Dev Genius·4yIaaS, PaaS, SaaS. Difference
IaaS, PaaS and SaaS are different models of cloud hosting. IaaS allows developers to quickly scale and charge only for consumed resources. SAAS is when programs and services are developed and maintained by a provider and offered to the end-user through a browser.
DZone·4yGoogle Action With Node.js
Google Actions can be developed using Firebase Cloud functions or a REST API endpoint. We will use the Google Actions Command Line Interface (Google actions CLI) to create, build, deploy and manage our Hello World Google Action. This post contains materials from different resources that can be seen in the Resources section. In this post, we will implement a Google Action for Google Assistant by using Node.js, yarn, and Firebase.
Hacker News·4yDatabases in 2021: A Year in Review
It was a wild year for the database industry, with newcomers overtaking the old guard and vendors fighting over benchmark numbers. We also had to say goodbye to some of our database friends through acquisitions, bankruptcies, or retractions. Here are some of the highlights and a few of my thoughts on what they might mean for the field of databases.