Scaling an Open Source Web App to 30 Countries in Less Than 3 Weeks

Video About the Talk How do 157 people from all over the world scale a web app to 30 countries in less than three weeks? We talk about how we built Coronastatus — an open source web application that enables people to self-report symptoms of COVID-19 — using DigitalOcean’s infrastructure. What You’ll Learn How to…

How to Scale Your E-Commerce Business With GoMage and DigitalOcean

How to Join This Tech Talk will be streaming live on Wednesday, December 09, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. ET. RSVP for free on GoToWebinar here. About the Talk Do you wish that your e-commerce website can be fast, secure, responsive, cross-browser compatible, plus work offline and act like a native app on mobile? See…

HCTS 2020 Panel Recap: The Future of Datacenter Networking and Interconnection

Network is integral to the future of hybrid infrastructure solutions, but many companies are just coming to terms with the back-end complexity of how the latest networking technologies figure into the performance, reliability, scalability and visibility of their entire footprint. “When you introduce hybrid into the mix—and we all see that it is a trend…

Why Should You Care About Your Customer’s Journey?

Video About the Talk Rafael Mojica, User Experience Professional at DigitalOcean, guides you through the benefits of understanding and minding your customers’ journeys. Using data and design-driven techniques, Mojica shows efficient ways to plot out the journey and create more well-rounded experiences for your customers. What You’ll Learn Why should you care about your customers’…

3 Reasons You Need INAP’s Next-Generation Dedicated Private Cloud in Your Hybrid Infrastructure Mix

The best hybrid infrastructure strategies allow companies to carefully chart their cloud journeys based on the needs of their applications and workloads. There’s a lot of space in between a hyperscale platform and an on-premise data center, including solutions that embrace the agility and performance of public clouds while providing granular environmental control and access…

Kubernetes: Beyond Baby Steps

Video About the Talk Designed for developers who have an in-depth understanding of Kubernetes concepts, this talk covers scaling apps with persistent storage and advanced networking. What You’ll Learn Recent Kubernetes trends Kubernetes autoscaling RBAC (Role Based Access control) Kubernetes resource quotas Kubernetes extensions Kubernetes security best practices Resources About the Presenter Saurabh Gupta is…

Combining Cloud Native & PaaS: Building a Fully Managed Application Platform on Kubernetes

Video About the Talk An engineering-led talk that covers the challenges DigitalOcean encountered with a Droplet-based architecture and why we pivoted to using Kubernetes. Steven Normore, Engineering Manager at DigitalOcean, shares the benefits that a Kubernetes-based architecture provides to customers, and shares guidance on what to keep in mind as you build your business on…

How To Set Up Physical Streaming Replication with PostgreSQL 12 on Ubuntu 20.04

The author selected the COVID-19 Relief Fund to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Introduction Streaming replication is a popular method you can use to horizontally scale your relational databases. It uses two or more copies of the same database cluster running on separate machines. One database cluster is referred…

Scaling Up Engineering: Managing People, Process, and Technology at Each Growth Stage

Video “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” About the Talk Al Sene, VP of Engineering at DigitalOcean, shares how you can avoid the pitfalls of a rapidly growing engineering team and anticipate key inflection points when scaling. Get tips on…