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Putting the stack in JAMstack

Stackery is focused on helping developers leverage the power of AWS managed services. Our secure delivery platform is used to ship Lambda functions, HTTP Gateways, Aurora database clusters, and many more services which you can view usage of in Anna’s blog on the topic. Recently, I noticed an emerging workload running on our platform: the JAMstack. That’s a term for web applications composed primarily of JavaScript, APIs, and Markup.

Using Splunk to Detect Abuse of AWS Permanent and Temporary Credentials

Amazon Web Services provides its users with the ability to create temporary credentials via the use of AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS). These temporary credentials work pretty much in the same manner like permanent credentials created from AWS IAM Service. There are however two differences.

My first Kubernetes cluster: Amazon EKS review + tutorial

During my career, I’ve taken part in many on-call rotations and post-mortems. The longest on-call rotation I’ve ever had — no breaks, vacations, or holidays — lasted for a whopping 2.5 years at Lucid Software. I’m jaded. I strongly prefer stability to tinkering with shiny new toys. Very few software engineers start this way, but enough of them make the transition after having been bit enough times by a bad release.

Are Cloud Computing Engineers the Missing Link on Your Federal IT Team?

Cloud computing can be more complex than anticipated, particularly as agencies continue to move applications and operations into a cloud environment. Does your federal IT team have the in-house skills to ensure cloud computing is helping your agency rather than draining its money and resources?

Dashbird turns 3: reflecting on the journey, challenges and milestones of the past year

Another year of empowering DevOps teams has passed and what a year it’s been! I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the journey, the milestones and challenges this past year encompassed. The last year has been our most transformational to date. We’ve had a huge amount of ups and downs and I’m incredibly proud to say that we got through it and our organization is more resilient, more aligned in our vision and closer as a result.

Introducing, Dashbird Atlas

We’re pleased and honored to be part of the Serverless revolution - continuously innovating to make processes and day-to-day tasks for serverless users more efficient, seamless and enjoyable. So let’s get right into the new and exciting stuff now! Earlier this year, Dashbird launched the very well-received Insights Engine designed to encourage a proactive approach when building and operating serverless applications.

Q&A with Marek Tihkan, CTO at Dashbird: Leading and managing a Developer team

As we enter into our 4th year, we've decided to get up close and personal with our team to share with you their passion, drivers, lessons learned and significant moments of the past year. We're a young company dedicated to adding value in all corners that we reach, so we hope you find the upcoming series useful! Hey Marek, so can you tell us how long you’ve been at Dashbird and where you were before? M: I’ve been at Dashbird for two years now.

9 Signs Your Cloud Readiness Isn't What It Needs to Be

Yes, everyone is talking about the cloud, but are they actually ‘doing it’? The short answer is yes, and in stunning numbers. According to a recent O’Reilly survey, 90+% of organizations expect to increase their usage of cloud-based infrastructure. Over the next 12 months, 67% expect to shift half or more of their applications to the cloud, and 45% are planning to move three-quarters or more of their apps.

Getting started with Cloud Monitoring

Want to know how to utilize Cloud Monitoring in Cloud Console? In this episode of Stack Doctor, Yuri Grinshteyn shows you how to set up a simple web service and instrument it for both service health and infrastructure monitoring. Watch to learn how you can navigate Cloud Monitoring’s new integration into Cloud Console and gain better observability of your applications and infrastructure.

Deploying Multiple Kubernetes Clusters on Multi-Cloud Infrastructure

How-to deploy multiple Kubernetes clusters on multi-cloud infrastructure. Most organizations need a way to deploy K8s to multiple infrastructure providers; on-premise and the cloud, multiple cloud providers, edge location and the cloud, or some combination in between (hybrid cloud). This tutorial covers the deployment of Kubernetes on AWS and Azure from a single centralized control plane. Enterprise grade Kubernetes platform for hybrid cloud.