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Dec 26, 2020

State of Firebase (late 2020)

Official Firebase & Community Updates! — Wtih 2020 coming to an end, here are some notable releases since our last look at the State of Firebase! Official Product Updates Cloud Functions: Node.js 14 LTS is in BETA while Node.js 8 is set to be deprecated in 2021 in addition to setting the runtime verison in package.json it can now…

Firebase

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State of Firebase (late 2020)
State of Firebase (late 2020)
Firebase

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Published in Servian

·May 7, 2020

State of Firebase (mid-2020)

Official Firebase & Community Updates! — With Google events being cancelled in 2020 there may be fewer product announcements this year. Let’s take a look at was released since our last look at the State of Firebase! Cloud Functions: now are private by default! IAM permissions are checked before your function is invoked and if the…

Firebase

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State of Firebase (mid 2020)
State of Firebase (mid 2020)
Firebase

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May 6, 2020

Ubuntu 20.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad E485

💻 Works a dream! — It just works! I’ve written a number of articles about installing various versions of Ubuntu on my laptops over the past 2 years. I began writing these to document the process in a more consumable way than how I originally found the solutions to my installation woes. I’m happy to…

Ubuntu

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Ubuntu 20.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad E485
Ubuntu 20.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad E485
Ubuntu

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Published in codeburst

·May 28, 2019

State of Firebase (mid 2019)

💬 Cloud Next & Google I/O 2019 updates! — Google Cloud Next 19 and Google I/O 19 were jam packed this year! This list should get you up to speed with all that’s new with Firebase so far in 2019! Dashboard IAM supported project access: manage access using GCP IAM with predefined and custom roles. BigQuery data export: Analytics, Cloud…

Firebase

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The State of Firebase (mid 2019)
The State of Firebase (mid 2019)
Firebase

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Published in codeburst

·May 19, 2019

GraphQL on Cloud Functions for Firebase

💻 Hassle-free GraphQL on FaaS — GraphQL is a query language that allows clients to specify which data they want to fetch while the GraphQL server exposes what is available and how it should be fetched. Combined with Cloud Functions we can deploy a serverless, auto-scaling GraphQL API to the cloud in seconds! GraphQL in a Nutshell The key to…

Firebase

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GraphQL on Cloud Functions for Firebase
GraphQL on Cloud Functions for Firebase
Firebase

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Published in codeburst

·May 19, 2019

Express.js on Cloud Functions for Firebase

💻 Auto-scaling APIs in seconds — Express is a minimalist web framework for building APIs with HTTP routes, payloads and sessions on Node.js. Combining this library with Cloud Functions we can deploy a serverless, auto-scaling web server in seconds! Why use Express with FaaS? Scaling web servers is difficult due to fluctuating traffic as users come and go throughout the day…

Firebase

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Express.js on Cloud Functions for Firebase
Express.js on Cloud Functions for Firebase
Firebase

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Published in Servian

·May 15, 2019

Berglas with Node.js on Cloud Run

💻 Runtime Secret Decryption with Golang & Node.js — Google’s KMS provides a mechanism to encrypt secrets, but unfortunately does not provide a secure store service. Berglas is a Golang tool built to solve this problem. It utilises KMS to encrypt your secrets, store them in a secure GCS Bucket and decrypt them at runtime. Being written in Golang…

Docker

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Berglas with Node.js on Cloud Run
Berglas with Node.js on Cloud Run
Docker

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Published in Servian

·May 6, 2019

The 3 best features of Google Cloud Run

💬 King of Serverless Compute? — Cloud Run is a new serverless compute product from GCP, best summarised by Google itself: Run stateless HTTP containers on a fully managed environment or in your own GKE cluster. For today we’re going to cover the 3 features I think make Cloud…

Google Cloud Platform

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3 best features of Google Cloud Run
3 best features of Google Cloud Run
Google Cloud Platform

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May 5, 2019

PopOS 19.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad E485

💻 Same problems, same solution — I usually run a fairly vanilla Ubuntu setup on my personal machines but often have little issues I need to patch (expected). I recently heard the PopOS team goes out of their way to support common hardware setups (Nvidia drives in the ISO anyone?) …

Ubuntu

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PopOS 19.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad E485
PopOS 19.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad E485
Ubuntu

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Published in Servian

·Apr 26, 2019

The State of Cloud Functions (mid 19)

💬 Google Next 19 in a Nutshell — Amid the fanfare of the Google Cloud Run release were significant releases in the Cloud Functions space. This overview will get you up to speed with the latest features. 📈 Scaling Behaviour (Max Instances) Specify the maximum number of concurrent instances for a particular Cloud Function. This allows you to throttle the number of requests…

Google Cloud Platform

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The State of Cloud Functions (mid 19)
The State of Cloud Functions (mid 19)
Google Cloud Platform

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