Policy as Code: Guardrails and Compliance with OPA and Sentinel
Enforce infrastructure compliance and governance automatically using Policy as Code with Open Policy Agent (OPA), HashiCorp Sentinel, or AWS Policy.
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Pulumi: Infrastructure as Actual Code
Use Pulumi to define infrastructure using real programming languages—TypeScript, Python, Go, C#—enabling loops, conditionals, and full IDE support for IaC.
Terraform: Declarative Infrastructure Provisioning
Learn Terraform from the ground up—state management, providers, modules, and production-ready patterns for managing cloud infrastructure as code.
Amazon Architecture: Lessons from the Pioneer of Microservices
Learn how Amazon pioneered service-oriented architecture, the famous 'two-pizza team' rule, and how they built the foundation for AWS.
Amazon DynamoDB: Scalable NoSQL with Predictable Performance
Deep dive into Amazon DynamoDB architecture, partitioned tables, eventual consistency, on-demand capacity, and the single-digit millisecond SLA.
Apache Cassandra: Distributed Column Store Built for Scale
Explore Apache Cassandra's peer-to-peer architecture, CQL query language, tunable consistency, compaction strategies, and use cases at scale.
Apache ZooKeeper: Consensus and Coordination
Explore ZooKeeper's Zab consensus protocol, hierarchical znodes, watches, leader election, and practical use cases for distributed coordination.
API Contracts: Design, Versioning, and Contract Testing
Master API contract design for microservices including OpenAPI specs, semantic versioning strategies, and automated contract testing.
Asynchronous Microservices: Events, Messages, and Patterns
Deep dive into asynchronous communication patterns for microservices including event-driven architecture, message queues, and choreography vs orchestration.
Asynchronous Replication: Speed and Availability at Scale
Learn how asynchronous replication works in distributed databases, including eventual consistency implications, lag monitoring, and practical use cases where speed outweighs strict consistency.