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Starting Your Cloud Journey: Roles, Resources, and Realistic Expectations

Starting Your Cloud Journey: Roles, Resources, and Realistic Expectations

Starting Your Cloud Journey Over the past week, many people have reached out to me, curious about starting a career in the cloud and how to begin their journey. As someone who has recently started this journey myself, I understand the excitement and uncertainty that comes with exploring this field. These conversations inspired me to share my early experiences to encourage and guide those considering a career in cloud computing. In this post, I’ll discuss: Finding your role in the cloud Educational resources to get started Setting realistic expectations Finding Your Role in the Cloud The cloud industry is vast,…
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2x Faster, 40% less RAM: The Cloud Run stdout logging hack

2x Faster, 40% less RAM: The Cloud Run stdout logging hack

Sometimes, the simplest solutions yield the most dramatic improvements. In a recent private project, I discovered that changing how I handled logging in Cloud Run led to significant performance gains and memory savings. Here's the full story of what happened, what I learned, and how you can implement these improvements in your projects. The setup I've been running a Node.js (v18.x) application with NestJS (v10.x) on Cloud Run for about 8 months now, handling around 50k requests per day. I chose @google-cloud/logging-winston (v6.0.0) for logging because of its promised seamless integration with Google Cloud's ecosystem. Initially, I was using the…
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Provide Shared File Storage For The Company Offices

Provide Shared File Storage For The Company Offices

The company is geographically dispersed with offices in different locations. These offices need a way to share files and disseminate information. For example, the Finance department needs to confirm cost information for auditing and compliance. This file shares should be easy to access and load without delay. Some content should only be accessed from selected corporate virtual networks. Create and configure a storage account for Azure Files. Create a storage account for the finance department’s shared files Step 1 In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts. Select + Create. For Resource group select Create new. Give your resource…
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nxs-marketplace-terraform: love and use it

nxs-marketplace-terraform: love and use it

Hello everyone! My name is Danil, I am a DevOps engineer at Nixys. In today's business environment, companies increasingly need to deploy and manage various cloud environments quickly. Often customers set a task to deploy typical cloud environments in a short period once we were approached with such a request. The customer was tasked with deploying several generic environments in the cloud as quickly as possible for their new project. They needed a solution that would ensure consistency, repeatability, and automation of the deployment process. Since deadlines were tight, they needed an approach that would minimize manual work and the…
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