Just over a month ago, we found ourselves facing an alarming and concerning issue. An increasing number of our API requests were abandoned, some vanishing without a trace in our logs. As our traffic continued to surge, this disconcerting trend had a profound impact on our system’s performance. This blog Read more…
In the world of applications and servers, two important tools come into play: API Gateways and load balancers. This article will try to answer the very common debate over API Gateway vs. Load Balancer. Let’s break them down into everyday terms to understand the key differences and when to use Read more…
It is a moral responsibility of code to crash, of bugs to appear, functionality to break and developers to fix them. But to fix them, developers should know when a certain bug appears, and the context of the bug. To get this first-hand information, we set up monitoring services, which Read more…
Simple Queuing Service (SQS) from AWS is the first choice for many developers when it comes to asynchronous processing. Entirely managed by AWS with easy to understand documentation and a plethora of resources available online, SQS is a fan favorite. However, while learning or experimenting with SQS, you don’t always Read more…
Ever since taking control of Github in its hands, Microsoft has been making regularly making it more attractive. Github Actions is one of the noteworthy features rolled out after Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub. In this article, we are going to understand what a Github Action is and then try to Read more…
