In a Twitter chat, I posted some comments about hiring. Some folks were complaining that they had applied to various jobs, and not heard back. I commented… “Apply for a job and don’t hear back, it’s nothing personal” In this article, I will discuss about it so that you as a job seeker understand it…
First things first. This is not meant to be a beef against developers. But let’s not ignore the elephant in the living room which is the divide between brilliant code writers and the risk-averse operations team. Let’s learn how you can hire a developer that won’t suck below in this article. By the way, we…
I saw this thread recently posted on Hacker News. “We’re not paying invoices due to the pandemic” – How to handle these. What shocked me is what Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) suggested: “The right response is probably ‘I have received your letter. The invoice is good. I demand payment by the date on the invoice, under the…
There is no need to mention that speed is one of the most sought-after attributes in any database system. Optimizing MySQL for high speed is essential to ensure responsive applications and efficient data processing. There are basically two best ways to speed up UNION in MySQL – using UNION ALL and using push-down conditions. In…
ECS is Amazon’s Elastic Container Service. That’s Greek for how you get docker containers running in the cloud. It’s sort of like Kubernetes without all the bells and whistles. It takes a bit of getting used to, but This terraforms how to, should get you moving. You need an EC2 host to run your containers…
I was discussing a server outage with a colleague recently. AWS had done some confusing things, and the team was rallying to troubleshoot & fix it. He made an offhand comment that caught my attention…AWS is too complex for small dev teams. I’d recommend we host in a traditional data center. AWS to Small Dev…
Can RDS worsen an outage ?? That’s another way to think about this question. In my experience, it very clearly increases outages, by tying one or both hands behind your back. Believe me, when I say, that is terribly frustrating when you’re putting out fires! Downsides of Upgrading RDS There are several downsides to upgrading RDS….
An article I read on Tech Crunch recently got me thinking about startup culture. In Are You Building A Company, Or Just Your Credentials Geoff Lewis, expressed his distaste for a friend’s plan to get on Y Combinator’s ‘no idea’ startup incubation program. In this experimental approach, groups or individuals with a desire to be part of a…
Oracle Database Administrators or often called DBAs are an indispensable part of your operations team. They manage the systems that house all your business data, your customers, products, transactions, and all that analytical data on what customers are actually doing. If you’ve ever been on the hunt, you may wonder, why the shortage of DBAs. To…
In today’s data-driven world, ensuring the safety of your valuable data is crucial. To safeguard this data using MySQL, implementing a robust backup strategy is essential. For this, we have mentioned ten important things to consider while dealing with MySQL backups. Let’s learn them in detail below. 10 Things You Must Do While Backing Up…