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Rolling Deployments Explained: Seamless Software Delivery

In this video, Eric Minick from Harness explains the fundamentals of rolling deployments and how they help maintain a seamless user experience during software updates. Key topics covered include: Whether you are looking for simple implementation or consistent application uptime, rolling deployments offer a powerful strategy for modern software delivery. Learn more about Rolling Deployments and Harness Continuous Delivery.

Bank cloud migration without a feature freeze

How financial institutions can escape the "Big Bang" migration trap and keep shipping features the entire time. Every bank executive knows the math. Legacy core systems cost more each year, slow product launches, and widen the gap between what customers expect and what the institution can deliver. Over 50% of banking executives say their current systems can't support long-term digital strategy. The case for modernization is airtight. So why do most hesitate?

DORA exit strategy for financial services: portable cloud architecture with Upsun

Financial institutions are required to prove they can operate safely in the cloud without becoming dependent on a single technology provider. What happens if your cloud provider fails, or you are required to move? The question used to be theoretical. However, since January 2025, it has become a compliance requirement.

Why Fintechs are moving to automated compliance

Manual compliance work is a hidden drag on delivery speed for fintechs and regulated institutions. There is a faster path. Companies handling payment data know the cycle: every new feature requires security audits, evidence collection, and control verification before release. The traditional approach to building a compliant stack means taking on every layer yourself.

Is Website Hosting Worth It for New Businesses? Security, Risks & Performance

For many new businesses, building an online presence is no longer optional-it is essential. Whether you are offering products, services, or information, a website helps establish credibility and reach a wider audience. In competitive markets like Singapore, having a reliable website can make a significant difference in how customers perceive your brand. However, one common question among startups is whether investing in website hosting is truly necessary. Concerns about cost, security, and technical complexity often lead businesses to delay or overlook this decision.

FastAPI Testing: Mock LLM APIs for Free

Testing a FastAPI app that calls OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini gets expensive fast. The problem is not just the API bill in production. It is all the repeated traffic in development: prompt tweaks, CI runs, regression checks, and the load tests you keep putting off because every run burns tokens. Hand-written mocks do not help much once the app is doing multi-step LLM work.

How Vibe Coding A Self-Help App Made Me An AI Believer

For longer than I’m proud of, I was an AI skeptic. Then, over the holidays, I vibe coded an app whose sole purpose was to make me a better person. The app is a motivator. It’s programmed to send me timely reminders along certain themes, like reading every day, making healthy eating choices, and giving myself plenty of time to plan for anniversaries and birthdays.

NVIDIA's Jensen Huang just described your next big cost problem

On March 18, Jensen Huang took the stage at NVIDIA’s GTC conference in San Jose for a keynote that ran well over two hours — covering everything from CUDA’s 20-year history to humanoid robots that may one day wander Disneyland. But buried inside the spectacle was a remarkably clear-eyed articulation of the economic forces now bearing down on every enterprise that builds on cloud infrastructure.

Certificate distribution is the last mile nobody solved

Certbot is good software in the classic Linux tradition: it does one thing simply and expects you to chain it together with everything else. One server, one certificate, done. The trouble is that most environments are not simple. And the moment yours isn’t, you discover that renewing a certificate and getting it deployed are two different problems, and deployment is your problem.