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Build a Python App to Alert You When Asteroids Are Close to Earth

Being alerted when asteroids are close to Earth is crucial for several reasons: When you woke up one morning thinking about Armageddon and how fragile we are as a planet if an asteroid comes our way. I am also intrigued by exploring space and the technologies available from my desk. I will show you how to combine two APIs to be alerted via SMS when an asteroid is passing nearby (relatively speaking). NASA OpenAPI The first resource is NASA’s open API portal. You could use tons of great interfaces for your ideas, but the one that interests me, in this case,…
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Policy Controller Dashboard: Now Available For All Anthos And GKE Environments

Customers using Kubernetes at scale need consistent guardrails for how resources are used across all their environments to improve their security, resource management and flexibility, and to achieve faster time-to-market and better operational efficiency.  At the same time, customers tell us they need an easy way to apply and view those policy guardrails, including enforcement status, violations and remediation recommendations for their fleet of clusters. In January 2023, we launched the Policy Controller dashboard along with out-of-the-box policy bundles. And now, the Policy Controller dashboard is available for all Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Anthos environments (i.e., on-premises, multi-cloud and attached clusters)…
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How To Easily Migrate Your Apps To Containers — Free Deep Dive And Workshop

Are you looking to migrate your applications to Google Cloud? Thinking about using containers for some of those apps? If so, you’re in luck! Google Cloud is hosting a free workshop on May 24th, 2023, that will teach you everything you need to know about migrating your app to containers in Google Cloud.  The workshop starts at 9AM PST and will be led by Google Cloud experts who will walk you through some of your migration options, the costs involved, and the security considerations. We’ll also feature a hands-on lab so you can get familiar with some of the tools…
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Backup For GKE – Concepts – Part 1 – How It Works

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a scalable and fully automated Kubernetes service for running containerized applications and stateful/stateless workloads. However, what happens if your deployment fails, data gets corrupted, or you want to restore a snapshot of a cluster to a cluster in another region? Introducing Backup for GKE! Your solution for config and volume backups. Backup for GKE is a Kubernetes-native backup solution for your GKE cluster. It’s straightforward to use, scalable, and reliable. With this, you can be confident that your backups will be successful. Backup for GKE has a variety of use cases: In part one of…
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Learn About Google Cloud’s Updated Renderer For The Maps SDK For Android

We’re always looking for ways to improve your Google Maps Platform development experience on Android, so  we’ve been working on an updated renderer for the Maps SDK for Android to give you access to more features and better performance. Thanks to those developers  who opted in to use our updated renderer back in October 2021. Your feedback on what worked well and what needed improvement was implemented in the latest version ready for you to try out now. The upgraded map renderer is available as of version 18.0.0 of the Maps SDK for Android. We encourage you to opt-in to…
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5 Open Ways To Help UX Designers And Developers Collaborate Better

Designing with open decisions can help increase collaboration between user experience and dev teams. Ideally, designers have a good relationship with their product team and users. However, the relationship between designers and developers is more difficult to build and maintain. The lack of a close relationship makes it difficult to solve problems or improve. In my experience, the open source Open Decision Framework can overcome many of these obstacles. The Open Decision Framework asserts that open decision-making is transparent, inclusive, and customer-centric. It involves clearly sharing problems, requirements, and constraints with affected parties. It enables collaboration with multiple stakeholders to secure diverse opinions and comprehensive…
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C Vs. Go: Comparing Programming Languages

Use a simple counting program to compare the venerable C language with modern Go. Go is a modern programming language that derives much of its history from the C programming language. As such, Go is likely to feel familiar to anyone who writes programs in C. Go makes it easy to write new programs while feeling familiar to C programmers but avoiding many of the common pitfalls of the C programming language. This article compares a simple C and Go program that adds the numbers from one to ten. Because this program uses only small values, the numbers won’t grow to be…
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7 Core Components Of An Internal Developer Platform

The world of software development is constantly and rapidly changing. New technologies emerge every day to solve problems that slow down the daily work of IT departments. So while innovation is a positive factor in that it helps simplify work, there is also a proliferation of new tools and services that need to be managed by developers, thus increasing the cognitive load needed to develop and release software. Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) aim to solve this problem and simplify the use of tools and services by providing a single point of access and interaction. Those familiar with the topic of Platform Engineering will have…
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PromptOps In application Delivery: Empowering Your Workflow with ChatGPT

ChatGPT is taking the tech industry by storm, thanks to its unparalleled natural language processing capabilities. As a powerful AI language model, it has the ability to understand and generate human-like responses, revolutionizing communication in various industries. From streamlining customer service chatbots to enabling seamless language translation tools, ChatGPT has already proved its mettle in creating innovative solutions that improve efficiency and user experience.  Now the question is, can we leverage ChatGPT to transform the way we deliver applications? With the integration of ChatGPT into DevOps workflows, we are witnessing the possible emergence of a new era of automation called…
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