Glen Knight

NYC Based IT Professional

No-Nonsense Guide to Distributed Databases

I got my first DBA job 15 years ago, and quite a few things have changed since then. The amount of data exploded, we saw the rise of NoSQL, and business logic moved away from being stored in relational databases to applications. To this day, the three pillars of reliability, scalability, and maintainability are the […]

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How Low-Code/No-Code Can Transform Your Organization

For many companies, IT transformation is no small feat. Between the technology, process and organizational changes needed, it can take time to see a return on your IT transformation efforts and investments. So it’s no surprise that low-code/no-code is starting to be seen as a compelling solution for some. With low-code/no-code, you can empower teams […]

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A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to API Management

As API use has exploded across IT departments large and small, the need to manage APIs as independent entities—both APIs themselves and calls to them—rapidly became apparent. We have been through this cycle several times before–ORBs, DCOM, object repositories … the list goes on. There are several competing goals when introducing some management structure into […]

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Half a Decade

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Use the OWASP API Top 10 to Secure Your APIs

The tools, languages, platforms, and methods used to build applications have changed drastically over the past decade. Application security practices have to change with them; otherwise, security professionals will be playing constant catch-up with attackers and cybercriminals. What Is the OWASP API Top 10? The increase of microservices and application programming interfaces (APIs) has given […]

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Cribl Automates Observability Efforts

Cribl today announced it has updated the Cribl LogStream observability tool in addition to generally making available a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering dubbed LogStream Cloud. Nick Heudecker, senior director for market strategy and competitive intelligence at Cribl, said Cribl LogStream provides the means to aggregate log data collected from multiple platforms and applications in a normalized […]

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How to Build a People-First Engineering Team

When we think about successful technology teams, there is a tendency to primarily focus on the technology being created rather than the people who are creating it. While both approaches can lead to successful products, a technology-first approach is often the default when software engineers become managers without necessarily having the right tools to manage […]

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Learning ‘The First Way’ of DevOps – Continuous Flow

Many organizations are struggling to realize well-engineered DevOps, even ‘the first way’ of DevOps – continuous flow. DevOps is an evolving body of knowledge. There is no one-stop shop that covers all roles and the complete range of skills required for DevOps. A DevOps-competent workforce requires an ongoing commitment to DevOps skills development and mastery. […]

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Amazon Location Service Is Now Generally Available with New Routing and Satellite Imagery Capabilities

In December of 2020, we made Amazon Location Service available in preview form for you to start building web and mobile applications with location-based features. Today I’m pleased to announce that we are making Amazon Location generally available along with two new features: routing and satellite imagery. I have been a full-stack developer for over […]

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Then and Now: The Evolution of DevOps Culture

There are many available resources dedicated to delivering better business value faster. Based on this advice, many organizations and teams are adopting common software delivery practices — even outside the usual use case of providing software (take, for example, SpaceX teams using agile, or leadership teams that use scrum practices and have daily stand-up calls). […]

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