Google has introduced regional and multiregional configurations for Cloud Spanner, along with configurable readonly replicas, and zerodowntime instance moves. Cloud Spanner offers three types of replicas: readwrite, readonly, and witness. The move to a new configuration is now possible without down.. read more  

Google Cloud introduces the Compute Engine GPU family with industry's first cloud VM powered by Nvidia Tensor Core GPU for AI workloads like generative AI. These VMs offer cutting-edge performance-per-dollar for AI inference workloads and significant performance improvement in HPC, graphic and vide.. read more  

This article explains how to use Anthos Service Mesh (ASM) for managing communication and integration between services inside and outside a mesh. The goals include obtaining traces and metrics for traffic from the mesh to external services, redeploying legacy services in a cloud GKE cluster, and pro.. read more  

The article walks through the process of deploying a minimal Python Flask app on Cloud Run, the steps involved include creating a minimal Flask server, designing an efficient directory structure and a Dockerfile, configuring .env variables, creating and deploying Docker containers, handling API call.. read more  

Managing multiple certificates and domains for GKE clusters can be challenging, but Google's Gateway API and Certificate Manager Service make it possible. By leveraging the Certificate Manager Resource API, users can update their gateway and assign the correct certificate based on hostname. This t.. read more  

Observability is the practice of understanding systems, applications, and infrastructure to identify issues quickly and take corrective action. Key characteristics of observable systems include visibility, instrumentation, data accessibility, and alerts. It improves team collaboration, differs from .. read more  

In this post, the author discusses testing Serverless applications with a focus on Lambda functions. The Serverless Testing Pyramid is introduced with four levels of tests: unit, infrastructure, integration, and end-to-end (E2E). Each test type has its purpose and characteristics, and they all contr.. read more  

AWS EventBridge Pipes simplifies CDC code and reduces Lambda usage but issues arise when handling lists in DynamoDB records. EventBridge Pipes' input template has limited JSON path support, causing problems with transforming lists. The provided solution uses enrichment in EventBridge Pipes with Ste.. read more  

Learn how to extend your serverless architecture to keep customers informed of their order processing progress. This article covers setting up an SQS queue in Lambda, publishing SQS messages via SNS, extracting relevant information from SNS messages, storing data in DynamoDB, and generating a uniqu.. read more  

EventBridge Pipe is a new feature released at reinvent. It allows point-to-point integration and the possibility to filter, enrich and transform data. This article shows a transition to integrating SQS and Step Function via a Lambda function acting as glue. Steps involve creating an SQS standard qu.. read more