Ever since Serverless gained traction among developers with the early success of AWS Lambda, there is quite some confusion on how these platforms fit application needs. In the last two years, there was a proliferation of the next generation of Serverless platforms, going beyond the event-driven use cases to support…

Ever since Serverless gained traction among developers with the early success of AWS Lambda, there is quite some confusion on how these platforms fit application needs. In the last two years, there was a proliferation of the next generation of Serverless platforms, going beyond the event-driven use cases to support…

Ever since cloud computing took roots in the industry, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has gained tremendous traction mainly aided by the programmatic interfaces for managing the cloud resources and recipe-based config management tools like Chef, Ansible, and others. This shift to treating infrastructure as code helped organizations embrace DevOps and…

While Darwinian Evolution is the underlying foundation for the evolution of species on earth, it is clearly suboptimal in the sense that there are still species suffering. The recent advances in genetics and synthetic biology only magnifies the suboptimal nature of the evolution when compared to how humans can fix…

I am a big believer in doing things virtually. I have been running my business virtually and have cut down, for the most part, my social life to virtual interactions. As a technology observer looking into emerging trends, I am a big believer in the following trends: Online education Online…

The importance of mathematics is not taught well in schools. There is no emphasis on learning mathematics as a language of nature. Rather, most education systems around the world teach mathematics as a tool to solve scientific and engineering problems. Of course, solving scientific problems using mathematics leads to our…

A very happy new year to readers of this blog and supporters of Rishidot Research. As we enter a new decade with maturity in cloud services offered by various cloud providers and newer services focussed on IoT and AI becoming a hot topic, it is time to talk about what…

Ever since cloud computing came into prominence since late 2000s, there is more focus on the cost savings in the industry and customer conversations. Cloud costs is a much more complex discussion than a simple statement on cost savings. We have heard tons of stories from organizations savings money on…

Ever since cloud computing came into prominence in the late 2000s, there is more focus on the cost savings in the industry and customer conversations. Cloud costs are a much more complex discussion than a simple statement on cost savings. We have heard tons of stories from organizations that save…