Backup Kubernetes volumes in AWS

When using Kops on AWS to deploy your Kubernetes cluster you'll find yourself with multiple elastic block storage volumes which are the PersistentVolumeClaim implementation on AWS. Snapshots are then a great way to provide backups, and especially so

DevPresto resources for developers

DevPresto is a fast online resource collection for developers. It features some tools (like markup formatting, sql formatting, md5 calculation) and will host a series of hand-picked guides and tutorials. It aims to be a useful website for everyday development

Switching from Minitest to RSpec

Minitest is great and it now the standard tool to test a Ruby on Rails application, I have been using it for a long time and it works great. However while working on a client's project I found

VirtualBox 6.1.28 and Minikube issues

So VirtualBox 6.1.28 has been released and with it the support for Linux 5.14 and, of course, a lot of other interesting features. I just discovered one the hard way, while upgrading my Arch machine. I'

PSD2 dal punto di vista di uno sviluppatore

Cos’é la PSD2 La direttiva dell’UE 2015/2366 (Payment Service Directive 2 – PSD2) è una nuova legge Europea che ha come oggetto il mercato dei pagamenti nell’Unione. È un’evoluzione della direttiva 2007/64/CE (Payment Service

Page Speed: S3 recursive image optimization

I have been recently involved in a website optimization project for SEO purposes. One of its major steps was the (lossless) image optimization to improve performances and, of course, to make sure to be Google Page Speed friendly. Google Page

Trello + Zapier + Google Sheets = Time Tracking

Trello, un tool di organizzazione con più di 10 milioni di utenti, è diventato uno strumento essenziale per la gestione dei miei progetti. Lo trovo un software fantastico, è molto flessibile e può essere adattato a molteplici esigenze. Inoltre è

Blockchain backed assets management: Oblatum.

Dealing with assets property certificates is, most of the times, cumbersome. In Italy when you buy a car you have to pay at least € 235 in property transfer. When you buy a house it starts from around € 5000. Even if