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Integration Tests Done Right: Testcontainers | Oleg Šelajev
In this episode of Cloud Commute podcast, host Chris Engelbert interviews Oleg Šelajev, about the integration testing with Testcontainers.
Rahil Parekh
Sep 6, 20244 min read


Making LLMs Reliable | Mahmoud Mabrouk
In this CF episode, Rob Pankow talks to Mahmoud Mabrouk to discuss the reliability challenges of LLMs and importance of prompt engineering.
Rahil Parekh
Sep 4, 20244 min read


Introduction to Side Channel Attacks using CacheWarp | Michael Schwarz
In this episode of Cloud Commute podcast, Chris Engelbert sits down with Michael Schwarz, to discuss side-channel attacks and CacheWarp.
Rahil Parekh
Sep 2, 20244 min read


Building AI Agents with Java and Semantic Kernel | Bruno Borges
In this episode of Cloud Commute podcast, Chris Engelbert interviews Bruno Borges about building AI agents using Java and Semantic Kernel.
Rahil Parekh
Aug 23, 20245 min read


Kubernetes 1.31: Day of the Storage
Kubernetes release 1.31 brings a lot to the game for storage related use cases. Follow us to be always up to date with the latest changes.

Chris Engelbert
Aug 22, 20245 min read
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Understanding Clear Box (“White Box”) Testing: A Developer’s Guide [2024]
Clear box testing is a method that we use to test the internal structures of an application by examining the source code and design.
Rahil Parekh
Aug 21, 20246 min read
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Understanding Functional ("Black Box") Testing: A Developer’s Guide [2024]
Functional (black box) testing verifies software functionality against requirements without accessing internal code.
Rahil Parekh
Aug 21, 20248 min read


Reselling spare GPU and data center capacity | Mihai Mărcuță
In this CF episode, Rob Pankow talks to Mihai Mărcuță to discuss leveraging spare GPU and data center capacity for cloud services.
Rahil Parekh
Aug 20, 20245 min read


How to Build a Serverless Postgres | Gwen Shapira
In this episode of Cloud Commute podcast, Chris Engelbert Gwen Shapira how they built a serverless Postgres platform designed for SaaS apps.
Rahil Parekh
Aug 16, 20245 min read


AWS Cloud Storage Types and Costs - short guide
Explore AWS Storage services: S3, EBS, EFS, and Glacier. Learn their features, use cases, & pricing to optimize data management and costs.

Rob Pankow
Aug 12, 20246 min read
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