Tech Tips, Tricks & Trivia

This Week I Learned -  * Make your page load feel more instant by using priority hints to help the browser prioritize the most critical resources. You can also prioritize iframes, scripts, links, and fetch using fetchpriority  property! * With no value, the download attribute of anchor tag forces the linked page to be downloaded . Alternatively, you can provide a value which the browser uses as the suggested file name for the downloaded resource. <a href="/example.pdf" download="my-download.pdf">Download File</a> * Kubernetes is a complex system that relies on several components being configured correctly to have a working cluster. Today, over 100 Kubernetes distributions and installers have been created, each with different default configurations for clusters and supported infrastructure providers.   SIG Cluster Lifecycle began the Cluster API project as a way to address these gaps by building declarative, Kubernetes-style APIs, that automate clus...

Azure Cost Optimization tips compiled from online resources - Utilize Azure Reserved Instances (1-year, 3-year) & Spot pricing  Azure Hybrid Benefit program allows on-premises licenses of Windows Server or SQL Server to be brought to the cloud. Azure Dev/Test Pricing provides deep discounts on services if you are using them for development and testing. Azure offers price-match guarantee against AWS on some comparable services   Azure provides tools for cost planning and optimization like  Azure Advisor, Cost Calculator, Cost Analysis and Azure Budgets which lets you track resource usage and expenditure for Azure alongside other clouds. Right-Sizing VMs by monitoring your metrics using Azure Monitor, and use auto-scaling or other methods to add and remove machines according to utilization. Azure offers B-Series virtual machines designed for applications that are typically idle and then have sudden bursts of usage at discounts of between 15-55% compared to equivalent V...

This Week I Learned -  * Azure IoT Central is Microsoft's application platform as a service (aPaaS) offering designed to simplify and accelerate IoT solution assembly and operation by assembling platform as a service (PaaS) components into an extensible and fully managed app development platform hosted by Microsoft.  * AWS recommends AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)  which is based on CloudEndure Migration technology for lift and shift migrations. Following the successful launch of AWS Application Migration (MGN), AWS plans to start restricting the CloudEndure Migration service starting June 30, 2022.  *  CloudEndure Migration affect CloudEndure Disaster Recovery have separate roadmaps and plans . The CloudEndure Migration sunset plans will not affect the CloudEndure DR service. *  AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) is the recommended service for disaster recovery to AWS. It provides similar capabilities as CloudEndure Disaster ...