Author: Yuri Gagarin

Power Automate VS Logic Apps. Power Automate Cases

Hello everyone! In the last article focused on studying Power Automate and Logic Apps, we examined the key differences between Power Automate and Logic Apps. Today, I would like to move further and showcase interesting capabilities that can be achieved with these products. In this article, we will explore several cases that can be implemented with Power Automate. Microsoft Power […]

Release of the Snort 2.9.16.0 Intrusion Detection System

Cisco has released Snort 2.9.16.0, a free intrusion detection and prevention system that combines signature matching methods, protocol inspection tools, and mechanisms for detecting anomalies. The new release introduces an early HTTP data inspection mode that operates before standard handlers trigger. To activate this mode, the fast_blocking option in the HTTP inspection settings block should be used. […]

Pitfalls of Terraform

Let's highlight several hidden pitfalls, including those related to loops, if expressions, and deployment methodologies, as well as more general issues concerning Terraform in general: the count and for_each parameters have limitations; there are deployment restrictions with zero downtime; even a good plan can fail; refactoring can have its own traps; eventual consistency aligns… with delay. The parameters […]

Deployment methodology used in Slack

Deploying a new release to production requires careful balancing between deployment speed and solution reliability. At Slack, they value rapid iterations, short feedback cycles, and prompt responses to user requests. Additionally, the company has hundreds of developers striving for maximum productivity. The authors of the material we are publishing today state that a company which […]

Powerful and commanding Charlotte Smoothie will join the ranks of fighters in the One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 fighting game.

Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that the next additional character in the fighting game One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 will be Charlotte Smoothie. She will join the roster of fighters in the summer of 2020, although the exact date has not yet been specified by the developers. According to Twinfinite, referencing the official press release, the developers described the heroine as follows: "Charlotte Smoothie, the 14th daughter and the 35th child in […]

Report on FreeBSD development for the first quarter of 2020

The report on the development of the FreeBSD project from January to March 2020 has been published. Notable changes include: General and system issues The set of GCC compilers has been removed from the FreeBSD-CURRENT source tree, along with unused utilities gperf, gcov, and gtc (device tree compiler). All platforms that do not support Clang have switched to using external build tools installed from the ports. In the base […]

Yes, my old laptop is several times more powerful than your production server.

These are exactly the complaints I heard from our developers. The most interesting thing is that it turned out to be true, leading to a lengthy investigation. The focus is on SQL servers running on VMware. Indeed, it is easy to get the production server to fall behind the laptop. Execute (not on tempdb and not on a database with Delayed Durability enabled) the code: set nocount […]

Banana Pi R64 Router — Debian, Wireguard, RKN

Banana Pi 64 is a single-board computer similar to the Raspberry Pi, but with multiple Ethernet ports, allowing it to be configured as a router based on a general-purpose Linux distribution. Yes, there is already OpenWrt, but it has its own quirks, including its GUI and CLI; Mikrotik also has its own GUI/CLI, and Wireguard from […]

Getscreen.me — a cloud solution for remote desktop access

During the global lockdown, users, especially businesses, face the challenge of remote access to personal computers and corporate networks. Getscreen.me is a new solution on the market that allows us to view remote access tools as a cloud service. Yes, your home or office network can be in the cloud with constant access from anywhere. Features of the Getscreen.me solution The main […]

Universal soldier or narrow specialist? What should a DevOps engineer know and be able to do?

Technologies and tools that a DevOps engineer needs to master. DevOps is an emerging trend in IT, with increasing popularity and demand for the profession. Recently, GeekBrains opened a DevOps faculty that trains specialists in this field. Interestingly, the DevOps profession is often confused with related fields—programming, system administration, etc. To clarify what DevOps really is […]

CPU limits and aggressive throttling in Kubernetes

Note: this instructive story by Omio, a European travel aggregator, takes readers from basic theory to engaging practical nuances in Kubernetes configuration. Familiarity with such cases helps not only to broaden one’s horizons but also to prevent non-trivial issues. Have you ever encountered a situation where an application seemed to be 'stuck,' stopping to respond to state check requests […]

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