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How to reduce AWS cloud costs with AWS marketplace products?
Key drivers of AWS Cloud costs, how to optimize aws cost & what tools are available in the AWS Marketplace to help you.

Rob Pankow
Jun 28, 20247 min read


Machine Learning driven Database Optimization with Luigi Nardi from DBtune (interview)
Luigi Nardi, Founder & CEO of DBtune, talks about database optimization, the role of ML, data privacy and the rice of vector databases.

Chris Engelbert
Jun 27, 202419 min read


How I designed PostgreSQL High Availability with Shaun Thomas from Tembo (video + interview)
Shaun Thomas, high availability solutions for Postgres databases expert, discusses his journey, Tembo, Kubernetes & the future of Postgres.

Chris Engelbert
Jun 20, 202417 min read


What are AWS Credits and how to get them?
What are AWS Credits, how they work and how to get them? Overview of all key aspects of free AWS Startup Credits.

Rob Pankow
Jun 18, 20247 min read


Easy Developer Namespaces with Multi-tenant Kubernetes with Alessandro Vozza from Kubespaces (video + interview)
Alessandro Vozza discusses his Kubernetes journey and the cloud-native community, his new project Kubespaces, and future Kubernetes trends.

Chris Engelbert
Jun 14, 202413 min read


How to benefit from AWS Enterprise Discount Program (EDP)
Learn what is AWS EDP and how it works. Learn negotiation strategies and alternatives for startups. Understand AWS Marketplace spend.

Rob Pankow
Jun 13, 20245 min read


Policy Management at Cloud-Scale with Anders Eknert from Styra (video + interview)
Anders Eknert, of Styra, discusses the functionality of the Open Policy Agent project & the benefits of a unified policy management system.

Chris Engelbert
Jun 7, 202417 min read


Your CI/CD Pipeline is a Production system with Stefan Prodan from ControlPlane (video + interview)
Stefan Prodan from ControlPlane stresses that deployment pipelines act as cluster admins & must be securely handled like production systems.

Chris Engelbert
May 31, 202414 min read


What is Software Defined Storage (SDS)?
Software Defined Storage, also known as SDS, decouples the storage software layer from the underlying hardware.

Chris Engelbert
May 29, 20245 min read


Continuous vulnerability scanning in production with Oshrat Nir from ARMO (video + interview)
Oshrat Nir of ARMO emphasizes the importance of runtime vulnerability scanning while speaking about cybersecurity.

Chris Engelbert
May 24, 202417 min read
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