The first week as an engineering manager (EM) involves preparing for meetings with the team, other managers, and supervisors, as well as talking to one's own manager to understand expectations and priorities. It's crucial to reintroduce oneself to the team, even if promoted from within the company, .. read more  

A disaster recovery plan relies on a coordinated incident response team. The speed and coordination of this team are crucial for minimizing downtime and keeping the organization running smoothly during a crisis. Key roles within the incident response team include incident commander, technical lead, .. read more  

Every shared access point is a potential failure point. The risks are real and can be catastrophic. Safe implementation includes strict data ownership, schema change protocol, data integrity protection, and auditing. Moving to a structured API layer and data separation can help mitigate risks and pl.. read more  

Automation hacks away scaling migrainesfor microservices drowning in peak traffic. WithAzure DevOps CI/CDpipelines andIaC, scaling morphs into a cost-effective breeze. JustCosmos DB autoscalingcan shave off up to$7,200a year. Automation’s the unsung hero of cloud efficiency—no capes needed... read more  

RAG applicationslean on pipelines that can crumble if the4 R's frameworkisn't in place: reliable architecture, resumability, recoverability, redundancy. Ingenious stuff!.. read more  

Azure fans are pros at dodging groundwork, which, surprise, leads to chaos; lay down a rock-solid Landing Zone to hack your costs and cut the pandemonium.GrabInfrastructure as Code tools like Terraformto smooth out deployments. Make sureRBACdoesn’t dive into the horror of unmonitored access... read more  

By 2027, user blunders will cause a staggering 99% of cloud breaches, according to the experts who swear they know these things. Lock down secrets management by centralizing and automating with tools likeOktaorMicrosoft Entra ID. Don't skimp on IBAC and least-privileged access. Guard your cloud fort.. read more  

RHEL 10for AWS makes its debut, complete with AWS-tailored performance profiles, beefed-up security, and a seamless CLI. Ready to tango with the cloud like a pro... read more  

KubernetesonDebianjust got its act together. The team axed the messy vendoring, shrunk the tarball bulk by over half, and tidied up dependency chaos. Now every dependency snuggles into Debian nicely, kicking out those pesky proprietary blobs. This means a secure, policy-friendly package and—drumroll.. read more  

Modular monolithsrisk turning into messy "big balls of mud" when developers overdo shortcuts or tangle the code. Gomodular-firstand be ready to spot stealthy dependencies lurking in the corners. Skip the quick fixes—they're overrated... read more