Category: cloud
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Alexa & Grandma
The sound is not as good as a Bose speaker. I sadly had to remove a few broken valves to make space for a working audio device. But setting up Alexa and testing my Big World skill on Grandma’s radio is priceless. Next step, setting it up inside the radio.
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The (accidental) political developer at Codemotion Berlin
Here are the abstract and the slides of my talk “the (accidental) political developer” at Codemotion Berlin today. [googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT8m4-FnNicJ_E-aTk2AIAHj2dm09istcIdr9y_i_E306kp8yhXjcT0Jy3uTjVh-BNxr8s-4QEDm_zD/embed” query=”start=false&loop=true&delayms=3000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /] Update Listen to the audio recording here. Check out the slides here.
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Triggering a failover when running out of credits on db.t2
Since 3 years ago, RDS offers the option of running a MySQL database using the T2 instance type, currently from db.t2.micro to db.t2.large. These are low-cost standard instances that provide a baseline level of CPU performance – according to the size — with the ability to burst above the baseline using a credit approach. You…
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Lightning Talk at Percona Live Europe
Here are the abstract and the slides of my lightning talk “Do not press that button” about modifying a RDS instance at Percona Live Europe. It was an inspiring open source database conference in Dublin! [googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQIg5j7_UOapwzgxSfA20Loyca1ublDeHZKPnreAW23b7pLfdOwADN32jisB4tGqt3su7xjQUwTonz5/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /] More details on the event and a few pictures from the talk on…
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Percona Live: Do Not Press That Button
If I had to mention a single technical blog that I always find informative and I have followed for many years, I would say without doubts the Database Performance Blog from Percona. That is why I am so keen to attend this year the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference in Dublin and present a…
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Run Alexa Run
I have always been a slow but keen runner. And I have always loved joining running events as an excuse to travel and to have one more weekend on the road. What is now called a runcation. While looking for one more reason to play with Alexa and Amazon Lambda, developing a simple skill to…
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Presentation at Berlin AWS User Group
Here are the slides of my presentation last night at the Berlin AWS User Group on using Amazon Rekognition to find marathon cheats. Many thanks to Dirk and Konstantinos for organizing the event at FORUM Factory. [googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/1ENa5OdbTODNTtyEHPWAECqi5CpXr43iFb4snNElAsb0/embed” query=”start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ width=”480″ height=”299″ /]