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Passwordless ARM templates using Azure Key Vault
We at Nordcloud implement ARM templates on the Microsoft Azure platform regularly. In parameters, we sometimes operate with confidential data...
Migrating on-prem to AWS with ease, using CloudEndure
CloudEndure makes lift-and-shift migrations quite effortless, yet it is not as mature as other AWS services.
Extending CloudFormation with custom resource types
In this post I show how you can extend AWS CloudFormation with new resource types and use them in the...
Managing application incidents efficiently with alert instructions as code
In this post we describe application incident management, and how we handle it at Nordcloud.
Monitoring your home temperature – Part 3: Visualizing your data with Power BI
Finally, we have our infrastructure up and running and we can start visualizing it with Power BI. Just login to...
Monitoring your home temperature – Part 2: Setting up Azure
Now we need to setup the Azure side and for that you need an Azure subscription. You can get a...
Monitoring your home temperature – Part 1: Setting up RuuviTags and Raspberry Pi
We moved to a new house three years ago and since then, we have had issues with floor temperatures. It’s...
Stop murdering “Agile”, and be agile instead
“Agile Macabre” on techcamp.hamburg, Apr-2020 We keep hearing “Agile is Dead” – sceptics joking, shrugging it off, having had enough...
Getting started with ARO – Application deployment
This is the fourth blog post in a series focused on OpenShift and ARO.
Make Work Better by Documentation
Sharing knowledge in a team is an ongoing challenge. Finding balance between writing documentation and keeping it up to date,...
Getting started with Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO)
Until recently ARO was a preview feature which had to be enabled – this is not necessary anymore.
An introduction to OpenShift
OpenShift is a turn-key enterprise grade, secure and reliable containerisation solution built on open source Kubernetes.
Introducing Google Coral Edge TPU – a New Machine Learning ASIC from Google
Introducing Google Coral Edge TPU - a new machine learning ASIC from Google.
Kubernetes: The Simple Way?
The benefits of enterprise grade solutions in container orchestration.
How can you architect Serverless SaaS Applications on AWS?
In my previous blog post I listed 6 key themes that separates successful SaaS vendors from the rest. In this...
Controlling lights with Ikea Trådfri, Raspberry Pi and AWS
One of our developers build a smart lights solution with Ikea Trådfri, Raspberry Pi and AWS for his home.
Minimizing AWS Lambda deployment package size in TypeScript
Our Senior Developer Vitalii explains how to significantly reduce the deployment package size of AWS Lambda functions written in TypeScript using webpack plugin. Described concepts can be applied to JavaScript functions as well.
Problems with DynamoDB Single Table Design
Single Table Design is a database design pattern for DynamoDB based applications. In this article we take a look at the complexity issues that emerge when applying it in practice.
Findings from AWS re:Invent 2019, Part 2
Read Petri Kallberg's picks from re:Invent Wednesday announcements!
Findings from AWS re:Invent 2019, Part 1
CTO of Nordcloud Finland, Petri Kallberg, shares his first thoughts after re:Invent keynote.
Modular GraphQL server
Read about Kari's experiences with GraphQL modules!
Look ma, I created a home IoT setup with AWS, Raspberry Pi, Telegram and RuuviTags
Read how Juha created his home IoT setup!
What We Learned at Full Stack Fest 2019
Most interesting insights from Full Stack Fest 2019 in Barcelona!
Azure Cosmos DB – Multi model, Globally Distributed Database Service
Want to explore the possibilities of Cosmos DB APIs? Here's a wrap-up of all 5 of them.