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A Second Look at Amazon RDS Proxy
Last week AWS announced finally the GA of RDS Proxy and I thought it was a good time to take a second look at the service. Any further improvements in the failover? Can you now change the instance size once the proxy has been created?
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Cost optimization on AWS, a live conversation with Federico Razzoli
Yesterday I had the chance to talk live with Federico Razzoli about cost optimization on the cloud, with the main
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Generating reports and KPIs with throw-away databases
We all love metrics. We all need numbers. And different stakeholders need different numbers. Numbers that will drive key decisions
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Figuring out the cost of versioning on Amazon S3
[Update 2021: you can now figure out the cost of versioning using S3 Storage Lens] We all love versioning on
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Changing innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit on the cloud?
I am always curious to find the differences between managed databases on public clouds. Let’s consider for example innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit, a
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Avoiding a cloud wreckage
A cargo ship and a sailboat are different ways to cross the ocean. They both have different strengths and limitations
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Hey, where is my country?
What looks like a simple choice in a drop-down list, can turn into a PR nightmare. Integrating an external mapping service can unintentionally make many of your users unhappy. How can software developers and startups manage location-based services in disputed territories or partially recognized state?