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15 Nov 2021

What Model Airplanes Teach Us About Avoiding Application Failures

What Model Airplanes Teach Us About Avoiding Application Failures

By Lee Atchison|2021-11-15T08:33:05-08:00November 15th, 2021|Best Practices, Risk Management & Mitigation, Scale & Availability|Comments Off on What Model Airplanes Teach Us About Avoiding Application Failures

When learning how to fly model airplanes as a kid, I was taught an important rule: “Always fly ‘two mistakes’ high.” The same rule applies when building web applications.

The 3 Scariest Mistakes Companies Make in the Cloud

By Lee Atchison|2021-10-19T08:09:51-07:00October 19th, 2021|Best Practices, Cloud Adoption & Migration|Comments Off on The 3 Scariest Mistakes Companies Make in the Cloud

Don’t make yourself the central character in one of these cloud horror tales.

Modern Application Caching With Redis

By Lee Atchison|2021-09-29T15:28:21-07:00September 23rd, 2021|Best Practices|Comments Off on Modern Application Caching With Redis

My latest book, Caching at Scale with Redis, describes what caching is, why it’s a cornerstone of effective modern applications, and how Redis can help you meet these demanding caching needs.