I’m always hungry — One of the biggest benefits I see to having children is that they open your world to a slew of new things; Minecraft, My Little Pony, blanket forts, literal sand cakes… and literature. Children’s literature is amazing. It’s often incredibly well-written, just long enough to entrance a small reader right…

Safely and consistently manage your Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code. — In this article, you’ll learn how to install and configure Terraform to connect to Microsoft Azure. You’ll then create your first resource using Terraform. What is Infrastructure as Code? Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a method of managing and providing IT infrastructure using machine-readable scripts or code rather than manual configuration. It enables DevOps teams…

Medium’s latest changes to the Partner Program have left me confused and uncertain. — A few days ago, Medium sent out an email titled We’re putting you in control of Medium’s paywall. In it, they describe that the current system of “3 free reads” was apparently confusing readers, who “didn’t know if a story was going to be free or not”. Some readers appreciated…

Want to write for us? Here’s how. — Note: We currently only accept Navarians to write for the Navara publication. First of all, awesome! We’re very happy to welcome you as a writer, no matter your experience in writing or publishing. …

A step-by-step guide to running your first workflow in Netflix Conductor. — About this article Two of the key concepts of Netflix Conductor are Workers and Tasks. Workers are the microservices that contain the implementation of Tasks, which are executed by Conductor as part of a workflow. Tasks are the building blocks of workflows, i.e. …

All wrapped in an easy, repeatable, and maintainable process — About This Article The standard implementation of Netflix Conductor is configured to use Elasticsearch 6. This article covers the changes that need to be made to use Elasticsearch 7 and PostgreSQL, as well as providing several scripts to automate building and running Conductor, both locally and in a cloud architecture. At the time…

This is as hot as it gets, please. — In light of the recent influx of global sexual harassment affairs like #notsteamy and #toohot and responding to complaints by men, women, non-binary and “other” members of the sauna-going league, the International Union of Sauna-Goers has decided to publish this well-researched list of acceptable compliments and remarks while using the…

It’s about to get hot and steamy in here — I’m a huge fan of going to the sauna. I’m also a bit of a snob, really. So no wishy-washy, not-a-sauna-but-I-want-to-say-I-went infrared crap for me. When I say sauna, I’m talking Finnish, 90 degrees and enough steam to make it feel like I’m a lobster being slowly cooked alive. …

Create GitHub gists the fast and easy way using Markdown and Node.js. — GitHub gists are a super simple way to save and share code snippets. If you regularly write technical articles, GitHub gists will make your articles look much more professional. Almost all programming-related publications, like Level Up Coding and Better Programming, require (or at least highly advice) you to use GitHub…