Google Cloud Firestore provides a fully managed, serverless NoSQL document database designed for mobile, web, and server development with real-time synchronization and offline support. Firestore Real-Time Architecture Firestore vs Traditional Databases Feature Firestore SQL (PostgreSQL) Schema Flexible (schema-less) Rigid (schema required) Scaling Auto (millions of connections) Manual (vertical/horizontal) Real-time Built-in listeners Polling or triggers Offline […]
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) – Managed Identity
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a fully managed Kubernetes container orchestration service provided by Microsoft Azure. It allows users to quickly and easily deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications on Azure. AKS has been a popular choice among developers and DevOps teams for its ease of use and its ability to integrate with other Azure […]
Read more →Securing Cloud Applications with Google Cloud Armor: Enterprise WAF and DDoS Protection
Google Cloud Armor provides enterprise-grade DDoS protection and web application firewall (WAF) capabilities that integrate with Cloud Load Balancing. Cloud Armor Defense Architecture WAF Rule Execution Flow Terraform Configuration resource “google_compute_security_policy” “armor_policy” { name = “cloud-armor-policy” description = “Enterprise Cloud Armor security policy” rule { action = “deny(403)” priority = 100 match { expr { […]
Read more →Cloud Spanner Deep Dive: Building Globally Distributed Databases That Never Go Down
Introduction: Cloud Spanner represents a breakthrough in database technology—the world’s first horizontally scalable, strongly consistent relational database that spans continents while maintaining ACID transactions. This comprehensive guide explores Spanner’s enterprise capabilities, from its TrueTime-based consistency model to multi-region configurations and automatic sharding. After architecting globally distributed systems across multiple database technologies, I’ve found Spanner uniquely […]
Read more →AKS Workload Identity
AKS workload identity is a feature of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) that enables you to use Azure Active Directory (AAD) to manage access to Azure resources from within a Kubernetes cluster. In this blog post, we’ll explore how AKS workload identity works and how to use it with an example code. How does AKS workload […]
Read more →Global Traffic Distribution with Google Cloud Load Balancing and CDN: Enterprise Edge Architecture
Introduction: Google Cloud Load Balancing and Cloud CDN provide enterprise-grade traffic distribution and content delivery for global applications. This comprehensive guide explores load balancing architectures, from HTTP(S) load balancers and TCP/UDP proxies to internal load balancing and traffic management policies. After implementing global load balancing for applications serving billions of requests daily, I’ve found Google’s […]
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