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The Role of Automation in Modern Software Development
Automation in the software development industry refers to the use of tools, scripts, and processes to perform repetitive tasks with minimal human intervention. It streamlines the software development lifecycle, including activities like code integration, testing, deployment, and monitoring. Automation helps to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and ensure consistency across all stages of development, ultimately leading…
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Containers & Orchestration
Container orchestration refers to the automated management of containerized applications across clusters of machines. It involves processes like deployment, scaling, load balancing, and networking, ensuring that containers run efficiently in distributed environments. The goal is to abstract away the complexities of handling multiple containers and their interdependencies, enabling seamless deployment and operation at scale.
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Back Up and Running in Cloud Native
Finally had the time to rebuild and refresh the blog site. mekena.io in now full Cloud Native running in AWS (has always been, however in a more traditional server-based installation). The recent migration included an AWS Lightsail service that provides various bundles of OS/applications, which in my case is WordPress running on Linux. Various tiers…
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Automate all the things?
Look… we get it; it’s easy to get carried away with the “let’s automate this, let’s automate that, let’s automate everything!” enthusiasm. Before you go ahead and commit your team to a ton of automation work spanning the foreseeable sprints, it is best to have a sit down with your leads and establish an outline…
