TL;DR: How to create a Kubernetes setup of a open source alternative to Google Translate Motivation Text translation is a usual task for many IT projects. If you want to translate something you probably use a service like Google Translate. It’s a good service but if you want to use via…

TL;DR: How to create and integrate a Selenium serverless scrapper with Apache Nifi Motivation OpenFaaS is a great serverless framework. In my previous article I showed how to create a serverless function with a rapid development cycle fashion. Develop OpenFaaS functions quickly with Okteto Speed up your serverless functions development with Oktetojmrobles.medium.com A great advantage of the serverless paradigm is the flexibility. …

TL;DR: Develop your serverless functions as if you are in local DISCLAIMER: I do not have any kind of collaboration agreement with OpenFaaS or Okteto. UPDATE 29/Oct/21: Alex Ellis, founder and main contributor of OpenFaaS, gave me feedback on some inconsistencies and nuances about OpenFaaS and Okteto. …

TL;DR: How to setup Apache NiFi on Kubernetes in 1 minute Motivation Apache NiFi is one of the most used tools data processing tools. With a great web base GUI you can design and deploy complex datapath workflows easily. The core package includes a lot of operators (connectors). You can get…

TL;DR: In 5 minutes you’ll have your full serviceless platform in your Kubernetes cluster. Motivation: Why do you want a FaaS? OpenFaaS is an open-source FaaS framework. Yet another “serviceless” framework (Function as-a Service). It has a community open source version and commercial “pro” version (SSO and others enterprise must services). Unlike microservices, FaaS is designed to…

TL;DR: How to deploy pgbouncer on Kubernetes to allow use more database connections Motivation If you develop apps using frameworks such as Django o RoR, you have probably faced the following problem/error. FATAL: sorry, too many clients already As you know, these kind of frameworks uses a database connection pool with…

TL;DR: How to use a Wordpress helm chart to set up a marketing frontend quickly and easily. The marketing frontend Nowadays it’s rare to find a marketing page or website (landing, portfolio, product specs, …) which doesn’t use Wordpress. I’m not going to enter in its benefits in detail, just enumerate the most…

TL;DR: Build a static web container, push into your container registry, deploy it and ingress with free SSL certificate with just a “git push”. Introduction There are a lot of options to publish and to consume static web content in Internet. From AWS S3 static web site to a simple github.io…

TL;DR: The API definition and documentation must be in a separate repository. Introduction In the desktop or CLI apps era, you probably only had one folder where you would put all your code. When the CVS arrived, you put that folder in version control. With the Internet explosion, the develop paradigm…