SQL in your JavaScript

February 2, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

AlaSQL.js 3.0: Isomorphic JavaScript SQL Database — A SQL database you can use in Node.js and the browser. The interesting bit, for me, is how it opens up the idea of using SQL to query JavaScript objects – as in this example. “The library adds…

Top Cybersecurity Practices For Digital Startups

February 1, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

There are thousands and thousands of digital startups and SaaS applications being started every year and for good reasons. These startups are mostly remote-only teams with only a handful of employees. With the ever-increasing demand for web-based solutions and cloud-native tools, digital startups are lucrative…

Netlify acquires Gatsby

February 1, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

The Future of Create React App and Why It Exists — Dan wrote pretty much an essay in a comment on the issue thread we linked last week with “some background on the future of Create React App” and concludes with the team’s thoughts on…

Journey to adopt Cloud-Native DevOps platform Series #1: OfferUp modernized DevOps platform with Amazon EKS and Flagger to accelerate time to market

January 31, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

In this two part series, we discuss the challenges faced by OfferUp, a Digital Native customer, to meet business growth and time-to-market. Their journey involved modernizing their existing DevOps platform, from the traditional monolith virtual machine (VM) based architecture to modern containerized architecture and running…

Top OpenAI Tools, Examples & Use Cases

January 30, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Imagine the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) creating your entire website in seconds, delivering original and human-readable content. What an achievement! Heard about OpenAI? Interested in what OpenAI is and what can it do for you? Want to learn more about the latest OpenAI tools,…

Using Workflows to Build, Test, and Deploy with Amazon CodeCatalyst

January 29, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Amazon CodeCatalyst workflows are continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines that enable you to easily build, test and deploy applications. CodeCatalyst was announced at re:Invent 2022 and is currently in preview. Introduction: I recently read The Unicorn Project, the follow-up to the bestselling title The Phoenix…

Deliver Operational Insights to Atlassian Opsgenie using DevOps Guru

January 28, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

As organizations continue to grow and scale their applications, the need for teams to be able to quickly and autonomously detect anomalous operational behaviors becomes increasingly important. Amazon DevOps Guru offers a fully managed AIOps service that enables you to improve application availability and resolve…