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Week 28 - Issue #87

Storage Wars: AWS S3 vs Cloudflare R2

Cloudflare R2 is cheaper than S3 storing data, with no data egress fees. However, it has fewer features than S3 and is not compatible with all S3 API calls.

Why Linux Succeeded

Linux is a model for change that benefits most stakeholders. It is a worldwide, loosely organized, fluid collection of skilled volunteer programmers that is anti-fragile and resilient to risks.

Pitfalls of Multithreaded Programs and Achieving Thread-Safety Using Go

This article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of using multithreaded programs and how to achieve thread safety in Golang. Thread safety is a concept that means different threads can access the same resources without producing unpredictable results. There are several methods for avoiding race conditions to achieve thread safety, including locking and using the sync.Once library.

How to Provision VMs on DigitalOcean with Terraform?

This article will go through provisioning VM on DigitalOcean using terraform scripts. You will start with the basics and create a new project. Those are the files that every terraform project needs:

• main.tf: used to define infrastructure
• variables.tf: used to set variables
• .gitignore: used to ignore files
• README.md: used to document project

We are using those variables to make the Terraform scripts configurable. For instance, we want to define how many instances we need.

Introduction to Docker and Container based development

Docker is a way to run applications in isolated "containers" to run on any system, regardless of dependencies.

PHP isn’t that bad

Don't let a monolith scare you away from working at Storyblocks. We've learned from our mistakes ( e.g., Videoblocks), and we're taking steps to modernize, but PHP is a part of us and will be for a while yet.

DevOps vs. SRE: The Differences Explained

DevOps improves collaboration between groups by breaking down silos, while SREs focus on automation and monitoring.
-Salaries for DevOps and SRE roles vary greatly based on the location of the job, experience, skills, and level of responsibility.