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Microsoft SQL Server with Google Cloud SQL 💡 Disclaimer: This article reflects solely my opinion. Generally speaking, when a vendor like Microsoft offers products or services—such as Windows Server and SQL Server—the tightest integration and greatest ease of use will usually come from using that vendor’s own cloud platform, in this case Microsoft Azure. This is often where you’ll find the most seamless experience and the highest degree of flexibility. However, there are situations where deploying another vendor’s product on a different cloud platform, such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), can be a strong option....

WireGuard Continued In the previous article, we set up a VPN tunnel with the WireGuard kernel module between two sites. Here, we will create: the VPN server and let is act as a DNS resolver for our VPN client, generate a QR code for our client configuration, and scan the QR code on an iPhone to establish the VPN connection. Last time, we used the WireGuard kernel module. Let’s use a userspace implementation....

Introduction Once upon a time, during my job training, I had to establish site-to-site connectivity for a company. The company has offices in Hamburg and Berlin. Its employees need to access internal services from both offices securely. They need a means to securely connect sites/services over an insecure connection. Enter Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnels. A VPN is an overlay network that connects two or more private networks over a public network....

Introduction Tracking and visualizing relevant data can support improving our spending habits, nutrition, or strength at the gym. This has spawned a billion-dollar industry for wearables and related apps, empowering users to generate insights and develop goals from the data. We can take this approach to data tracking to explore and solve other aspects of our lives, like tracking factors that affect sleep quality, effectiveness and side effects of medications, or stress triggers....