J Cole Morrison

J Cole Morrison

Hi, I'm Cole. I'm a Software and DevOps Engineer based out of Los Angeles, CA teaching what I know as I go! This is a log of my Tech Guides and Thoughts. Thanks for reading!


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Understanding Modern Cloud Architecture on AWS: Storage and Content Delivery Networks

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Table of Contents Introduction Simple Storage Service, aka S3 Content Delivery Networks, aka CDNs AWS CloudFront Final Thoughts Watch Instead of Read on Youtube Other Posts in This Series Introduction The architecture we've built is now in a grea…

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Understanding Modern Cloud Architecture on AWS: Container Orchestration with ECS

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Table of Contents The Video: Resource Management with Docker and ECS Introduction The Infrastructure So Far... AWS Elastic Container Service, aka ECS Conclusion Other Posts in This Series The Video: Resource Management with Docker and ECS Introduct…

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From Plain Machines to Container Orchestration: A Complete Explanation

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If you'd like to trigger a room full of developers and operators, go in and tell them that they need container orchestration. Or tell them they don't need it. Either way, you'll begin a bloody war filled with snarky comments, long-winded anecdotes, and essa…

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Understanding Modern Cloud Architecture on AWS: Docker and Containers

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Table of Contents Introduction Problems with Hosting Directly on EC2 Instances Docker: The Problem Solver Containers Final Thoughts on Docker Watch Instead of Read on Youtube Other Posts in This Series Introduction The architecture of our conceptu…

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Understanding Modern Cloud Architecture on AWS: Server Fleets and Databases

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Table of Contents Introduction Servers on AWS: EC2 and its Instances Separating the Database: RDS and Aurora Server Fleets: Tackling the Scaling Issue Load Balancers: Directing Traffic Conclusion Watch Instead of Read on Youtube Other Posts in T…

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My Process for Learning New Technology Skills

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In the content I create, I primarily teach things (with the occasional rant), but in this post I'm going to be covering something that hopefully will help you teach yourself: my process for learning things. Specifically, how I learn new technologies such as…

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Understanding Modern Cloud Architecture on AWS: A Concepts Series

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Table of Contents Introduction What Do You Need To Know? Our Learning Scenario What Kind of App Does This Work For? First Things First - A Productive Development Environment What Technologies Should We Use With It? What Makes A Good Environment?…