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Escaping Cloud Computing Scam Mills: The Big Fool Paying for Pain
January 13, 2025 in Cloud
A user consulted about distributed databases, but he wasn't dealing with data bursting through server cabinet doors—rather, he'd fallen into another cloud computing pig-butchering scam.
A user consulted about distributed databases, but he wasn't dealing with data bursting through server cabinet doors—rather, he'd fallen into another cloud computing pig-butchering scam.
OpenAI Global Outage Postmortem: K8S Circular Dependencies
December 14, 2024 in Cloud
Even trillion-dollar unicorns can be a house of cards when operating outside their core expertise.
Even trillion-dollar unicorns can be a house of cards when operating outside their core expertise.
WordPress Community Civil War: On Community Boundary Demarcation
October 17, 2024 in Cloud
When open source ideals meet commercial conflicts, what insights can this conflict between open source software communities and cloud vendors bring? On the importance of community boundary demarcation.
When open source ideals meet commercial conflicts, what insights can this conflict between open source software communities and cloud vendors bring? On the importance of community boundary demarcation.
Cloud Database: Michelin Prices for Cafeteria Pre-made Meals
October 06, 2024 in Cloud
The paradigm shift brought by RDS, whether cloud databases are overpriced cafeteria meals. Quality, security, efficiency, and cost analysis, cloud exit database self-building: how to implement in practice!
The paradigm shift brought by RDS, whether cloud databases are overpriced cafeteria meals. Quality, security, efficiency, and cost analysis, cloud exit database self-building: how to implement in practice!
Alibaba-Cloud: High Availability Disaster Recovery Myth Shattered
September 17, 2024 in Cloud
Seven days after Singapore Zone C failure, availability not even reaching 8, let alone multiple 9s. But compared to data loss, availability is just a minor issue
Seven days after Singapore Zone C failure, availability not even reaching 8, let alone multiple 9s. But compared to data loss, availability is just a minor issue
Amateur Hour Opera: Alibaba-Cloud PostgreSQL Disaster Chronicle
August 19, 2024 in Cloud
A customer experienced an outrageous cascade of failures on cloud database last week: a high-availability PG RDS cluster went down completely - both primary and replica servers - after attempting a simple memory expansion, troubleshooting until dawn. Poor recommendations abounded during the incident, and the postmortem was equally perfunctory. I share this case study here for reference and review.
A customer experienced an outrageous cascade of failures on cloud database last week: a high-availability PG RDS cluster went down completely - both primary and replica servers - after attempting a simple memory expansion, troubleshooting until dawn. Poor recommendations abounded during the incident, and the postmortem was equally perfunctory. I share this case study here for reference and review.
What Can We Learn from NetEase Cloud Music's Outage?
August 18, 2024 in Cloud
NetEase Cloud Music experienced a two-and-a-half-hour outage this afternoon. Based on circulating online clues, we can deduce that the real cause behind this incident was...
NetEase Cloud Music experienced a two-and-a-half-hour outage this afternoon. Based on circulating online clues, we can deduce that the real cause behind this incident was...
Blue Screen Friday: Amateur Hour on Both Sides
July 23, 2024 in Cloud
Both client and vendor failed to control blast radius, leading to this epic global security incident that will greatly benefit local-first software philosophy.
Both client and vendor failed to control blast radius, leading to this epic global security incident that will greatly benefit local-first software philosophy.
How Ahrefs Saved US$400M by NOT Going to the Cloud
May 22, 2024 in Cloud
After Alibaba-Cloud's epic global outage on Double 11, setting industry records, how should we evaluate this incident and what lessons can we learn from it?
After Alibaba-Cloud's epic global outage on Double 11, setting industry records, how should we evaluate this incident and what lessons can we learn from it?
Database Deletion Supreme - Google Cloud Nuked a Major Fund's Entire Cloud Account
May 11, 2024 in Cloud
Due to an "unprecedented configuration error," Google Cloud mistakenly deleted trillion-RMB fund giant **UniSuper**'s entire cloud account, cloud environment and all off-site backups, setting a new record in cloud computing history!
Due to an "unprecedented configuration error," Google Cloud mistakenly deleted trillion-RMB fund giant **UniSuper**'s entire cloud account, cloud environment and all off-site backups, setting a new record in cloud computing history!