Ask a Security Engineer: From DevSecOps to Cloud Security
Security engineering is a fast-moving field, and getting left behind is not an option. This ask-me-anything-style Q&A covers compliance frameworks, security checks, and the importance of a DevSecOps approach.
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Security in Django Applications: A Pydantic Tutorial, Part 4
Django’s built-in security checker identifies vulnerabilities with ease. Here’s how you can enforce HTTPS redirects to tighten security on your web applications.
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Arjaan Buijk
Big Data Architecture for the Masses: A ksqlDB and Kubernetes Tutorial
Today’s cloud building blocks empower any size team—even a lone engineer—to build big data solutions. Learn how to use open-source tools to create scalable architecture for your next project.
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How to Deploy Django on Heroku: A Pydantic Tutorial, Part 3
Heroku makes deployment—and redeployment—incredibly simple. Explore Heroku’s Django hosting in this tutorial, and see for yourself.
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Arjaan Buijk
Optimize Your Environment for Development and Production: A Pydantic Tutorial, Part 2
Learn how to develop a Django application coupled with pydantic where the development environment matches production.
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Streamline Your Django Settings With Type Hints: A Pydantic Tutorial, Part 1
Python and pydantic make a powerful runtime combination when validating data and settings, resulting in reduced debugging and a simplified code base.
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Arjaan Buijk
A Kubernetes Service Mesh Comparison
As microservices architecture continues to evolve, interservice communication has become a significant challenge to manage. Service meshes are becoming the standard solution, but how do popular and up-and-coming service meshes compare?
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Guillaume Dury
Terraform vs. CloudFormation: The Definitive Guide
Choosing between infrastructure-as-code tools CloudFormation and Terraform can be arduous. It’s helpful to have some advice from someone with practical experience scaling apps using both technologies.
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Fabrice Triboix
Do Your Homework: 7 AWS Certified Solutions Architect Exam Tips
Cloud architects with the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate qualification are in high demand, with good reason—the AWS exam sets the bar high. What’s the best way to prepare for it?
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