Cloud & Infrastructure Consultant • Technology enthusiast • Oracle ACE (Director) Alumnus • #PlatformEngineering #OCI #Azure #RedHat #OpenShift #K8s #Databricks
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1-2ms to launch a micro VM would indeed open up a lot of possibilities, whilst still having hypervisor grade isolation - sounds pretty amazing
I'm thrilled that today we open sourced Hyperlight a new ultra-lightweight hypervisor aimed at secure sandboxes at web assembly speed. The future of secure lightweight sandboxes begins here: opensource.microsoft.com/blo…
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1/ 🚀 Exciting News for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Users! 🚀
Oracle has just introduced seven new features for Oracle database and storage services in OCI. These updates promise to enhance your disaster recovery strategy like never before.
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Oracle TV is bringing you all the action from its biggest event of the year. Whether you’re tuning in virtually or attending in-person, stay in the loop on all things #CloudWorld: social.ora.cl/6013mZ72B
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💯 to @mipsytipsy's view that the work of a software developer is >> writing code.
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People *still* don't appreciate how amazing the VSCode edit-over-ssh functionality is
It's amazing how much Oracle has improved and simplified the upgrade process over the last few years. I expect it Just Works™ for the vast majority of installations too!
New blog post. Check how to upgrade the #Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) to version #23ai at your #ExaCC using CLI (dbaascli). All steps covered, commands and parameters described:
fernandosimon.com/blog/upgra…
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After Google's recent layoffs impacted open-source maintainers, I was curious about the state of OpenTofu, a project forked from Terraform six months ago with significant pledges of support.
leanercloud.beehiiv.com/p/cu…
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“It’s a bloody nightmare”
Meaning: Something is proving a mild inconvenience; typically used to describe slightly heavy traffic, or the internet not working
“It’s not ideal”
Meaning: Something terrible has happened and life is almost certainly ruined
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I'm super excited to be part of #platformCon this year! If you haven't registered yet, there's still time!
"When all you have is infrastructure, everything looks like a platform"
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In this context, my thoughts on evolvable architectures: Monoliths are not Dinosaurs allthingsdistributed.com/202…
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Since early 90s, I'm hearing that software engineers will be replaced by machines one way or the other. Since then, the demand for software engineers only exponentially increased. Builders will keep building, occasionally with newer tools.
Very interesting session by @re_cinq at #KubeConEU about carbon intensity of IT workloads & potentially dynamically shifting them to regions with cleaner power
Seems somehow appropriate that Lego should be talking about Platform Engineering at #KubeConEU !
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TIL that adults are actually better at learning languages than children. Loving this talk from @KFosterMarks, comparing second language acquisition to fluency in learning programming and “speaking code” @monkigras
With all the AI hysteria I'm looking forward to some more balanced views on how it can enhance, rather than replace, developers at Monki Gras this week. monkigras.com
