Frank Contrepois

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JSON hell

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Hello, you might not know, but IT also is subject to fashion. Not the one based on fabric, but fashion of format, in particular how to save text. Long time ago it all started with Comma Separated Values (CSV). Format that is still very much actif, thanks to Excel and databased. For config file the ini (from windows) format was quite standard Then came XML as a formalisation of HTML. XML was more flexible and allowed for more flexbility and a simple way to navigate the data, in exchange for a lot of additional text and an almost impossiblity of bein read by humans. Read more...

Linux on Windows 10

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Windows feature + Install Ubuntu + AWS CLI https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about Install https://www.shellhacks.com/aws-cli-install-aws-cli-ubuntu-linux/ Read more...

AWS DevOps Pro certification links

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Hello techies, the following are my notes preparing for the AWS DevOps professional certification. It contains the name of the AWS services to know and some of the links that I need to review. I would recommend that you take it as a starting point and continue to fill it in with your links. Feel free to share the result with me at [email protected] so that I can improve it. Read more...

Poor devs

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The AWS approach: using the right tool for the right job, sounds great in principle, but each tool uses different standard, languages and approaches. All the connections and good use of the tool is left to the devs, now needing to learn a lot of languages, so to be a generalist. It reminded me of the web, with HTML, CSS, JS, etc… Read more...

One risk of cloud

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Before the cloud, there were many bugs in custom-built software that could be have been solved with more memory or more CPU. But as getting more memory and CPU was incredibly expensive (buy new servers, receive them, rack them, connect them, install all the stuff in them) it was rarely a real solution. Devs had to find a solution to the constraint. Now we have the other way around, adding memory or CPU is a few clicks away, so solving a software issue by adding more CPU/RAM is easy. Read more...

Why do cloud providers price as they do?

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What’s new in Cloud FinOps? Episode 1 - October - Why do Cloud Providers price the way they do? Please share :) Different way I am sharing this exciting initiative: A new podcast that focuses on your cloud bill and helps you understand the financial strategies behind cloud pricing. Finally, a #podcast speaking the CFO/CTO language about the cloud. Pick your favourite one :) Read more...

Why are AWS tags useful? the rough version

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Caveat Yes, I know, everyone feels they are using the tags well, but this is my article, and I’m unilaterally deciding that (for now) I’m right until you prove me wrong in the comments :) Intro I feel there are some misconceptions about tags and their use. While tagging services is a best practice of DevOps and also Cloud Finance Control it is unclear what tags are here for. If you ask five people, you will get five answers. Read more...

Search engine for the site

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You can now search this website. Use the input text on the top. Just press enter when you are done and a new page showing the results from duckduckgo will appear :) I use duckduckgo for all my searches because it does not track or follow me like Google (and the other) does. Read more...