In our last exciting episode, we deployed the solution to AWS EKS. This time, we’ll deploy to Azure AKS! AWS EKS with Fargate turned out to be a lot more difficult to get up and running than I expected, even...
In Part 4, we deployed our simple Hello World solution via Kubernetes locally. If you’ve seen my post on choosing Containers + Dapr vs Functions as a Service, one of the benefits of Dapr is that it allows your code...
In Part 3, we deployed the services to Docker using Docker Compose. In this part, we’re going to do the same with Kubernetes. As an aside, I love Elliot Kim’s hot take on Kubernetes: A few weeks ago I decided...
In Part 2, we created the Dockerfile and deployed the Functions app to a container. Now we want to put it all together with Dapr. We’re going to start with a bit of housekeeping and reorganizing our project. Step 1:...
In Part 1, we created the basic Functions Hello World app. At this point, Dapr and Functions are running in separate processes on the local machine with Dapr acting as a forwarding proxy. Now our goal is to containerize the...
This series of articles will discuss how to build Functions based microservices running in Dapr. The goal is to break down each and every step and help folks new to Docker and containers better understand just exactly what’s happening under...
I recently came across an article titled “Ethereum Single Sign On Might be the Future of Internet App Log In“. Like the more well known Bitcoin, Ethereum is a cryptocurrency. But there are many who would argue that the platform...
In this video, I want to talk about two different approaches to building highly scalable, modern web applications and APIs. I’ve been a big fan of Function as a Service technologies such as AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Google Cloud...
Since the very beginning of the COVID pandemic, the German news outlet Deutsche Welle has been providing some of the best global coverage on the topic. DW’s coverage of COVID available on YouTube is particularly good as it provides relevant...
If you work in life sciences, at some point or another, you’ve surely come across ClinicalTrials.gov. According to Wiki, it has its origins in the 80’s and may have been influenced by the HIV outbreak: As a result of pressure...