Upgrading RDS MySQL 8.0 to 8.4 broke our auth and the “easy fix” is gone
Vivek Kumar
AWS sent the end-of-support email for MySQL 8.0. Upgrade to 8.4 or pay for Extended Support. I assumed this was a snapshot-and-click job. It took most of a week, almost…
Cloud & Integrations
AWS Cost Optimisation Techniques for EC2, S3, CloudFront & RDS
Your AWS bill is too high. Here is exactly what to do about it. EC2: S3: CloudFront: RDS: Conclusion:
Why We Added Redis + Sidekiq to Our Rails 5 App
Problem: Users were hitting Submit and waiting 2-3 seconds. Not because our DB was slow but because our controller was doing too much inline: sending emails, firing Slack notifications etc…
Observability in Our Rails 5 App with New Relic
Running Rails 5 on AWS EC2, Bundler, Sidekiq & PostgreSQL. The Problem We had logs. We had uptime checks. But we had to figure out which endpoint is slow, why…
Optimising DB Queries the right way in Rails
Our APIs were getting slow, servers were overloading under peak traffic and we had occasional downtime. Here is what we did to fix it. Why we needed this? 1. Add…
How I Protected Jenkins with Cloudflare Access (No VPN, No Tunnel)
If Jenkins is exposed to the internet then it is a nightmare. Open ports, brute-force attempts, credential stuffing, it is a target the moment it is reachable. So, I needed…
How to Set Up Jenkins CI/CD on AWS EC2 with CentOS 7
So I recently set up a Jenkins server on AWS from scratch. I configured the EC2 instance, installed all the dependencies and set up the CI pipeline. I’m documenting everything…
AWS CloudTrail Explained: Monitor and Audit User Activity Easily
What is CloudTrail? AWS CloudTrail is a service provided by AWS that one can use for operational and risk auditing, governance, and compliance of the AWS account. Actions taken by…
How to setup Twilio Flex on Local system.
Create account on Twilio Flex for free. https://www.twilio.com/flex After creating account with Twilio Flex, create a new project. You will find various type of project in Twilio. Select Flex option.…
Implement Intuit’s QuickBooks Online API in RESTFUL Service C#
If you don’t know anything about QuickBooks, you are at right place. I will take you through each and every step necessary for implementing Intuit’s QuickBooks Online(QBO) API in RESTFUL…