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Microsoft showcases dual-display Surface device internally

Microsoft, according to online sources, has begun to demonstrate a prototype of a Surface laptop computer with two screens within the corporation. The gadget, as noted, is being created under a project codenamed Centaurus. A team of specialists has been working on this device for approximately two years. We are talking about a kind of hybrid of a tablet and a laptop, in which the displays will be located on both halves of the case. Due to [...]

An ancient evil has broken through - Baldur's Gate 3 announced by Larian Studios

The hints turned out to be correct, and this evening a Google Stadia conference took place, at which the announcement of Baldur's Gate 3, the long-awaited continuation of the classic role-playing series, took place. The Belgian Larian Studios, known for Divinity, is responsible for the development and publication. The announcement is accompanied by a cinematic video. In the teaser, viewers were shown the city of Baldur's Gate, dilapidated as a result of the battle - one of the largest populated areas on […]

Polaris introduced to keep Kubernetes clusters healthy

Note. Transl.: The original of this text was written by Rob Scott, the lead SRE engineer at ReactiveOps, which is behind the development of the announced project. We are very close to the idea of ​​centralized validation of what is deployed in Kubernetes, so we are following such initiatives with interest. I am pleased to introduce Polaris, an open source project that helps keep a Kubernetes cluster healthy. We […]

Intel customers will begin receiving first Comet Lake processors in November

At the opening of Computex 2019, Intel chose to focus on discussing 10nm Ice Lake generation processors, which will be installed in laptops and compact desktop systems by the end of this year. The new processors will offer integrated graphics of the Gen 11 generation and a Thunderbolt 3 controller, and the number of computing cores will not exceed four. As it turns out, offering more than four cores in the segment […]

Employees do not want new software - go on about or bend their own line?

Software leapfrog will soon become a very common disease of companies. Changing one software for another because of every little thing, jumping from technology to technology, experimenting on a live business is becoming the norm. At the same time, a real civil war begins in the office: a movement of resistance to implementation is formed, guerrillas carry out subversive work against the new system, spies promote a new brave world with new […]

Backup Part 4: Reviewing and testing zbackup, restic, borgbackup

This article will discuss software tools for backup, which, by splitting the data stream into separate components (chunks), form a repository. Repository components can be additionally compressed and encrypted, and most importantly, during repeated backup processes, they can be reused. A backup in such a repository is a named chain of components related to each other, for example, on […]

Moto. Mokaem AWS

Testing is an integral part of the development process. And sometimes developers need to run tests locally, before committing changes. If your application uses Amazon Web Services, the moto python library is ideal for this. A complete list of resource coverage can be found here. There is a Hugo Picado turnip on Github - moto-server. Ready image, launch and use. The only nuance is [...]

How to combine the backs of two retailers on SAP in 12 hours

This article will talk about a large-scale SAP implementation project in our company. After the merger of the M.Video and Eldorado companies, the technical departments were given a non-trivial task - to transfer business processes into a single backend based on SAP. Before the start, we had a duplicated IT infrastructure of two store chains, consisting of 955 retail outlets, 30 employees and three hundred thousand checks […]

Work and life of an IT specialist in Cyprus - pros and cons

Cyprus is a small country in southeastern Europe. Located on the third largest island in the Mediterranean. The country is part of the European Union, but is not part of the Schengen agreement. Among Russians, Cyprus is strongly associated with offshores and a tax haven, although in fact this is not entirely true. The island has a developed infrastructure, excellent roads, and it is easy to do business on it. […]

A cautious move to the Netherlands with his wife. Part 3: work, colleagues and other life

In 2017-2018, I was looking for a job in Europe and found it in the Netherlands (you can read about it here). In the summer of 2018, my wife and I gradually moved from the Moscow region to the suburbs of Eindhoven and more or less settled down there (this is described here). A year has passed since then. On the one hand - a little, and on the other - enough to share your experience and [...]

Pre-order of the first book on Kubernetes written in Russian is available

The book covers the mechanisms that make containers work in GNU/Linux, the basics of working with containers using Docker and Podman, as well as the Kubernetes container orchestration system. In addition, the book introduces the features of one of the most popular Kubernetes distributions - OpenShift (OKD). This book is intended for IT professionals familiar with GNU/Linux and who want to become familiar with container technologies and the […]

5 common sense principles for building cloud-native apps

β€œCloud native” or simply β€œcloud” applications are created specifically to work in cloud infrastructures. They are typically built as a set of loosely coupled microservices packaged in containers, which in turn are managed by a cloud platform. Such applications are prepared for failures by default, which means they work reliably and scale even in the event of serious infrastructure-level failures. But on the other hand - […]