Developer Christoph Verdo shares insights about the online course 'Mastering Web 3.0 with Waves' that he recently completed. Tell us a bit about yourself. What drew you to this course? I have been working in web development for about 15 years, primarily as a freelancer. While developing a long-term registration web application for developing countries commissioned by a banking group, I faced the challenge of integrating blockchain certification into it. [...]
ICANN has allowed the registrar Public Interest Registry, responsible for the .org domain zone, to independently regulate the prices of domains. We discuss the opinions of registrars, IT companies, and non-profit organizations that have been expressed recently. Photo — Andy Tootell — Unsplash Why the conditions have changed According to ICANN representatives, they lifted the price cap on .org for "administrative purposes." The new rules will put the domain […]
The release of the Freedomebone 4.0 distribution has been introduced, aimed at creating home servers that allow the deployment of personal network services on self-controlled hardware. Users can utilize such servers for storing their personal data, launching network services, and ensuring secure communications without resorting to external centralized systems. Boot images have been prepared for AMD64, i386, and ARM architectures (there are builds for […]
On August 3 in Moscow, between 12:00 and 14:30, the Rostelecom network AS12389 experienced a slight but noticeable drop. NetBlocks considers this the first 'government shutdown' in Moscow's history. This term refers to disconnection or restrictions on internet access by authorities. What happened in Moscow for the first time is already a global trend that has been noted over the past few years. In the last three years, 377 targeted […]
Today, I would like to discuss how to set up a 1C server on Linux Debian 9 with web services publication. What are 1C web services? Web services are one of the mechanisms of the platform used for integration with other information systems. They are a means of supporting SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) — a modern standard for application and information system integration. Essentially […]
What are the key requirements for business applications? Among the most important are the following tasks: Ease of changing/adapting the application's logic to changing business needs. Ease of integration with other applications. The way the first task is addressed in 1C was briefly described in the 'Customization and Support' section of this article; we will return to this interesting topic in one of the upcoming articles. […]
Is summer a busy time for outsourcing? The summer period is traditionally considered a 'dead season' for business activity. Some people are on vacation, others are reluctant to purchase various goods due to a lack of the right mindset, and even the sellers and service providers prefer to take a break during this time. Therefore, summer for outsourcers or IT specialists working freelance is often seen as a time of 'coming […]
As part of the System Transparency project and in partnership with Mullvad, the Supermicro X11SSH-TF server platform has been migrated to the coreboot system. This platform is the first modern server platform featuring the Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 processor, also known as Kabylake-DT. The following functions have been implemented: ASPEED 2400 SuperI/O and BMC drivers have been added. A BMC IPMI interface driver has been introduced. The boot functionality has been verified and measured. […]
Anton Dyakin, Director of Academic Programs at Parallels, shared his thoughts on how the increase in retirement age is related to continuing education and what skills are essential to learn in the coming years. Here’s the story in the first person. By the will of fate, I am living my third, perhaps fourth, full professional life. The first was military service, which concluded with my commissioning as a reserve officer […]
There is plenty of epic literature about system administrators: quotes and comics on Bashorg, megabytes of stories on IThappens and Dolban-IT, endless online dramas on forums. This is no coincidence. First of all, these guys are the backbone of the crucial infrastructure of any company. Secondly, there are strange debates about whether system administration is dying out. Thirdly, system administrators are quite unique individuals; interacting with them is a separate […]
This article continues our recent piece about the migration of RabbitMQ and is dedicated to MongoDB. Given that we service numerous Kubernetes and MongoDB clusters, we have encountered the natural necessity to migrate data from one installation to another without downtime. The main scenarios remain the same: transferring MongoDB from a virtual or physical server to Kubernetes or migrating MongoDB within a single Kubernetes cluster […]
Google has begun rolling out the final sixth beta version of the Android 10 Q operating system. It is currently available only for Google Pixel devices. For smartphones where the previous version is already installed, the new build installs quite quickly. There are not many changes in this version, as the codebase has already been frozen, and OS developers have focused on bug fixes. […]