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ByteFE
ByteFE
Jun 11, 2021 · Frontend Development

Curated Technical Highlights: DevOps CI, React 18, CSS Size‑Adjust, Micro‑Frontend, Cross‑Platform Frameworks, JavaScript Clean Code, Node.js Multiprocessing, and More

This newsletter aggregates recent technical insights covering DevOps continuous integration, React 18 enhancements, CSS size‑adjust for web fonts, micro‑frontend frameworks, cross‑platform reuse patterns, JavaScript exception handling, Node.js multiprocessing, React SSR advances, WebAssembly performance, and product design best practices.

devopsmicrofrontendnodejs
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Curated Technical Highlights: DevOps CI, React 18, CSS Size‑Adjust, Micro‑Frontend, Cross‑Platform Frameworks, JavaScript Clean Code, Node.js Multiprocessing, and More
Practical DevOps Architecture
Practical DevOps Architecture
Jun 10, 2021 · Operations

Understanding Docker Volumes and Host‑Container Data Sharing

This article explains how Docker volumes work, how to mount host directories into containers using the -v and --mount options, and demonstrates data persistence by creating a volume, inspecting its storage location, and verifying that files created inside the container appear on the host.

Data persistenceLinuxVolumes
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Understanding Docker Volumes and Host‑Container Data Sharing
DevOps
DevOps
Jun 10, 2021 · Operations

Operations Is Not Simple: Challenges, Methodologies, and Paths to Sustainable Improvement

This article explores the complexity of IT operations, outlining common misconceptions, essential capabilities, organizational and individual pain points, and presents self‑help strategies such as SRE, DevOps, automation, and AIOps to achieve sustainable, scalable, and intelligent operations within enterprises.

AIOpsSREautomation
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Operations Is Not Simple: Challenges, Methodologies, and Paths to Sustainable Improvement
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 9, 2021 · Operations

What China Mobile Learned from Passing DevOps Level‑3: Insights from the 2021 GOPS Conference

The 2021 GOPS Global Operations Conference in Shenzhen showcased the latest enterprise DevOps empowerment plan, announced the 12th batch of continuous delivery assessment results, and featured an interview with China Mobile’s chief scientist Qian Ling, who shared the challenges, successes, and future roadmap of their DevOps transformation.

continuous deliverydevopsenterprise transformation
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What China Mobile Learned from Passing DevOps Level‑3: Insights from the 2021 GOPS Conference
DevOps
DevOps
Jun 9, 2021 · Operations

Applying Chaos Engineering to Improve System Reliability: Challenges, Theory, and Practical Recommendations

This article explains how DevOps and I&O leaders can overcome fear of chaos engineering by understanding its theoretical roots, addressing core reliability challenges, and adopting a structured, pre‑production "test‑first" approach with practical steps, tools, and community sharing to enhance system availability.

Pre‑production testingdevopstooling
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Applying Chaos Engineering to Improve System Reliability: Challenges, Theory, and Practical Recommendations
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 8, 2021 · Operations

How Red‑Blue Drills Boost Securities Ops: From Capacity Testing to Full‑Scale Automation

Lin Ying, a senior test manager at Guoxin Securities, shares insights from his GOPS 2021 talk on the securities industry's digital transformation, current IT challenges, and a comprehensive red‑blue exercise strategy that combines full‑link load testing, automated workflows, and proactive monitoring to ensure system stability during market peaks.

Operationscapacity testingdevops
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How Red‑Blue Drills Boost Securities Ops: From Capacity Testing to Full‑Scale Automation
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jun 8, 2021 · Fundamentals

Understanding Version Control and Its Importance for DevOps Teams

This article explains the fundamentals of version control, why it is essential for DevOps teams, and how it improves productivity, error detection, parallel development, and overall product reliability through better collaboration and traceability.

ReliabilitySoftware engineeringVersion Control
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Understanding Version Control and Its Importance for DevOps Teams
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jun 7, 2021 · Operations

DevOps Continuous Integration Practices in Large-Scale Projects

The article outlines how large‑scale projects can achieve reliable, fast releases by adopting DevOps continuous‑integration practices such as trunk‑based development, comprehensive automated testing, versioned artifact storage, configuration‑as‑code pipelines, Docker layer caching, and staged builds that prioritize short tasks and parallel execution to minimize manual effort and maintain quality.

CI/CD pipelineContinuous IntegrationDocker Cache
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DevOps Continuous Integration Practices in Large-Scale Projects
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jun 5, 2021 · Operations

Top 20 DevOps Interview Questions with Expert Answers

This article compiles the 20 most common DevOps interview questions, providing detailed explanations of concepts such as the DevOps‑Agile distinction, core benefits, key tools, anti‑patterns, KPI metrics, automation advantages, containers, microservice frameworks, version control practices, Git revert techniques, post‑mortem meetings, asset vs configuration management, continuous testing elements, and essential development and infrastructure operations.

CI/CDKPIOperations
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Top 20 DevOps Interview Questions with Expert Answers
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 2, 2021 · Operations

How a Major Power Grid Company Uses DevOps to Accelerate Digital Transformation

At the 2021 GOPS Global Operations Conference in Shenzhen, Southern Power Grid’s Digital Grid Research Institute shared how its DevOps empowerment program is boosting software engineering, CI/CD pipelines, and digital transformation, illustrating the plan’s goals, achievements, and future expectations for the energy sector.

ChinaEnterprisePower Grid
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How a Major Power Grid Company Uses DevOps to Accelerate Digital Transformation
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jun 1, 2021 · Operations

Top 20 DevOps Interview Questions with Expert Answers

This article presents a comprehensive list of the 20 most common DevOps interview questions, covering fundamentals, tools, practices, KPIs, and troubleshooting techniques, and provides concise, expert answers to help candidates prepare effectively for DevOps roles.

Continuous Integrationdevopsinterview
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Top 20 DevOps Interview Questions with Expert Answers
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
May 28, 2021 · Operations

Common Mistakes in DevOps Implementation and How to Avoid Them

The article outlines ten frequent DevOps pitfalls—from out‑of‑order delivery and role misunderstandings to neglecting security and team fatigue—and provides practical guidance on planning, automation, quality, and cultural practices to achieve successful continuous delivery.

CI/CDOperationsSoftware Automation
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Common Mistakes in DevOps Implementation and How to Avoid Them
Practical DevOps Architecture
Practical DevOps Architecture
May 28, 2021 · Cloud Native

Best Practices for Writing Efficient Dockerfiles

This article explains the advantages of using Dockerfiles for image building, outlines key principles such as single responsibility, commenting, minimalism, proper base image selection, .dockerignore usage, cache optimization, and timezone configuration, and provides a practical example Dockerfile to improve build speed and image size.

Best Practicescloud-nativecontainer
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Best Practices for Writing Efficient Dockerfiles
DevOps
DevOps
May 27, 2021 · Fundamentals

Insights on Continuous Testing: Test‑First Mindset, Automation, Culture, and AI/ML

In this interview, Alan Page shares expert advice on adopting a test‑first mindset, achieving high test automation, overcoming talent shortages and cultural resistance, and exploring AI/ML opportunities to enhance continuous testing practices within modern software development teams.

AI testingcontinuous testingdevops
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Insights on Continuous Testing: Test‑First Mindset, Automation, Culture, and AI/ML
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 26, 2021 · Operations

How ITIL and DevOps Converge to Drive Digital Transformation

At the 16th GOPS Global Operations Conference, JKStack CTO Ge Dingjia detailed how the convergence of ITIL and DevOps, grounded in lean‑thinking value‑stream concepts, drives digital transformation by aligning IT operations with business value through workflow integration, value‑stream mapping, and continuous improvement.

Enterprise ArchitectureITILLean
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How ITIL and DevOps Converge to Drive Digital Transformation
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 24, 2021 · Cloud Native

Master Docker from Zero: Build, Run, and Deploy Containers Like a Pro

This comprehensive guide walks you through Docker fundamentals, from the underlying concepts of containers versus virtual machines to hands‑on installation, image creation, container deployment, and best practices, empowering developers to containerize and ship applications efficiently.

DockerNginxVue
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Master Docker from Zero: Build, Run, and Deploy Containers Like a Pro
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 21, 2021 · Operations

How China Life Insurance Reached Leading DevOps Continuous Delivery Maturity

This article details China Life Property & Casualty Insurance's agricultural insurance claims system achieving Level 3 DevOps continuous‑delivery assessment, shares insights from an interview with the R&D center head on motivations, implementation, metrics, challenges, and future plans, and explains the DevOps maturity model and pipeline architecture.

Agricultural InsuranceCase StudyMaturity Model
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How China Life Insurance Reached Leading DevOps Continuous Delivery Maturity
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 21, 2021 · Operations

How Inner Mongolia Mobile Reached a Leading DevOps Continuous Delivery Level

The article reports on Inner Mongolia Mobile's successful achievement of Level 3 in the national DevOps continuous delivery assessment, detailing the GOPS conference announcement, the ESOP project's architecture and improvements, interview insights from the IT manager, and the measurable benefits that positioned the company at a domestic leading level.

Case StudySoftware engineeringcontinuous delivery
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How Inner Mongolia Mobile Reached a Leading DevOps Continuous Delivery Level
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 21, 2021 · Operations

How Anxin Securities Achieved Leading DevOps Level‑3 Continuous Delivery: Insights and Metrics

Anxin Securities’ CIO discusses how the company’s Internet Customer Service Platform passed the DevOps Standard Continuous Delivery Level 3 assessment, detailing the motivations, implementation challenges, measurable improvements, and future plans for scaling DevOps across its technology stacks.

IT OperationsSoftware engineeringcontinuous delivery
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How Anxin Securities Achieved Leading DevOps Level‑3 Continuous Delivery: Insights and Metrics
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 21, 2021 · Operations

How Guoxin Securities Reached Leading DevOps Maturity in a 3‑Level Assessment

Guoxin Securities’ Chief Engineer Liu Hanxi and IT Head Xue Zhongyi discuss how their Gold Sun information platform leveraged a self‑developed microservice framework and the national DevOps standard to achieve a Level‑3 continuous delivery assessment, dramatically improving delivery speed, test coverage, automation and overall digital transformation.

Software engineeringcontinuous deliverydevops
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How Guoxin Securities Reached Leading DevOps Maturity in a 3‑Level Assessment
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
May 17, 2021 · Operations

Block Foreign IPs Using NGINX ngx_http_geoip2 Module

This step‑by‑step guide shows how to install the libmaxminddb library, compile NGINX with the ngx_http_geoip2 module, download the latest GeoLite2 database, configure geoip2 directives, and verify that foreign IP addresses are blocked with a 404 response.

IP blockingNginxdevops
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Block Foreign IPs Using NGINX ngx_http_geoip2 Module
Taobao Frontend Technology
Taobao Frontend Technology
May 17, 2021 · Operations

Mastering GitLab CI/CD: Core Concepts, Pipelines, and Best Practices

This article provides a comprehensive overview of GitLab CI/CD, covering its core concepts—pipelines, stages, jobs, and runners—along with .gitlab-ci.yml configuration, variables, triggers, DAG pipelines, runner types, cloud‑native capabilities, efficiency management, and practical demo examples to help teams implement robust DevOps workflows.

CI/CD pipelinesDAGDocker
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Mastering GitLab CI/CD: Core Concepts, Pipelines, and Best Practices
DevOps
DevOps
May 17, 2021 · Cloud Native

Challenges of Testing Cloud‑Native Applications and the Need for New Approaches

Amid accelerating Agile and DevOps adoption, the rapid delivery of cloud‑native microservices introduces cascading risks and makes traditional monolithic testing inadequate, prompting a shift toward observability‑driven “right‑shift” testing, exploratory methods, and chaos engineering to embrace failure as the new normal.

ObservabilityTestingchaos engineering
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Challenges of Testing Cloud‑Native Applications and the Need for New Approaches
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
May 12, 2021 · Backend Development

Key Components and Practical Setup of a Spring Cloud + Nginx Microservice Architecture

This article explains the main components of a Spring Cloud‑Nginx architecture, version compatibility between Spring Cloud and Spring Boot, essential middleware such as Eureka, Nacos, Zuul and Redis, environment preparation on CentOS, and the structure of the crazy‑springcloud scaffolding used for a high‑performance seckill demo.

Nginxarchitecturedevops
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Key Components and Practical Setup of a Spring Cloud + Nginx Microservice Architecture
21CTO
21CTO
May 12, 2021 · Backend Development

How to Build a Scalable Backend Stack for Startups: Languages, Tools, and Architecture

This guide outlines a four‑layer backend stack—languages, components, processes, and systems—and provides detailed recommendations for project management, DNS, load balancing, CDN, RPC frameworks, service discovery, databases, NoSQL, messaging, code management, CI, logging, monitoring, configuration, deployment, jump servers, and machine management, helping startups design a robust, cloud‑native backend architecture.

Cloudarchitecturedevops
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How to Build a Scalable Backend Stack for Startups: Languages, Tools, and Architecture
The Dominant Programmer
The Dominant Programmer
May 12, 2021 · Operations

How to Download, Install, Configure, and Start Jenkins on CentOS

This step‑by‑step guide shows how to install JDK 1.8, download the Jenkins RPM (from the official site or a Tsinghua mirror), install it, modify the config to run as root on port 8888, start the service, retrieve the initial admin password, and complete the Jenkins setup on a CentOS system.

CI/CDCentOSJenkins
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How to Download, Install, Configure, and Start Jenkins on CentOS
Full-Stack Internet Architecture
Full-Stack Internet Architecture
May 12, 2021 · Backend Development

21 Counterproductive Practices That Can Destroy a Software Team

The article lists twenty‑one harmful programming habits—such as reinventing wheels, overusing design patterns, skipping testing, ignoring monitoring, and avoiding proper architecture—that can cripple a development team and serve as a warning for engineers seeking better practices.

Anti-patternsSoftware engineeringbad practices
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21 Counterproductive Practices That Can Destroy a Software Team
macrozheng
macrozheng
May 8, 2021 · Cloud Native

Mastering Kubernetes: From Pods to High Availability Explained

This article demystifies Kubernetes by explaining its core scheduling function, the role of Pods, YAML configuration, probes, high‑availability constructs like ReplicaSet and Deployment, internal components, resource limits, and practical cluster‑setup tools, providing a comprehensive guide for newcomers and practitioners alike.

DeploymentKubernetesService
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Mastering Kubernetes: From Pods to High Availability Explained
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
May 7, 2021 · R&D Management

From Git Flow to GitLab Flow: Streamlining Your Team’s Version Control

This guide compares Git flow, GitHub flow, and GitLab flow, then presents a practical GitLab‑flow‑based workflow with step‑by‑step branching, merge‑request, release, semantic versioning, and bug‑fix procedures for development teams seeking a simpler, scalable version‑control process.

Continuous IntegrationGitVersion Control
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From Git Flow to GitLab Flow: Streamlining Your Team’s Version Control
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
May 7, 2021 · Operations

Understanding DevOps as an Interface, Not a Job Role

The article explains that DevOps should be viewed as an interdisciplinary interface rather than a specific job title, contrasts it with traditional roles like software developer or system administrator, and illustrates the concept with a Java‑style code example, while also including a brief promotional note about a DevOps training course.

Engineering RolesOperationscode example
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Understanding DevOps as an Interface, Not a Job Role
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
May 2, 2021 · Cloud Native

Master Kubernetes Jobs and CronJobs: A Step‑by‑Step Guide

This article explains what Kubernetes Jobs and CronJobs are, outlines common use cases, and provides detailed, code‑rich instructions for creating, configuring, and managing them—including parallel execution, random naming, and key parameters—so you can automate batch and ad‑hoc tasks in a cloud‑native environment.

CronJobJobsKubernetes
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Master Kubernetes Jobs and CronJobs: A Step‑by‑Step Guide
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
May 1, 2021 · Backend Development

Backend Technology Stack Selection for Startup Companies

This article outlines a comprehensive backend technology stack for startup companies, detailing language choices, essential components, processes, system tools, and best‑practice recommendations across areas such as project management, DNS, load balancing, databases, messaging, CI/CD, monitoring, and deployment.

Cloudarchitecturebackend
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Backend Technology Stack Selection for Startup Companies
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Apr 29, 2021 · Cloud Native

Master Docker Management with Portainer: Quick Install and Feature Guide

This guide introduces the lightweight Docker GUI tool Portainer, walks through a two‑step Docker‑based installation, and demonstrates key features such as dashboard overview, container logs, stats, console access, image and network management, user roles, and registry configuration.

Container ManagementDockerGUI
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Master Docker Management with Portainer: Quick Install and Feature Guide
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Apr 28, 2021 · Operations

Visual Deployment with Jenkins Deploy Dashboard Plugin

This article introduces the Jenkins Deploy Dashboard plugin, explains how to visualize deployment status across environments, and provides step‑by‑step instructions with code examples for adding deployments to the dashboard, creating the view, and adding deployment buttons to pipelines.

CI/CDDeploy DashboardJenkins
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Visual Deployment with Jenkins Deploy Dashboard Plugin
DevOps
DevOps
Apr 28, 2021 · Operations

Key Capabilities for Continuous Delivery, Architecture, Product, Lean Management, and Culture (Accelerate Insights)

The article outlines twenty‑four essential capabilities across continuous delivery, architecture, product and process, lean management, and culture, derived from the Accelerate research, providing practical guidance for organizations seeking high‑performance software delivery.

Lean ManagementSoftware Architecturecontinuous delivery
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Key Capabilities for Continuous Delivery, Architecture, Product, Lean Management, and Culture (Accelerate Insights)
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Apr 27, 2021 · Operations

2021 China DevOps Survey: How Mature Are Enterprises Across Industries?

The 2021 China DevOps Survey, launched by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology with nearly 40 industry partners, invites organizations to assess their DevOps maturity, offers a free report and gifts, and builds on 2020 findings that show growing adoption and varied maturity levels across sectors.

ChinaMaturitydevops
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2021 China DevOps Survey: How Mature Are Enterprises Across Industries?
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Apr 27, 2021 · Cloud Native

Top Open‑Source Tools Every SRE Should Master for Scalable, Reliable Systems

This article surveys the most popular open‑source projects for Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps, covering monitoring, deployment, chaos testing, and observability tools such as Cloudprober, Istio, Prometheus, Litmus, and more, highlighting their key features and how they help build scalable, high‑reliability cloud‑native systems.

KubernetesSREdevops
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Top Open‑Source Tools Every SRE Should Master for Scalable, Reliable Systems
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Apr 21, 2021 · Databases

Deploy a Redis Cluster on Kubernetes: Step‑by‑Step Guide

This article introduces Redis, explains why it is popular, describes the architecture of a Redis Cluster, and provides a complete step‑by‑step tutorial for deploying, initializing, validating, and testing a Redis Cluster on Kubernetes with sample code and a hit‑counter application.

KubernetesRediscluster
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Deploy a Redis Cluster on Kubernetes: Step‑by‑Step Guide
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Apr 20, 2021 · Operations

11 Must‑Know Open‑Source DevOps Tools for Modern Operations

This article surveys the 11 most popular open‑source DevOps tools—including Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Prometheus, Ansible, Chef, Terraform, JAMStack, and ELK Stack—while also highlighting the DevOps Foundation certification that helps professionals master these technologies.

CI/CDKubernetesdevops
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11 Must‑Know Open‑Source DevOps Tools for Modern Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Apr 20, 2021 · Operations

Top 20 Jenkins Alternatives for Seamless CI/CD Integration

This article reviews twenty popular CI/CD tools that can replace Jenkins, highlighting each platform's key features such as parallel testing, Docker integration, cloud provider support, and ease of configuration, helping teams choose the best fit for their DevOps workflow.

CI/CDContinuous IntegrationJenkins alternatives
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Top 20 Jenkins Alternatives for Seamless CI/CD Integration
Huolala Tech
Huolala Tech
Apr 19, 2021 · Cloud Native

Mastering Prometheus on Kubernetes: A Step‑by‑Step Guide for Cloud‑Native Monitoring

This article introduces Prometheus fundamentals, its architecture and metric types, then walks through a complete Kubernetes deployment—including namespace, RBAC, ConfigMap, and various exporters—showing how to collect metrics, configure alerts, and visualize data with Grafana, while highlighting limitations and future improvements.

KubernetesPrometheuscloud-native
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Mastering Prometheus on Kubernetes: A Step‑by‑Step Guide for Cloud‑Native Monitoring
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Apr 18, 2021 · Operations

How to Build a Scalable Prometheus Monitoring System with Thanos on Kubernetes

This article explains why monitoring is essential for production stability, compares white‑box and black‑box approaches, details the advantages of Prometheus, walks through its architecture, metric types, query language, high‑availability strategies with Thanos, and provides practical Kubernetes deployment manifests and configuration tips.

KubernetesObservabilityPrometheus
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How to Build a Scalable Prometheus Monitoring System with Thanos on Kubernetes
Architect
Architect
Apr 16, 2021 · Cloud Native

Docker Architecture Overview and Component Analysis

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Docker’s overall architecture and detailed analysis of its core components—including client, daemon, engine, registry, graph database, drivers, and libcontainer—explaining how they interact to manage containers, images, networking, and execution within a cloud‑native environment.

Dockerarchitecturecloud-native
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Docker Architecture Overview and Component Analysis
Volcano Engine Developer Services
Volcano Engine Developer Services
Apr 15, 2021 · Cloud Native

Replacing Spring Cloud with Cloud‑Native Service Governance: A Practical Guide

This article, based on a Volcano Engine developer community meetup, compares Spring Cloud and cloud‑native technologies, explains their evolution, and demonstrates how to replace Spring Cloud’s core capabilities—such as configuration, service discovery, traffic management, and auto‑scaling—with Kubernetes, Istio, and other cloud‑native tools.

KubernetesSpring Clouddevops
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Replacing Spring Cloud with Cloud‑Native Service Governance: A Practical Guide
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Apr 14, 2021 · Operations

Six Core DevOps Capabilities That Drive Business Success

The article outlines the six essential DevOps capabilities—collaboration, automation, continuous integration, continuous testing, continuous delivery, and continuous monitoring—explaining how each contributes to improving efficiency, reducing errors, and ensuring reliable software delivery in modern IT environments.

CollaborationContinuous Integrationautomation
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Six Core DevOps Capabilities That Drive Business Success
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Apr 14, 2021 · Cloud Native

2020‑2021 Survey on Cloud‑Native Technology Adoption in Traditional Industries

The 2020‑2021 Cloud‑Native Technology Landing Survey, conducted by CNBPA, Lingqu Cloud and the Cloud‑Native Community, collected 783 responses from finance, manufacturing, energy, pharma, telecom and government sectors, revealing that cloud‑native adoption—including containers, DevOps, micro‑services, Kubernetes, Service Mesh and cloud‑native databases—has roughly doubled in production environments and is now the primary driver of digital transformation in traditional enterprises.

Industry SurveyKubernetesdatabase migration
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2020‑2021 Survey on Cloud‑Native Technology Adoption in Traditional Industries
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Apr 13, 2021 · Operations

Jenkins vs GitLab CI/CD: Which DevOps Tool Is Right for Your Projects?

This article provides an in‑depth comparison of Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD, covering their histories, core features, strengths, weaknesses, and practical guidance to help DevOps professionals choose the most suitable continuous integration and delivery platform for their specific project requirements.

CI/CDContinuous IntegrationGitLab CI/CD
0 likes · 15 min read
Jenkins vs GitLab CI/CD: Which DevOps Tool Is Right for Your Projects?
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Apr 13, 2021 · R&D Management

Low-Code Platforms: Accelerating R&D with Visual Coding and DevOps

The article explains how low‑code platforms improve R&D efficiency by offering visual coding, drag‑and‑drop model design, streamlined UI creation, integrated workflow tools, and DevOps capabilities, while comparing lightweight and heavyweight solutions and discussing their suitable scenarios and limitations.

R&D efficiencydevopslow-code
0 likes · 12 min read
Low-Code Platforms: Accelerating R&D with Visual Coding and DevOps
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Apr 11, 2021 · Backend Development

What Is Microservice Architecture? Key Features, Benefits, and Implementation Guide

This article provides a comprehensive overview of microservice architecture, covering its definition, history, differences from monolithic and SOA approaches, core characteristics, practical implementation steps, common design patterns, advantages and challenges, and a mindset shift toward DevOps and Docker.

API GatewayDesign PatternsDocker
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What Is Microservice Architecture? Key Features, Benefits, and Implementation Guide
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Apr 11, 2021 · Cloud Native

What’s New in Kubernetes 1.21? Explore 51 Enhancements and Core Features

Kubernetes 1.21, the first 2021 release, introduces 51 enhancements—including stable CronJobs, immutable Secrets/ConfigMaps, dual‑stack IPv4/IPv6 support, graceful node shutdown, and new health monitoring for PersistentVolumes—while deprecating PodSecurityPolicy and TopologyKeys and offering a suite of new beta and stable features for cloud‑native workloads.

Container OrchestrationKubernetesRelease
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What’s New in Kubernetes 1.21? Explore 51 Enhancements and Core Features
DevOps
DevOps
Apr 7, 2021 · Operations

Top 20 Agile and DevOps Books Recommended by the Author

The author, despite not being an avid reader, curates a personal list of twenty essential Agile and DevOps books—ranging from novel‑style introductions to practical guides—offering brief insights on each title to help readers deepen their understanding of agile practices and DevOps culture.

Book Recommendationsdevopsscrum
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Top 20 Agile and DevOps Books Recommended by the Author
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Apr 6, 2021 · Databases

10 Proven Strategies to Prevent Dangerous SQL Mistakes in Production

This article outlines ten practical techniques—from avoiding chat tools for SQL transmission to using soft deletes, backup tables, and proper field management—to help developers, testers, and DBAs safeguard production databases against accidental data loss and costly errors.

MySQLProductionSQL
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10 Proven Strategies to Prevent Dangerous SQL Mistakes in Production
DevOps
DevOps
Apr 5, 2021 · Cloud Native

Microservice Architecture and DevOps Practices at RongShu Data

This article provides a comprehensive overview of microservice concepts, their differences from traditional SOA, the benefits of agility, scalability and independent deployment, and details RongShu Data's architectural choices, technology stack, design principles, DevOps platform, team organization, and practical implementation guidelines.

Service Governancearchitecturecloud-native
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Microservice Architecture and DevOps Practices at RongShu Data
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 31, 2021 · Operations

Uncovering Digital Risks in DevOps: Safeguarding Your Digital Transformation

This article examines how result‑oriented DevOps drives digital transformation while exposing digital risks—from missing high‑level test scenarios and broken security data links to insufficient user‑experience foresight—and outlines strategies for data governance, risk mitigation, and effective decision‑support across the enterprise.

Data Governancedevopsdigital transformation
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Uncovering Digital Risks in DevOps: Safeguarding Your Digital Transformation
Sohu Tech Products
Sohu Tech Products
Mar 31, 2021 · Operations

Improving Cluster Stability: CI/CD, Monitoring, Logging, Documentation, and Traffic Management Solutions

The article analyzes the instability of a company's Kubernetes clusters, identifies root causes such as unstable release processes, lack of monitoring, logging, and documentation, and proposes comprehensive solutions including a Kubernetes‑centric CI/CD pipeline, federated Prometheus monitoring, Elasticsearch logging, centralized documentation, and integrated traffic management with Kong and Istio.

CI/CDKubernetesLogging
0 likes · 10 min read
Improving Cluster Stability: CI/CD, Monitoring, Logging, Documentation, and Traffic Management Solutions
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Mar 30, 2021 · Operations

How to Build a Scalable Prometheus Monitoring Stack on Kubernetes with Thanos

This article explains why monitoring is essential for production stability, introduces Prometheus fundamentals, metric naming conventions, query types, and high‑availability solutions such as Thanos federation, then walks through a complete Kubernetes deployment including StatefulSets, RBAC, Pushgateway, Alertmanager, and Ingress configuration.

AlertmanagerKubernetesPushgateway
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How to Build a Scalable Prometheus Monitoring Stack on Kubernetes with Thanos
DevOps
DevOps
Mar 30, 2021 · Operations

2021 DevOps Trends and Future Predictions

The article reviews eight major DevOps trends expected in 2021—including infrastructure automation, application release orchestration, evolving toolchains, DevSecOps, APM, cloud‑management platforms, AgileOps, and chaos engineering—while also offering the author’s own forecasts for how DevOps, CI/CD, cloud‑native, AI, and people‑centric practices will shape the industry in the coming years.

2021 TrendsCI/CDDevSecOps
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2021 DevOps Trends and Future Predictions
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 29, 2021 · Operations

Enterprise DevOps Fuels Digital Transformation: Key Takeaways from China’s 2021 Forum

On March 25 2021, China’s Information and Communication Research Institute, together with the Cloud Computing Open Source Industry Alliance and Open Operations Alliance, hosted the fifth “DevOps System Safeguarding Enterprise Digital Transformation” online event, presenting evaluation results, expert talks, a Q&A session, and an overview of the enterprise‑level DevOps empowerment program.

Enterprisecontinuous deliverydevops
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Enterprise DevOps Fuels Digital Transformation: Key Takeaways from China’s 2021 Forum
Selected Java Interview Questions
Selected Java Interview Questions
Mar 29, 2021 · Cloud Native

Docker Command Cheat Sheet: Container, Image, and Container Operations

This guide provides a comprehensive collection of Docker commands for inspecting container information, managing images (listing, searching, pulling, removing, building), and operating containers (starting, stopping, attaching, executing commands, viewing logs, inspecting, committing, and copying files) with practical examples.

CommandsContainersDocker
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Docker Command Cheat Sheet: Container, Image, and Container Operations
Fangduoduo Tech
Fangduoduo Tech
Mar 26, 2021 · Cloud Native

Streamlining Deployments with a Cloud‑Native CI/CD Platform at Fangduoduo

This article details how Fangduoduo built an integrated, cloud‑native CI/CD release system—combining Vue front‑end, Python back‑end, Jenkins, Gerrit, Docker Swarm and Kubernetes—to automate builds, deployments, version control, testing, and service maintenance, dramatically boosting development efficiency.

CI/CDDocker SwarmKubernetes
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Streamlining Deployments with a Cloud‑Native CI/CD Platform at Fangduoduo
Top Architect
Top Architect
Mar 26, 2021 · Operations

Top Open‑Source Projects for SREs and DevOps

This article presents a curated list of popular open‑source tools for monitoring, deployment, chaos testing, and reliability engineering, explaining their main features and how they help SREs and DevOps engineers build scalable, highly available cloud‑native systems.

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Top Open‑Source Projects for SREs and DevOps
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 25, 2021 · Operations

How SPD Bank Achieved Leading‑Edge DevOps Maturity: 4 Projects Pass Level‑3 Continuous Delivery

SPD Bank’s four major systems—an enterprise micro‑service platform, cash‑flow analysis, fund‑supervision, and financial IC‑card services—successfully passed the Level‑3 Continuous Delivery assessment of the national DevOps standard, showcasing a leading‑edge, organization‑wide DevOps capability that boosts delivery speed, quality, and agility.

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How SPD Bank Achieved Leading‑Edge DevOps Maturity: 4 Projects Pass Level‑3 Continuous Delivery
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 25, 2021 · Operations

How a Chinese Telecom Firm Reached Top‑Tier DevOps Maturity – Key Lessons

An interview with China Mobile Suzhou's chief scientist reveals how their "China Mobile Sentiment" project achieved a Level‑3 DevOps continuous delivery assessment, boosting delivery speed, release success, and operational confidence while outlining future scaling plans.

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How a Chinese Telecom Firm Reached Top‑Tier DevOps Maturity – Key Lessons
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 25, 2021 · Operations

Inside Jiangsu Mobile’s Journey to Industry-Leading DevOps Maturity

Jiangsu Mobile’s Alading marketing empowerment project recently passed the third‑level DevOps continuous‑delivery assessment, showcasing significant improvements in delivery speed, automation, and quality, while the interview reveals the team’s strategies, tooling, metrics, challenges, and future plans for scaling DevOps across the organization.

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Inside Jiangsu Mobile’s Journey to Industry-Leading DevOps Maturity
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Mar 24, 2021 · Cloud Native

Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits

GitOps automates infrastructure management by applying DevOps best practices such as version control, code review, and CI/CD pipelines, using declarative IaC stored in Git to enable reliable, observable, and secure deployments across cloud‑native environments.

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Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits
FunTester
FunTester
Mar 24, 2021 · R&D Management

How Agile Teams Can Master Test Automation for Faster, Higher‑Quality Delivery

This article examines why traditional testing must evolve for agile development, outlines the challenges of frequent builds, limited sprint time, performance and API testing, and provides practical guidance on planning, scope selection, parallel execution, DevOps integration, and choosing the right automation tools to boost collaboration and quality.

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How Agile Teams Can Master Test Automation for Faster, Higher‑Quality Delivery
Java Architect Essentials
Java Architect Essentials
Mar 21, 2021 · Backend Development

Top 15 Open‑Source API Management Tools

This article introduces the importance of APIs in modern software development and presents a curated list of fifteen leading open‑source API management platforms, detailing their key features such as rate limiting, authentication, analytics, and developer portals to help developers choose the right solution.

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Top 15 Open‑Source API Management Tools