Plain-English explainers on Cloud from the engineers at 8grams. The concepts, tools, and practices we build on every day.
Cloud computing delivers servers, storage, databases, and software over the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis. Here's what it is, its five defining characteristics, and how it helps you ship faster.
AWS leads and Azure has momentum, so why pick Google Cloud? GCP stands out for data and machine learning, competitive PaaS, a strong global network, and growing demand for GCP skills.
Serverless lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers, scaling automatically and billing only for what you use. Here's how it works and why it's a secret weapon for the cloud-native era.
A vendor-agnostic cloud architecture keeps you free to choose the best tools and move between providers, instead of being locked to one. Here's why it matters and how to design for it.
A private cloud gives you the elasticity of the cloud on infrastructure you control, often at lower long-term cost. Here's why companies build one and what to weigh before you do.
Cloud bills climb quietly, but most of it is avoidable. Right-sizing, autoscaling, spot instances, killing idle environments, and good visibility can cut cloud costs substantially.
Cloud-native and Kubernetes are powerful, but not every application belongs there. Here's how to tell which apps thrive in containers and which run better on VMs or bare metal.
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