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A Guide to Choosing The Best WordPress Hosting Provider

WordPress is essentially a self-hosted content management system, which means you'll need to find your own hosting provider for your WordPress website. There are different web hosting types and options you can consider. Those include entry-level shared hosting, premium WordPress hosting, managed cloud hosting, and others. Beginners may feel lost among all the endless choices and reviews that can keep you going around in circles.

How to automatically find unattached Azure VM disks to reduce cost

Many articles that you may find on the web discuss the importance of reducing Azure costs by identifying and removing unused resources. Still, they often fall short of providing practical methods to achieve this. However, Turbo360 has introduced a new feature that simplifies identifying idle or unattached Azure VM disks, eliminating the need for complex queries or PowerShell scripts.

Four steps towards tackling the complexity of managing multiple database platforms

The 2024 State of the Database Landscape survey showed that 79% of businesses are now using two or more database platforms (vs 62% in 2020). Businesses revealed that this growth was largely due to the differing use cases across each platform, as well as the need to increase flexibility. Despite these recognized benefits, increasing the diversity of your database platforms can bring its own set of challenges, including skillset requirements, data integration complexities, security, and monitoring.

Building Modern REST APIs with OpenAPI

No, I'm not talking about 'OpenAI', though you certainly can use it to assist in your API designs. I'm talking about the OpenAPI standard, a modern spec for defining REST APIs. If you're reading this, I probably don't need to tell you that REST APIs are ubiquitous in tech. Practically every company has at least one, whether it be an internal or customer facing API. While other types of APIs have been gaining traction the last few years (GraphQL, gRPC, etc), REST is here to stay.

Easier project onboarding with #GitLens #shorts

Ever found yourself diving into a new project, tasked with something you have no clue about? 😅 Where do you even start? 🤔 Join us for a FREE GitLens Workshop where we walk through features to help you navigate codebases like a pro! Whether you're a seasoned dev or just getting started, understanding features like the commit graph, inline blame, and more can help you decipher the history behind each feature and bug. 🐛🔍

How Will Platform Engineering Shape the Future of Software Development? Insights from Eddie Wassef

In this talk from Navigate North America 2024, Eddie Wassef, VP and Chief Architect at @vonage, delves into the transformative world of platform engineering. From its early beginnings to the modern day, he explores how this discipline is revolutionizing the way we think about, build, and deploy software. Eddie draws on historical parallels, humor, and his vast industry experience to demystify platform engineering, demonstrating its potential to accelerate innovation and streamline development processes.

Bridging the Skills Gap in Data Centers with DCIM Software

The Uptime Institute’s 2022 Global Data Center Survey highlights a growing challenge for operators: attracting and retaining qualified staff. With 53% struggling to find skilled employees and 42% losing staff to competitors—a sharp rise from 17% in 2018—there’s a clear need for solutions. DCIM software emerges as a key response, offering a holistic view of data center operations. This includes monitoring power usage, cooling systems, server space, and network operations.

Navigating the future of tech: Insights from Solomon Hykes

Earlier this year, Mark Boost and Dinesh Majrekar had the chance to sit down with Solomon Hykes at Navigate North America 2024 to speak about his thoughts on the future of tech. Solomon is best known as the Founder, former Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Architect of Docker, and is currently the founder of Dagger, a programmable CI/CD engine that runs pipelines in containers, allowing development in various programming languages and execution across diverse environments.

Datadog Pricing Explained: A 2024 Guide

In today’s fast-paced cloud environment, understanding the pricing model of some of the best cloud monitoring tools like Datadog is essential in optimizing costs. With several features and adaptable pricing, clarifying Datadog costs and aligning them with your organization’s operational needs is vital for fully harnessing this robust monitoring tool. This guide simplifies Datadog pricing, offering a clear overview of its cost structure.