#random (2024-12)

Non-work banter and water cooler conversation

A place for non-work-related flimflam, faffing, hodge-podge or jibber-jabber you’d prefer to keep out of more focused work-related channels.

Archive: https://archive.sweetops.com/random/

2024-12-03

mayank2299 avatar
mayank2299
Mayank Sharma on LinkedIn: #aws #ai #ml #certified #machinelearning #artificialintelligence… | 28 commentsattachment image

Excited to Share a Milestone! I’m thrilled to announce that I have officially earned the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification!… | 28 comments on LinkedIn

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alrightythen1

2024-12-04

Richard Oliver Bray avatar
Richard Oliver Bray

I’m not a big database guy but doing research for this article has come very close to converting me,

Stripe really know what they’re doing when it comes to data and they’ve done an awesome job building DocDB

https://newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-stripe-processed-1-trillion-in

How Stripe Processed $1 Trillion in Payments with Zero Downtimeattachment image

Stripe’s hand-crafted system that guarantees their data never gets lost

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Richard Oliver Bray avatar
Richard Oliver Bray

Wow looks like people on Reddit seem to really like this post

How Stripe Processed $1 Trillion in Payments with Zero Downtimeattachment image

Stripe’s hand-crafted system that guarantees their data never gets lost

2024-12-05

Reyan avatar

Hello everyone, apologies if this is the wrong channel but I recently graduated and am looking to go into the dev ops field. I would like to learn more about dev ops and learn skills to improve my application to improve my chances of landing a role. I would really appreciate your advice! Here is my linkedIn if you guys have any improvements I could make. https://www.linkedin.com/in/reyan-j-49356633b/

Reyan J. - City Of London, England, United Kingdom | Professional Profile | LinkedIn

Location: City Of London · 13 connections on LinkedIn. View Reyan J.’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

Hao Wang avatar
Hao Wang

There is a channel for #jobs

Reyan J. - City Of London, England, United Kingdom | Professional Profile | LinkedIn

Location: City Of London · 13 connections on LinkedIn. View Reyan J.’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

Erik Osterman (Cloud Posse) avatar
Erik Osterman (Cloud Posse)

yep, this and it’s also a common question for #office-hours

2024-12-06

2024-12-10

tom.pony1 avatar
tom.pony1

Hey everyone! wave

I’m working on a research project to understand the challenges DevOps professionals face daily.

If you’re in DevOps, I’d love 3 minutes of your time to answer a short survey or share it with others!

Survey link: https://form.jotform.com/askopsai/devops-survey

Thanks so much for your help!

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Please click the link to complete this form.

sebastian avatar
sebastian

hi everyone.. I’m looking for help to upload a JAVA -jar descktop app into AWS Elastic bean enviroment

managedkaos avatar
managedkaos
AWS Elastic Beanstalk - Deploy a Sample Java Application (using AWS Management Console)

The ultimate guide to deploy your first application on AWS using Elastic Beanstalk - deploy a sample Java application

QuickStart: Deploy a Java application to Elastic Beanstalk - AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Create, configure, and deploy a Java application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk by using the EB CLI.

Can JARs be uploaded successfully to AWS Elastic Beanstalk from the AWS web UI?

I’m trying to build a basic Spring Boot Java web app and deploy it to AWS Elastic Beanstalk (EB). Most tutorials I’ve read suggest uploading a JAR when creating an application, however, I’m unable to

Deploying Java Applications to AWS Elastic Beanstalkattachment image

This tutorial shares a simple example of deploying a Java application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk by using Amazon Cloud Development Kit (Amazon CDK).

2024-12-11

Richard Oliver Bray avatar
Richard Oliver Bray

I wrote an article on how Dropbox built their own load balancer. It’s interesting but at the end, I say it took days to stabilise their systems, let’s just say maybe it didn’t https://newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-dropbox-saved-millions-of-dollars

How Dropbox Saved Millions of Dollars by Building a Load Balancerattachment image

Dropbox saved resources by creating a superior version of a tool everyone uses

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2024-12-12

Michael avatar
Michael

That’s a lot of Prometheus servers.

I’m really curious how this works:

“The cloud security firm also said that the exposure of the “/debug/pprof” endpoints used for determining heap memory usage, CPU usage, and others, could serve as a vector for DoS attacks, rendering the servers inoperable.”

https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/296000-prometheus-instances-exposed.html

Over 300K Prometheus Instances Exposed: Credentials and API Keys Leaking Onlineattachment image

As many as 296,000 Prometheus instances are exposed online, leaking credentials and risking RCE attacks.

fb-wow1

2024-12-13

shirkevich avatar
shirkevich

Was trying to explain to kid what is the framework

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cool-doge1
Erik Osterman (Cloud Posse) avatar
Erik Osterman (Cloud Posse)

Haha, so how did it go?

shirkevich avatar
shirkevich

all good!

we have a little tradition: I’m explaining to her what is my job about – she makes funny illustrations about it, then I’m using it in internal presentations. it is always huge success bananadance

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Gabriela Campana (Cloud Posse) avatar
Gabriela Campana (Cloud Posse)

That’s so cool!

2024-12-17

AJ McCaw avatar
AJ McCaw

Hey everyone, I came across an interesting stat: 41.3% of organisations say accurate forecasting of cloud spend is one of their top priorities for 2024.

But let’s be honest—getting it right isn’t simple. I’ve put together a quick article on the 5 cloud cost metrics that can actually help teams stay on top of their spend:

• Cost by Environment

• Cost by Resource Type

• Advisor Recommendations

• Budgets by Application

• Forecasted Spend If reducing cloud costs are on your radar, give it a read here https://medium.com/towards-aws/the-top-5-cloud-cost-metrics-every-team-should-track-9ffe4fa932bb

The Top 5 Cloud Cost Metrics Every Team Should Trackattachment image

Discover the key metrics that will help your team track, manage, and optimise cloud costs effectively

Hao Wang avatar
Hao Wang

More learnings about recent AI development, more pessimistic feelings about job market…

andrew_pintxo avatar
andrew_pintxo

What you mean by that?

Hao Wang avatar
Hao Wang

Companies will not like to hire even after economy is not this bad in the future, experiences and background of people looking for jobs are outdated very fast

Syed Maad Jahangir avatar
Syed Maad Jahangir

Has anyone used AWS Cloudformation IaC generator? https://aws.amazon.com/awstv/watch/478dcfd5148/

Generate IaC from Existing AWS Resources - AWS

Learn to use CloudFormation IaC generator for existing AWS resources, simplifying infrastructure management.

2024-12-18

Richard Oliver Bray avatar
Richard Oliver Bray

I would say the first half of this article is really good, the second half is a bit less interesting but still worth a read https://newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-doordash-improved-redis-to-handle

2024-12-19

2024-12-20

Yuliya Osadcheva avatar
Yuliya Osadcheva

Hello community! Looked here to share the perfect Christmas Digital Card for cloud industry professionals to enjoy with your afternoon coffee! https://www.sardinasystems.com/christmas-time/

What’s inside?

Industry Advent Calendar Peek behind the doors to relive 2024’s biggest moments in the cloud and open source world.

Spirit Fish Quiz What kind of tech fish were you this year? Answer 8 fun questions to find out and share your vibe!

Cloud Quiz & Raffle Think you know the cloud? Test your knowledge starting today and enter a raffle to win a cozy data center heatmap blanket! Look for #SardinaChristmasChallenge on LinkedIn.

Let’s explore the fun side of the tech together. Because let’s face it, we all deserve a little break!

2024-12-22

Richard Oliver Bray avatar
Richard Oliver Bray

If you’re unfamiliar with Vector, you should check out this video I made https://youtu.be/We7s8KFY7Qg?si=CKb0usICZWQQcNKq

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Bryan Dady avatar
Bryan Dady

Nice! example: Use Vector Remap Language (VRL) to transform Syslog message to a JSON structured event https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/transforms/remap/#examples-parse-syslog-logs

Remap with VRL transform

Modify your observability data as it passes through your topology using Vector Remap Language (VRL)

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2024-12-23

Michael avatar
Michael

https://thenewstack.io/puppets-open-source-community-plans-to-fork-the-program/

Came across this in the OpenTofu Slack community. Another license change :(

Puppet's Open Source Community Plans to Fork the Programattachment image

Some Puppet developers say license changes by Perforce have forced them to fork the project to ensure it remains available to open source users.

alrightythen2

2024-12-30

2024-12-31

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