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  • Resource Groups, Budgets, and mistakes

    Resource Groups, Budgets, and mistakes

    Before we go into what is in the cloud, I have to talk about how things we need to use the cloud. Usually, modern applications are made up of smaller applications, services, or sub-systems; all these applications work together to accomplish one goal. All these resources can be grouped in different ways: all databases in…

  • Hi Cloud!

    Hi Cloud!

    As the demo evolved, so did the project. The client’s needs were slightly different from what Hindsight Metrics does. So, a subproject arose: Poller. The name comes from the main activity the project does, polling for information from a given site. The type of information to be polled should be configurable by the client on…

  • Mom-and-Pop shops need metrics too!

    Mom-and-Pop shops need metrics too!

    I went to a small accounting firm that had many clients and every night they would workout any new accounts, update any active and archive closed accounts. If all the work was tracked automatically, the firm would save time and money and would open an opportunity to gain better insight into their business such as…