Hyperscalers are cloud service provider such as Google, Alibaba, Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure. They provide infrastructure, computing power and a variety of services. Companies, states and organisations can use their services and are billed by usage.
The name hyperscaler implies that the more organisations are using their services the cheaper they become. This effect causes organisations to migrate their infrastructure and services to their hyperscaler of choice.
At first thought it seems like good practice, however, there a few issues that make these hyperscalers a menace.
As of 27th of October 2022 Elon Musk owns Twitter. With the $44 billion acquisition Twitter went private. As I am not a big fan of Musk (he is a megalomaniac) I think the time has come to quit Twitter. For me quitting Twitter is one more step to quit social media entirely.
Müdigkeitsgesellschaft von Byung-Chul Han ist ein präzis komprimiertes Essay. Es wirft einen Blick auf den Paradigmenwechsel der Disziplinargesellschaft zur Leistungsgesellschaft, welcher sich im letzten Jahrhundert vollzogen hat. Wobei dieser Paradigmenwechsel an sich bekannt ist, ist der Vergleich mit der Immunologie und neuronaler Erkrankung des Individuums eine gelungene Auffrischung.
Getting the public IP of your machine (running in the cloud) is simple. You probably find yourself on the command line and want to check if a DNS entry is resolved correctly. Login into the hoster’s dashboard and checking the public IP there is too much of hassle.
Der Zukunft mit Optimismus zu begegnen fällt aktuell schwer.
Die Pandemie (fast) hinter uns, aktuell der Krieg in der Ukraine und die nächste Krise stellt sich bereits in die Warteschlange und wartet auf den Ausbruch.
Mit dem Kampf gegen die Klimawandel werden wir vollends auf die Probe gestellt.
Psychisch und ökonomisch angeschlagen geht es demnächst um nichts anderes als die Umwelt und uns zu retten.
Odoo runs various reports in the background. Some of these report take a while to finish and therefore seeing the last updated date is important. In a few steps I will show how you can add the last updated date to a list view.
I firmly believe that information technology despite being perceived as the most advanced technology, its sill in its infancy. It is an unpopular opinion and therefore requires good arguments.
A subtle but profound change has happened during the last years. Our most valuable commodity has been captivated and exploited. Can you guess what it is? I’m talking about attention. Yes, the very ability to focus on something has been taken from many of us. In this post I try to elaborate my thoughts and hopefully establish a dialog on this issue.
