Tech on Olivier Lespagnon

AWS ECS vs EKS : choose the right one

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:06:25 +0600

Containers have become an essential part of modern software development and deployment practices. Containers enable developers to package and deploy applications and their dependencies in a self-contained unit, simplifying application management and scaling. Containers are lightweight, portable, and can be easily moved between environments, making them ideal for cloud-based applications.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the leading cloud providers, provides a number of container services, including Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). This article will discuss these services and their use cases so that you can pick the best container service for your requirements. Let’s get started.

Choosing the right Linux distro

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:06:25 +0600

In the world of Linux users, the distro choice is super important. Everywhere you go on Internet, when you see someone talking about his distro, you’ll feel like they’re talking about their wife or their religion. It is THAT serious. So you need to understand what a distro is, and what each one can offer you.

GUI vs Command Line

For Linux beginners, the command line in the terminal app can be a bit intimidating. When you open the terminal, you might’ve think of something like: “Oh that looks difficult, perhaps this “X” button on the window will close the damn thing.” We are not going to talk about the command line in this article, no not yet. So, relax. In this article, we are going to take a short tour about the Linux GUI or desktop environment.

How does AI work ?

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:06:25 +0600

AI, which stands for Artificial Intelligence, is a branch of computer science that aims to develop machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as speech recognition, decision-making, and visual perception. At its core, AI involves the use of algorithms, which are a set of instructions that guide a computer’s actions.

Machine Learning is a particular subfield of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and improve performance on tasks over time.

NodeJS is broken

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:06:25 +0600

I’m not here to only critisize NodeJS. In fact it is the framework we use at my work, and in a LOT of companies. It has served us well over the years in the browser, and after that, it has continued to help us on the server. Given the widespread knowledge of javascript, it’s understandable that many people also reach for it when implementing their backends.

CPU

JavaScript’s main disadvantage on the server is its single-threaded nature, which makes it difficult to fully utilize all the cores available. Developers must manually distribute the work to enable more cores, which is challenging and can result in inefficiencies compared to other platforms. The most common approach is to create multiple application instances, one per core, to take advantage of available processing power. However, developers using Rust, Go, or .NET do not have to worry about this issue, as their selected async runtime will handle this for them.

The future of AI

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:06:25 +0600

I predict that AI will advance so much in the coming years that what seems incredible now, will seem normal in the future.
I recently encountered ChatGPT and Midjourney, which both display amazing intelligence. It’s astonishing to interact with them and see how they process language and generate text that’s almost perfect. Midjourney can also create images beyond human imagination with remarkable speed and efficiency. However, this is just the beginning, and we can expect even more impressive advancements in the near future.