Best of CloudMarch 2025

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    Avatar of bytebytegoByteByteGo·1y

    EP156: Software Architect Knowledge Map

    Becoming a Software Architect involves mastering programming languages, gaining proficiency in essential tools, understanding key design and architectural principles, and acquiring knowledge in platforms, data analytics, networking, and security. Supporting skills such as decision-making, communication, and leadership are also crucial for a well-rounded skill set.

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    Avatar of javarevisitedJavarevisited·1y

    Top 10 Educative Courses for Software Engineers in 2025

    The post recommends the top 10 interactive courses for software engineers in 2025 provided by Educative.io. These courses cover essential topics such as Generative AI, Data Science, System Design, Cloud Computing, and more. They offer a hands-on learning experience with a focus on text-based content, making them ideal for developers seeking to enhance their skills and remain competitive in the tech industry.

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    Avatar of tiffintechTiff In Tech·1y

    The Top 10 Tech Skills That Will Remain In-Demand for 2026

    The tech industry is evolving rapidly, with new roles constantly emerging while existing ones change. The post identifies the top 10 tech skills that will be crucial by 2026. These include Gen AI development, advanced cybersecurity and ethical hacking, cloud-native application development, big data, blockchain technology, edge computing, immersive technology (AR/VR), quantum algorithms development, DevSecOps, and sustainability and green technology. Acquiring these skills can make a significant difference in staying competitive in the job market.

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    Avatar of tinybirdTinybird·1y

    Local first.

    Tinybird introduces Tinybird Local, a Docker container that allows developers to run a full instance of Tinybird's data processing platform on their laptops. This local-first approach enables development, testing, and deployment of data applications both locally and in the cloud seamlessly. The container includes core Tinybird functionalities and several optimizations for performance but lacks some cloud-specific features. The initiative aims to provide a more controlled, offline, and versatile development environment.

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    Avatar of collectionsCollections·1y

    Google's Alphabet to Acquire Cloud Security Startup Wiz for $32 Billion

    Alphabet has confirmed its $32 billion acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz to enhance Google Cloud's security offerings. Wiz, which rapidly grew in value, will integrate its innovative, AI-driven solutions with Google Cloud while continuing to operate independently and collaborate with other major cloud providers. The acquisition, expected to finalize by 2026, marks Alphabet's commitment to bolstering its cloud security capabilities amidst regulatory and market challenges.

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    Avatar of detlifeData Engineer Things·1y

    Workflow Orchestration Tools

    Workflow orchestration tools like Airflow, Prefect, Windmill, Kestra, Temporal, and Dagster are essential for managing complex processes across automated tasks and systems. Key features include automated task scheduling, error handling, integration with multiple tools, real-time monitoring, and scalability. Each tool has unique strengths: Airflow with its robust community and dynamic workflows, Prefect's cloud-native integration and flexibility, Temporal's advanced workflow management, Kestra's event-driven architecture, Windmill's efficient runtime and low-code builders, and Dagster's asset-centric approach and modular architecture.

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    Avatar of awesome-codingAwesome·1y

    Now Is The Best Time To Learn Java

    Java 24 introduces several key improvements aimed at enhancing developer experience and performance. Significant advancements include Project Leen for better startup and warm-up times via ahead-of-time compilation, enhanced virtual threads from Project Loom for scalable concurrent applications, flexible stream gatherers for efficient data processing, and improved pattern matching for cleaner code. These updates position Java as a robust choice for modern programming, particularly in cloud environments.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·1y

    Servers for Hackers

    Learn how to install, manage, backup, and configure the key components of your applications.

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    Avatar of portkeyportkey·1y

    Launching Prompt Engineering Studio

    Portkey's Prompt Engineering Studio bridges the gap between AI experimentation and large-scale deployment. Designed with production-readiness in mind, it provides tools for developing, testing, and deploying prompts across 1600+ AI models. Features include efficient collaboration, low-latency deployments, and real-time analytics. The platform meets the needs of businesses requiring enterprise-grade reliability for AI operations.

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    Avatar of logrocketLogRocket·1y

    Migrating to Valkey from Redis

    The post discusses migrating from Redis to Valkey, highlighting key differences such as licensing changes, performance improvements, and new features in Valkey 8.0. It covers the similarities in basic features, improvements in multi-threading, RDMA support, and cost advantages. Detailed migration steps are provided, along with the recommendation to test applications thoroughly before making the switch.

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    Avatar of fireshipFireship·1y

    Next.js rocked by critical 9.1 level exploit...

    A critical 9.1 security exploit affecting Next.js allows attackers to bypass authentication and authorization in middleware, putting many applications at risk. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on February 27th but was only patched on March 18th, leading to significant controversy and competitive drama between companies like Cloudflare and Vercel. Developers are advised to upgrade their Next.js apps immediately, especially if using middleware for security purposes, to mitigate potential damage.

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    Avatar of developedbyeddevelopedbyed·1y

    My Favourite Tech Stack For 2025

    The author shares their favorite tech stack for 2025, highlighting tools like DocPloy for easy deployment, the Bun runtime for JavaScript applications, and the Hano framework to leverage Cloudflare's offerings. They also discuss exciting advances in authentication with Open Auth and payments integration using Polar. Additionally, frameworks like TenStack Start and Astro are recommended for their simplicity and flexibility, along with the importance of 3D technology, particularly 3JS, for future web development.

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    Avatar of dhhDavid Heinemeier Hansson·1y

    Motivating the S3 exit with five thousand dollars a day

    Basecamp and HEY are planning to end their AWS S3 contract, which currently costs $1.5 million per year, by summer. They are switching to Pure Storage, which provides 18 petabytes of NVMe storage with S3-compatible API. This transition is crucial to avoid the potential $5,000 daily cost of using S3 post-contract.

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    Avatar of bytebytegoByteByteGo·1y

    How Uber Built Odin to Handle 3.8 Million Containers

    Uber created Odin to automate the management of its massive database and storage infrastructure, handling 3.8 million containers and over 100,000 hosts. Odin utilizes self-healing loops, efficient resource scheduling, and technology-agnostic integration to ensure high availability, optimal performance, and minimal manual intervention. Key features include self-healing systems, dynamic workload rescheduling, and efficient storage management. Odin represents a significant advancement in automated, intent-based infrastructure management.

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    Avatar of javascript_developersJavascript developers·1y

    GreyOS - The next generation OS / The first practical interactive Meta-OS

    GreyOS is defined as the first true Meta-OS, a fully interactive and user-facing operating system that transcends traditional hardware and is cloud-native and web-based. Unlike other Meta-OS concepts, which focus on managing computing environments, GreyOS offers a complete OS experience and includes its own Meta Programming language, the Meta-Script.

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·1y

    Offline Sync Public Beta

    Turso Offline Sync is now in public beta, allowing applications to function seamlessly offline by syncing local database operations once connectivity is restored. This feature enhances the performance and resilience of applications, making them responsive to network failures. Currently, the beta supports TypeScript and Rust, with potential for future enhancements in different environments like in-browser and Expo.

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    Avatar of newstackThe New Stack·1y

    FerretDB 2.0: Open Source MongoDB With PostgreSQL Power

    FerretDB, an open-source MongoDB proxy running on PostgreSQL, has released version 2.0 with significant performance improvements using the DocumentDB extension from Microsoft. This extension enables SQL queries for BSON data, making FerretDB a flexible on-premises alternative to MongoDB-compatible cloud services. FerretDB seeks to provide an open-source solution for MongoDB users, emphasizing vendor-neutrality and community-driven development through the OpenDocDB initiative.

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    Avatar of tinybirdTinybird·1y

    Run Tinybird on your own infrastructure

    Tinybird Self-Managed is now available in beta, allowing users to deploy Tinybird's real-time data platform on their own AWS infrastructure, with support for GCP and Azure coming soon. This version provides greater control over data environments, integrating with private data sources and optimizing hardware resources as needed. Future updates will include expanded cloud support, automated upgrades, and advanced monitoring.

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    Avatar of javarevisitedJavarevisited·1y

    Top 5 Udemy Courses to Learn DevSecOps in 2025

    Discover the top 5 Udemy courses for experienced developers to learn DevSecOps in 2025. These courses cover everything from DevSecOps fundamentals to advanced security automation practices and tools like Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes. Ideal for developers, DevOps engineers, cloud architects, and security professionals, these courses will help you integrate security into your CI/CD pipelines and build secure applications.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·1y

    BigDataBoutique/awesome-opensearch: A curated list of links and resources all about Opensearch. Maintained by the Opensearch experts at BigData Boutique (makers of Pulse for Opensearch)

    The resource collection 'awesome-opensearch' is maintained by BigData Boutique. It provides a wide range of links, tools, and articles related to Opensearch, including official documentation, community forums, migration guides, and cost optimization tips. Contributions to the repository are encouraged, with guidelines provided for adding valuable content.

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    Avatar of lightbendLightbend·1y

    Building a real-time video AI service with Google Gemini

    Learn how an agentic AI service was built to process real-time video, utilizing the Google Gemini Multimodal Live API. The project, implemented using Akka's SDK, overcame challenges with the synchronous Python client provided by Google by creating a custom reactive client. The service was scaled to thousands of TPS and deployed within a Google VPC.

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    Avatar of fullstackprojectsFullstack Projects·1y

    Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling: Key Differences

    Two primary strategies for system performance and scalability are horizontal scaling and vertical scaling. Horizontal scaling involves adding more instances and distributing traffic across nodes, suitable for distributed systems, and is more fault-tolerant. Vertical scaling upgrades existing machines with more resources, simpler to implement but is limited by hardware capacity and has a single point of failure.

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    Avatar of romanfghromanfgh's public Squad·1y

    How Is This Even Possible

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    Avatar of dailydoseofdsDaily Dose of Data Science | Avi Chawla | Substack·1y

    Building an MCP Server

    AWS offers a tool called Amazon Q Developer, which simplifies the creation and maintenance of documentation for developers. The post also provides a comprehensive guide on understanding, building, and integrating an MCP (Message Control Protocol) server to streamline interactions between agents and tools/APIs. Key steps include defining the MCP server, exposing tools via decorators and docstrings, and integrating with the Cursor IDE to use these tools seamlessly.

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    Avatar of freecodecampfreeCodeCamp·1y

    How to Connect Your AWS EC2 Instance to VS Code

    Learn how to create and connect an AWS EC2 instance to VS Code, including setting up SSH for secure access and installing necessary tools like Java and Maven for web development.