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Monitor My Socks: Using Prometheus in a Polyglot Open Source Microservices Reference Architecture

Abstract This presentation describes how Prometheus was integrated into a polyglot microservices application. We will use the “Sock Shop”, a …

How to use Javascript Promises to lazily update data

An investigation on how to use JQuery ajax methods in a typical ecommerce website

What is the Cloud?

Phil Winder discusses what the Cloud actually is and details ten key benefits to any business

Surprise at CPU Hogging in Golang

Unlike other languages, Go does not use primitive OS threads. Find out what happens when a thread is under load. You'll be surprised by the results!

Exploring Microservice Security in an Open-Source Sock Shop

Gocoverage - Simplifying Go Code Coverage

Gocoverage is a tool to unify coverage reports in complex projects. It is flexible enough to deal with vendored codebases, but simple enough to run in a single command.

How to Test in a Microservices Architecture

The testing of microservices can be difficult. But distributed applications are worth pursuing because by definition they are decoupled and scalable. With planning, the result is a pipeline that automatically ensures quality.

Go-Micro - Opinions and Examples

Go-Micro is a microservices framework that focuses on RPC communication and playability. Phil Winder investigates.

Cohesive Microservices with GoKit

GoKit is a set of idioms and a collection of libraries that improves the design and flexibility of microserivces. Phil Winder discusses his initial impressions.

An Overview of Mesos' New Unified Containerizer

Discover the new unified Mesos containerizer, which allows you to run Docker containers without the Docke daemon and enables the rapid development of new features like CNI support and GPU isolation.