What is Artificial Intelligence?

Before we begin, let’s get definitions straight — what is artificial intelligence (AI)? Or more specifically, what isn’t it? As…

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What Is Blockchain?

The world and its dog has gone crazy for blockchain (and related technologies, which is a whole other post). The…

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The Promises, Payoff, and Products of Hybrid Clouds

The cloud promised to provide us all flexibility. The opportunity to access infinite resources as and when we need them…

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A Roundup of Managed Kubernetes Platforms

In the race of container orchestrators, Kubernetes is surging ahead. But much like when I wrote my post on Docker…

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Going Serverless? Compare Your FaaS Options

As is typical with new concepts and technologies, the absolute definition of “serverless” or FaaS (Functions as a Service) is…

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Tools and Practices for Documenting Microservices

I will assume you are at least familiar with the concept of microservices — loosely coupled services that provide discrete…

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Docker Monitoring: 5 Methods for Monitoring Java Applications in Docker

What are some of the most useful methods to monitor Java applications in Docker containers? Running applications in containers is…

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CI Workflows and Bots

Chat bots are everywhere. Suddenly our messaging services are inundated with small automated systems inhabiting spaces in the domain of…

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An Introduction to CoreOS

If you’re reading this blog, then you have a rough idea of what containers are and why you want to…

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