code What I am learning Q3 2018: Docker, Kubernetes, Golang and RabbitMQ This year got off a good start; I changed jobs and I am almost half way my target of jogging 100km! Speaking of jogging, it's been really hard to make serious progress even
cloud What I am learning: System monitoring, incident management and alerting Last week I gave a talk on DevOps at the Facebook developer circles at Outbox. I was impressed by the reception and interest I got from the attendees. Because Devops is already something
cloud Domain transfers are not worth it, don't do it Because this has been a cause of such untold agony, I'll tell you this; domain transfers are an absolute headache and quite unnecessary in the first place. The process isn't exactly standardized across
cloud Scalable and reliable way of sending email from your app If you are running a web app, chances are that you'll have to send email notifications to your users' inbox either during registration or when doing sending sort of alerts. Mail is still
cloud Backing up to Amazon S3 using s3cmd tool Amazon S3 has been called the "hard disk of the internet". Short for Simple Storage Service , it is a simple web services interface that you can use to store and retrieve
cloud Migrating a website from cPanel shared hosting to VPS like Linode Shared hosting has provided affordable hosting to millions of websites around the world. It's easy to setup and affordable thanks to self-service web hosting interfaces such as cPanel, ISPConfig, Vestacp etc. Why you
cloud DNS for web developers So you have developed your website on localhost. It looks great. The client is happy and ready to checkout on your account. But first they want their website live on the internet. Hmmm.
devops Linux Virtualization and containers: Virtualbox, KVM, Xen, LXC and Docker A while back, things used to be easy. A personal computer or server comprised of hardware components bundled with an operating system installed on a hard drive and that was pretty much it.
internet Explaining how the internet works to a 5-year old The magic of the internet has never really stopped to fascinate me. The internet is simple but genius. It simply works yet very few people understand exactly what goes behind the scenes when