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1 minute read

| October 29, 2019

We Surveyed Engineering Reps from Dozens of Companies. Here's What We Found Out...

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1 minute read

| October 29, 2019

Engineering Reps Tell us About Their Container Journey

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5 minute read

| October 16, 2019

Heroku Vs. Kubernetes: The Big Differences You Should Know

At first glance, a Heroku vs Kubernetes comparison might seem odd. They're starkly different technologies and target completely separate groups. One is designed to get code... Read More

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13 minute read

| September 25, 2019

5 Key Considerations When Choosing Kubernetes

Like almost everyone running software in the cloud, you’ve decided it’s time for Kubernetes adoption. Now what? Read More

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8 minute read

| September 9, 2019

Migrating from Heroku to Kubernetes via GKE

Leveraging a Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a great way to quickly build, innovate, and deploy a new product or service. By leveraging a PaaS vendor’s servers, load... Read More

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6 minute read

| August 20, 2019

Infrastructure as Code Should not Have a Single Point of Failure

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5 minute read

| August 14, 2019

Deciding on Amazon ECS vs. Kubernetes for Container Orchestration

When it comes to container orchestration, Kubernetes has become the de-facto standard for managing and running containerized workloads in production. “Openness” is one of the... Read More

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4 minute read

| August 14, 2019

The Benefits of Managed Kubernetes vs. Amazon ECS

In a previous post, we discussed the pros and cons of solutions like AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) for container orchestration. As of 2019, Kubernetes has become the... Read More

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9 minute read

| July 25, 2019

Announcing Polaris Snapshot

Two months ago at Fairwinds (formerly ReactiveOps), we launched Polaris , an open source dashboard for auditing Kubernetes workload configuration. We saw a great... Read More

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3 minute read

| July 16, 2019

Why choose Kubernetes?

If you are in the process of migrating your workloads to the cloud for the first time, you’ve likely come across the topic of containerization and microservices.... Read More

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4 minute read

| July 16, 2019

Zero to SRE: Day One for Your Junior Engineer

This will be a three-part blog series on developing junior engineers for organizational leaders who shape the culture of your company such as CTOs, engineering VPs and,... Read More

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5 minute read

| July 12, 2019

Zero to SRE: How To Invest In Junior Engineers

It’s not easy to find, recruit and hire senior engineers in the software space. And it’s an expensive undertaking if you’re successful; senior engineers command high... Read More

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