Glen Knight

NYC Based IT Professional

How Open Source Software Powers High-Impact Climate Science

Innovations from the open source community are helping revolutionize climate science, letting researchers quickly derive insights from data. Source: DevOps.com

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Generative AI: Some Parts of the Future Are Cool

Using generative AI for code creation is a game-changer, and Don MacVittie advises learning how as quickly as possible. Source: DevOps.com

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Amazon Aurora MySQL zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift is now generally available

“Data is at the center of every application, process, and business decision,” wrote Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of Database, Analytics, and Machine Learning at AWS, and I couldn’t agree more. A common pattern customers use today is to build data pipelines to move data from Amazon Aurora to Amazon Redshift. These solutions help them gain insights […]

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New – Create application-consistent snapshots using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager and custom scripts

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager now supports the use of pre-snapshot and post-snapshot scripts embedded in AWS Systems Manager documents. You can use these scripts to ensure that Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots created by Data Lifecycle Manager are application-consistent. Scripts can pause and resume I/O operations, flush buffered data to EBS volumes, and […]

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IT Service Incidents Are Becoming More Frequent, Survey Says

A Transposit survey found the majority of respondents saw more frequent service incidents that affected their customers over the past 12 months. Source: DevOps.com

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The Benefits of Self-Service Infrastructure

Self-service infrastructure offers numerous advantages that help businesses become more efficient and agile. Source: DevOps.com

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Transitioning Legacy Systems to DevOps: The XDR Support Paradigm

While companies are keen to leverage DevOps’ benefits, the transition from legacy systems can be fraught with challenges. Source: DevOps.com

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AWS Weekly Roundup—Reserve GPU capacity for short ML workloads, Finch is GA, and more—November 6, 2023

The year is coming to an end, and there are only 50 days until Christmas and 21 days to AWS re:Invent! If you are in Las Vegas, come and say hi to me. I will be around the Serverlesspresso booth most of the time. Last week’s launches Here are some launches that got my attention during […]

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Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata Service IMDSv2 by default

Effective mid-2024, newly released Amazon EC2 instance types will use only version 2 of the EC2 Instance Metadata Service (IMDSv2). We are also taking a series of steps to make IMDSv2 the default choice for AWS Management Console Quick Starts and other launch pathways. Background This service is accessible from within an EC2 instance at […]

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A Practical Guide to Mitigating DevOps Backlog

Every company aspires to get the first-mover advantage in its respective industry. This strategy allows companies to establish a robust brand presence and offer strong product offerings in the market. However, at times, this may also lead early-stage startups to prioritize pushing product features to market without adequate consideration toward stabilizing and maintaining the product. […]

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