The Tech Caffeine #2
July 28, 2021
✳️ This Week’s Featured Articles ✳️
Introducing the Data Validation Tool for EDW migrations
Google Cloud Platform introduced an open-source project called Data Validation Tool. This is a Python-based CLI tool that can be used to validate data migrations from homogenous or heterogeneous databases. Currently, it supports BigQuery, Cloud SQL, FileSystem (GCS, S3, or local files), Hive, Impala, MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, Redshift, Snowflake, Spanner, SQL Server &, Teradata.
There are open-source tools like AWS Deequ & Great Expectations that provide similar services.
Faster Cloud Storage Transfers Using The gcloud Command-line
Google Cloud is introducing a new command-line feature `gcloud storage` that can transfer the data to Google Cloud Storage 94% faster when compared to gsutil.
The feature is currently in preview mode.
GitLab’s DevSecOps Methodology Assessment
This report provides a methodology for you to assess your team’s DevSecOps level.
It also provides ideas to improve the maturity in each category.
Pre-Mortem: Working Backwards in Software Design
In this article, the Paypal Engineering team explains how they use the Pre-mortem technique. Pre-mortem is a strategy in which a team imagines that a project has failed, and then works backward to determine what potentially could lead to the failure of a project.
Unlike a post-mortem or root-cause analysis that is performed after things have failed, a premortem is done before the start of the project
Dapr Vs Envoy — When To Use What?
This article explains the two most talked sidecars of the Microservices world and when to use what. It provides a head-to-head comparison of various features.
If you are onto the Microservices journey, it’s worth checking up this post.
✳️ Noteworthy Course ✳️
Udemy: Practical AI with Python and Reinforcement Learning
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