A look into Cardano and the advantages of deploying blockchain networks on Google Cloud. — Today, blockchains are eminent in cryptocurrency systems worldwide. While blockchain initially focused on Bitcoin, the technology gave birth to newer cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum, Litecoin, and Stellar Lumen. Cardano is a blockchain network conceived as a sustainable and scalable decentralized application (DApp) development platform with verifiable smart contracts. …

A guide to the best practices for establishing IAM security via Google Cloud. — Most businesses today are leveraging cloud services for critical business applications. However, as companies continue to adopt the cloud, it’s crucial to understand the security requirements for safeguarding sensitive business information. Since security threats continue to advance, preventing leaks and data theft is an important consideration for organizations. …

Take a technical look at how to leverage efficient feature flagging using Unleash. — Feature flagging is a powerful and necessary practice for developers who need to do multiple tests quickly. But at the same time, there are multiple ways to use feature flags and they aren’t not all identical. …

A technical guide to setting up NATS on Google Kubernetes Engine — NATS Streaming is a data streaming framework powered by NATS. It is an open-source messaging system written in Go programming language. The feasible name for NATS is “nats-streaming-server”. NATS Streaming inserts, expands, and interoperates flawlessly with the core NATS platform. NATS is an open-source software provided under the Apache-2.0 license…

A closer, technical look at the progressive delivery method of trunk-based development — During the early days of using software development in organizations, programmers kept track of all the changes made in their software by developing new versions. However, this process proved to be an inefficient use of time and money which made development costly to the organizations. Over the years, several development…

A brief look at what DR is & a closer look at the different types of DR patterns available. — Cloud computing is built around resilience and avoiding complete failures. Unfortunately, despite best efforts, critical failures are always a possibility, due to anything from a national power outage to a natural disaster. …

Learn how to set up CI/CD pipeline & monitoring for GAE. — In the world of cloud computing, keeping things simple and automated is the key to efficiency. But many cloud-based services aren’t either of these things right out of the box. Thankfully, with access to the right knowledge and tools, you can make quick work of optimizing your cloud deployments. The…

Discover what cloud-native and microservice architecture is, as well as their practical business uses. — Cloud-native is the tried and tested modern approach to delivering software to the masses. With faster deployment, virtually limitless computing power, and the effective use of isolated containers, cloud-native app development has become the most popular app development. …

The last two years have been eventful, to say the least. Like many of you, I picked up a few hobbies and focused on existing ones during the extended lockdowns — including penning down what I’ve learned working in this industry, both as a business owner and as a consultant. …