SRE Newsletter

Using What-if to Optimize ARM Template Deployments: // samlearnsazure.blog
Speed up infrastructure as code deployments to Azure using PowerShell's What-If module on your ARM templates.
Testing Your Database Backups Using SQL Server on Linux Containers: // sentryone.com
How SQL Server on Linux containers can be used along with Docker and Azure DevOps to create an automated process for testing your backups.
How Can We Secretly Deploy This Key to Production?: // iheavy.com
Secrets create all sorts of issues when someone is getting fired. Here's one guys tales from the trenches.
Testing in Production 101: // devops.com
Getting code that hasn't been fully vetted into production is the a new normal. This is one team's roll out plan using feature flags.
FaaS Vs. Serverless: Resolving the Dilemma: // stackify.com
This post helps shed light on the similarities and differences between FaaS vs. Serverless architecture to help you decide which is better for your organization.
What I Learned From Bombing a Technical Interview: // ceoraford.com
Some sound advice during a time when I know a lot of DevOps people are being forced to interview.
This is How I Git: // daniel.haxx.se
Daniel, who works full time on open source projects, shares his way of working with git in curl.
Many Websites will Stop Working on Older Android Versions in 2021: // androidpolice.com
Watch out! Let's Encrypt will stop signing new SSL certificates with DST Root X1.
Microsoft Urges Users to Stop Using Phone-Based Multi-Factor Authentication: // zdnet.com
Microsoft recommends using app-based authenticators and security keys instead.
Eleven Years of Go: // blog.golang.org
Go celebrates it's 11th birthday and takes a look back (and forward) of one of the fastest growing programming languages.