A true story of losing it all and turning the odds to my advantage unexpectedly… And how you can do the same with your struggles… I sat with my girlfriend at a coffee place downtown. (You know, just a regular and slightly dull Sunday with small talk…) More than 10 years ago, we both came […]
Are you still managing your stack manually? What if I told you that you could stop doing all that repetitive work right now? And yes, you can have half of your time back for more productive activities. But who is going to do it, then? Well, here is the thing… Gone are the days when […]
I have done this many times. Now it’s your turn. This article is a step-by-step guide showing you exactly how to migrate an ElastiCache Redis instance to Redis Cloud Enterprise (without downtime). Often I see developers & tech leads struggling with the migration out of ElastiCache. (And it’s not easy because there is a lot […]
I paid $0 for my last holiday accommodation. (In words — ZERO dollars.) And the holiday before… Even the one before that… And so on over the last 2 and a half years… I literally have no accommodation costs — FREE stay. (And it’s not a budget travel such as CouchSurfing or any other apartment-sharing […]
Redis is an excellent database for apps that require a sub-millisecond response. Even though the database is very performant, there are a few gotchas… As your dataset grows, you can face issues that take much time to resolve (especially if you don’t know where to look). One such example is the HotKeys and BigKeys issues. […]
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You will love this. Since 2009, I have been making money online. Here is my step-by-step guide to a money-making blog. In 6 simple steps, you can have a “goldmine” that works for you day & night (24/7). This is a tested method that has proven its value hundreds of times… Find out the best […]
Here is the deal. This is the last time you will see the NullPointerException error. I promise… Sounds good? Let me tell you a secret that most other engineers have no clue about — a superpower to combat this error (and other errors as well). You are a programmer and always after exact, to-the-point (no […]
There is an easy fix, and it is no joke. If you have ever encountered the IndexError message, you know the frustration of not knowing what code line is to BLAME. Especially if the code is a bit longer and contains loops… Right down the rabbit hole (…and Your lunch break is already over)… Sounds […]
One in three applications/websites is suffering from poor database connection management. The result is frequent downtime and a slow application. This combined can cost millions of dollars in lost revenue per year. I have worked as an engineer for at least 15 different web applications of large enterprises. While being a technical consultant at my […]