As part of being an Alibaba Cloud MVP, I get to test from time to time new products from this cloud provider for free, which is a really nice thing to have. In this occasion, thanks to some vouchers I got from the team in Hangzhou, I had the chance to play, for free, with […]

At the Apsara Conference 2020 I shared with the public why I chose Alibaba Cloud: “I’ve been involved in Chinese culture in a way for some years, and I’m also very familiar with Taobao and Alibaba in general. I’m always amazed how strong all the internal systems [are] and [by] the experience they have. When […]

El próximo 24 de Septiembre haré un pequeño webinar (15 minutos). En esta sesión descubriremos el ecosistema Serverless de Alibaba Cloud e introduciremos los servicios y herramientas que este proveedor cloud nos ofrece para poder correr nuestras aplicaciones de forma más eficiente.   El webinar será en Español.   Temas Qué es Serverless Familia de […]

Cloud providers, specially those ranked higher like Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud or Amazon Web Services, tend to follow very scrupulously all regulations everywhere they have a data center or PoP (point of presence). In the case of Alibaba Cloud, we are talking about a big number of those, both international and regional certifications to assure […]

I recently got a replacement case for my Audi 3-key remote. The kit only comes with the actual housing, so the idea is to replace everything inside. The only “gotcha” I found when replacing the electronics was about how to hold the new one in place again, as I needed to melt the plastic bit […]

When you start your journey around deploying services in China, soon you realise that is not the same as in the rest of places. You even feel that your prior DevOps/Ops experience doesn’t help much on this matter. Suddenly, you feel you need help from companies who specialise in Chinese Clouds.     Why is […]

El miércoles 15 de julio Robert Walters me entrevistó, en directo, sobre la presencia del Cloud de Alibaba, y las oportunidades que ofrece este tipo de tecnología en general a aquellas empresas que estén poniendo en marcha planes de digitalización, expansión internacional e innovación.   Vídeo de la entrevista A continuación os dejo el vídeo […]

Today was published my new article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Create a Cross-Region Active-Active Application on Alibaba Cloud“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Create a Cross-Region Active-Active Application on Alibaba Cloud  

Today was published my new article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Setting up GitOps with Alibaba Cloud OSS and GitHub Actions“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Setting up GitOps with Alibaba Cloud OSS and GitHub Actions  

The day came. I’m selling my Aeronetics (AAR) Indicator Course Selector 5160. My plan was to build a home simulator, but due to the decrease in price on high-res monitors and the complexity of simulating a VOR, ILS and all the stuff to make this instrument work with a PC, I decided to sell this […]

Al igual que sucede con el tomate frito, la cuajada o mamia es una cosa tan del norte de España como la trikitixa o el cachopo. Y es algo que también descubrí después de buscar, sin suerte, este postre que nos vuelve locos especialmente en el País Vasco.     Eroski, Danone, Santi, Ultzama, Goshua… […]

Vídeo sobre cómo crear una instancia ECS en Alicloud, fácil y rápido. En español.

For some time I’ve been trying to build my own EDC (everyday carry) kit for different situations. One of the requirements is to be able to boil water (to cook or to clean water). For this I tried to build a small alcohol “can” stove, but although itself if light, I need to carry some […]

Hoy se ha publicado, en SBS Radio, cómo Marcia De Los Santos y yo hablamos respecto a la aplicación TraceTogether australiana para combatir el coronavirus conocido como COVID19.     En la entrevista realizada en la edición en Español de la australiana SBS Radio explico brevemente cómo funciona la aplicación y cómo se gestiona desde […]

I always wanted to know how sites like FlightGear24 or FlightAware worked. Doing my research I found they use Digital Radio receptors to decode the signals planes are continuously broadcasting on the 1090MHz band.     Well, turns out its more simple than it looks! There are plenty of tools out there to help you […]