Published in JonCloudGeek·May 27, 2021Architecting the AstraZeneca vaccine booking siteThis post was originally posted on JonCloudGeek (free) In this blog post, I try to explore what it takes to build a highly scalable vaccine booking site using “boring” technologies and good old architecture patterns on Google Cloud. Notably, I will not be using DynamoDB or Bigtable or NoSQL databases…Google Cloud9 min read
Published in JonCloudGeek·Jan 1, 2021Why Cloud SQL Makes SenseWhy you should consider using Cloud SQL instead of self-hosting your own database in Compute Engine — This post was originally posted on JonCloudGeek (free) Introduction In a previous blog post, I explored how you can run a Postgres instance for cheap using Compute Engine in Google Cloud. As non-US users may know, Cloud SQL or most managed database services out there are actually rather expensive.Google Cloud5 min read
Published in JonCloudGeek·Aug 31, 2020GCP Digest: Workflows, Game Servers, Enhanced Cloud Logging, MySQL 8.0 SupportGCP Digest Issue 7 (Aug 31, 2020) — Subscribe at gcpdigest.com to get this in your inbox! Google Cloud has launched a new product called Workflows, which allows you to orchestrate and automate Google Cloud and HTTP-based API services with serverless workflows via YAML config, without the need to write glue code. Will it take off? Other than…Google Cloud Platform7 min read
Published in JonCloudGeek·Aug 19, 2020GCP Digest: BigQuery 100 slots, GCP Security Resources, Private Service Connect, Beefier Cloud ArmorGCP Digest Issue 6 (Aug 17, 2020) — Subscribe at gcpdigest.com to get this in your inbox! GCP Digest was supposed to go out last week but I was too tired after work to make that happen. I don’t think anyone noticed, and it turned out there was nothing too groundbreaking going on these few weeks given the…Google Cloud6 min read
Published in JonCloudGeek·Jul 28, 2020GCP Digest: BigQuery Omni, Confidential VMs, Serverless Load Balancing, Recommendations AIGCP Digest Issue 5 (July 27, 2020) — Subscribe at gcpdigest.com to get this in your inbox! The main highlights coming out of the first week of Next OnAir moves Google Cloud into very strategic enterprise positions albeit with offerings that differ greatly from the approach taken by other clouds (or no equivalent in other clouds). First, the…Google Cloud9 min read
Published in JonCloudGeek·Jul 14, 2020GCP Digest: PITR for Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, AI Adoption Framework, Connected Sheets, Data QnAGCP Digest Issue 4 (July 13, 2020) — Subscribe at gcpdigest.com to get this in your inbox! The amount of news coming out from Google Cloud in the past two weeks was at a dizzying pace. Writing this newsletter helps me to come to terms with it, and hopefully for you too. To me, the biggest highlight would…Google Cloud7 min read
Published in JonCloudGeek·Jul 14, 2020GCP Digest: Cloud SQL discounts, Open Match game matchmaking, Next OnAir session packagesGCP Digest Issue 3 (June 29, 2020) — I probably jumped the gun a bit too early in the previous newsletter, announcing the Jakarta region. The Jakarta region was officially launched last Wednesday on June 24! But you could have started using it much earlier :) In this issue, we highlight committed use discounts for Cloud SQL…Google Cloud Platform6 min read
Published in JonCloudGeek·Jun 23, 2020GCP Digest: Jakarta online, BigQuery table ACLs, Cloud SQL cross-region replicasGCP Digest Issue 2 (June 15, 2020) — This story was originally published as a newsletter, and archived at gcpdigest.com It’s been a turbulent two weeks. I hope that everyone is doing well. A great deal has also happened in the past two weeks in GCP. Jakarta region has been launched. BigQuery gets table-level ACLs. Cross-region replication is…Google Cloud Platform6 min read
Published in JonCloudGeek·Jun 23, 2020Managing background jobs with Cloud TasksUse Cloud Tasks to manage your background jobs at scale, without drowning your worker. — This post was originally posted on JonCloudGeek (free) In this blog post, I will give an overview of Cloud Tasks with the aim of enabling you to start using it in your own applications. Introduction Cloud Tasks is a fully managed service that allows you to execute, dispatch, and deliver a…Google Cloud Platform10 min read
Published in JonCloudGeek·Jun 8, 2020GCP Digest: The Inaugural IssueGCP Digest Issue 1 (June 1, 2020) — This story was originally published as a newsletter, and archived at gcpdigest.com Hello and welcome to the first issue of GCP Digest! GCP Digest tries to give you a gist of what happened in Google Cloud in the past two weeks. You are receiving this most likely because you downloaded…Google Cloud Platform5 min read
