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In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• We discuss the features and limitations of serving files directly from S3.
• We then talk about how CloudFront can address many of S3's limitations. In par…

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• A common feature for web apps is image upload. And we all know the "best practices" for how to build this feature. But getting it right can be tricky.
• We…

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Jon Christensen and Chris Hickman of Kelsus and Rich Staats of Secret Stache conclude their series on the birth of NoSQL and DynamoDB. They compare the NoSQL database, Leviathan, created …

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What’s under the hood of Amazon’s DynamoDB? Jon Christensen and Chris Hickman of Kelsus continue their discussion on DynamoDB, specifically about it’s architecture and components. They ut…

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Jon Christensen and Chris Hickman of Kelsus and Rich Staats of Secret Stache continue their discussion on the birth of NoSQL and DynamoDB. They examine DynamoDB’s architecture and popular…

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Jon Christensen and Rich Staats learn about Chris Hickman’s first venture-backed startup (circa 1998) and its goal to build a database for Internet-scale applications. His story highlight…

Chris Hickman and Jon Christensen of Kelsus and Rich Staats from Secret Stache offer a history lesson on the unique challenges of data at “Internet scale” that gave birth to NoSQL and DynamoDB. How d…

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At the recent Gluecon event, a popular topic centered around how to prevent Cloud Lock-in. Chris Hickman and Jon Christensen of Kelsus and Rich Staats from Secret Stache discuss w…

Start with 39. The Birth of NoSQL and DynamoDB – Part 1.

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In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• Developing a system for automatically updating containers when secrets are updated is a two-part solution. First, we need to be notified when secrets ar…

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• In this new series, we are discussing database consistency models explained in three acts. This episode is "Act III: Eventual consistency saves the web …

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• In this new series, we are discussing database consistency models explained in three acts. This episode is "Act II: The arrival of the Internet creates …

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• In this new series, we are discussing database consistency models explained in three acts. This episode is "Act I: Transaction processing (circa 1973)".
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In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• Technology is changing at an increasing rate, with a constant stream…

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• We continue our discussion of microVMs with a look at Kata Containers.
• Kata Containers formed by the merger of two projects: Intel Clear Containers and H…

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• We revisit a misunderstanding from last week's show to find out exactly what the Firecracker team means when they list "Single VM per Firecracker proces…

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• We review virtual machines (full virtualization) and their benefits and tradeoffs.
• We then revisit containers (OS-level virtualization) and briefly recap…

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• AWS offers not one, but two, managed services for secrets management. Systems Manager Parameter Store and AWS Secrets Manager have similar functionality…

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In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• What is secrets management and why we need it for our cloud-native applications.
• Guidelines for best practi…

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In this episode, we explain how to move an existing ECS application to private subnets. We cover the following topics:

• We describe the existing applicatio…