help Developers Ship Faster Without the Chaos

Learn how DevOps as a Platform streamlines CI/CD, infra, and security, reducing waste and helping developers ship faster with built-in guardrails.

September 5, 2025

by Raghava Dittakavi

CORE

· 1,749 Views · 2 Likes

CI/CD in the Age of Supply Chain Attacks: How to Secure Every Commit

Supply chain attacks target CI/CD pipelines with privileged access and automation, exploiting trusted environments where security is often overlooked.

September 4, 2025

by Igboanugo David Ugochukwu

CORE

· 4,556 Views · 2 Likes

The Endless Cycle of Manual K8s Cost Optimization Is Costing Organizations More Than They Realize

The cycle of reactive Kubernetes cost-cutting is broken. Automated, proactive optimization makes efficiency sustainable.

September 4, 2025

by Pini Ben Nahum

· 2,392 Views

Engineering for Uptime: Observability, Testing, and the Road to Rock-Solid Back-End Services

Uptime isn’t luck — it’s engineered. Build it with observability, smart alerts, solid tests, and blameless operations. Reliable systems don’t need heroes.

September 4, 2025

by Aakanksha Aakanksha

· 2,375 Views · 3 Likes

CI/CD Is Not Enough: Stop Missing Test Failures With Intelligent Notifications

Learn how to turn test results into real-time, actionable alerts using Power Automate —no brittle scripts, just smart Teams notifications that drive visibility.

September 4, 2025

by Pradeepkumar Palanisamy

· 1,407 Views · 1 Like

Developing a Nationwide Real-Time Telemetry Analytics Platform Using Google Cloud Platform and Apache Airflow

Designed a real-time telemetry analytics platform using GCP and Airflow to process 10TB+ daily data, reduce support escalations, and improve operational visibility.

September 3, 2025

by Sruthi Erra Hareram

· 3,068 Views · 2 Likes

Observability for the Invisible: Tracing Message Drops in Kafka Pipelines

Kafka lag lies. Use Fluent Bit, OpenTelemetry, DLQs, and trace IDs to expose missing messages and harden observability in event-driven pipelines.

September 3, 2025

by Prakash Wagle

· 3,467 Views · 2 Likes

Container Security Essentials: From Images to Runtime Protection

Secure containers with hardened images, secrets management, runtime monitoring, and automated policies. We will also look at some of the cool tools Docker provides.

September 3, 2025

by Siri Varma Vegiraju

CORE

· 3,834 Views · 2 Likes

Stop Leaking Secrets: The Hidden Danger in Test Automation and How Vault Can Fix It

Hardcoded secrets in test automation can silently expose your systems. Let us see how to eliminate that risk using Vault for secure, dynamic credential management.

September 2, 2025

by Pradeepkumar Palanisamy

· 3,751 Views · 3 Likes

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