Web Design & Development
How to Get Backups and Restore Testing Right
Copies of data and configuration kept so a site can be recovered, and the tests that prove they work. Key takeaways 3-2-1 approach: multiple copies, different m...
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Web Design & Development
Disaster Recovery Planning: What Actually Works
The plan for restoring service after a major failure, including targets for how quickly and how much data can be lost. Key takeaways Recovery time objective: ho...
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A Practical Guide to Staging Environments
A copy of production used to test changes before release, ideally with similar data and configuration. Key takeaways Parity: staging should match production con...
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Feature Flags: The Decisions That Matter
Switches that turn features on or off at runtime, for gradual rollouts, testing and quick rollbacks. Key takeaways Gradual rollout: features can be enabled for...
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Deployment Strategies: What Actually Works
How new code reaches production, including rolling, blue-green and canary releases. Key takeaways Rolling: instances are updated gradually Blue-green: traffic s...
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Infrastructure as Code, Done Properly
Defining servers, networks and services in version-controlled files rather than configuring them by hand. Key takeaways Declarative definitions: describe the de...
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A Practical Guide to Containers for Web Apps
Packaging an application with its dependencies so it runs the same way on every machine. Key takeaways Images: bundle application code and dependencies Registri...
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Continuous Integration Pipelines: What Actually Works
Automated processes that build, test and check code every time changes are pushed. Key takeaways Triggers: pipelines run on pushes and pull requests Stages: bui...
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A Practical Guide to Code Review
The practice of having another developer read changes before they merge, for correctness, clarity and security. Key takeaways Small changes: are reviewed better...
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A Practical Guide to Branching Strategies
How teams organize work in version control, from trunk-based development to long-lived release branches. Key takeaways Trunk-based: short-lived branches merge i...
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Uptime Monitoring and Alerting: The Decisions That Matter
Automated checks that confirm a site is reachable and working, and alerts when it is not. Key takeaways Checks: can test pages, APIs and transactions Locations:...
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Incident Response for Websites: The Decisions That Matter
The process of detecting, communicating about and resolving outages and security incidents. Key takeaways Roles: someone leads, someone communicates, someone fi...
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