Testing the new Alibaba Cloud 6th Gen ECS Instances

As part of being an Alibaba Cloud MVP Diamond, 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...

Pasados coloniales, venganza y reconciliación

La moral humana ha ido transformándose y evolucionando a lo largo de los siglos, un cambio que ha sucedido por la interacción constante entre culturas y civilizaciones, llevando a incontables conqu...

[Webinar] El Ecosistema Serverless de Alibaba Cloud

El 24 de septiembre hice un pequeño webinar (15 minutos). En esta sesión descubriremos el ecosistema Serverless de Alibaba Cloud e introduciremos los servicios y herramientas que este proveedor clo...

The Apsara Conference Dialogue, Alberto Roura

At the Apsara Conference 2020 I shared with the public why I chose Alibaba Cloud:

Protecting Your Data With Alibaba Cloud KMS

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...

Moving the internal electronics of an Audi 3-key remote

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 ele...

Cross-region replicated Container Registry in Alibaba Cloud

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...

Entrevista con Robert Walters acerca de Alibaba Cloud

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...

Create a Cross-Region Active-Active Application on Alibaba Cloud

Consider the following situation. You are a race-car driver and your car is at the starting line. Your helmet is on and you already heated up your tires. Then, you look to your left, and the driver...

Setting up GitOps with Alibaba Cloud OSS and GitHub Actions

When dealing with GitHub, we used to always link it with CI/CD tools like CircleCI, Jenkins or Travis, among other tools, to extend the functionality of its resources and also to automate a wide va...

Aeronetics Indicator Course Selector 5160

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 simu...

Cuajada o Mamia en Australia

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 po...

La Cultura General Y El Idioma Como Barrera

He tenido la suerte de vivir en una zona muy diversa culturalmente y, por tanto, de haber tenido la oportunidad de conocer gente de prácticamente todos los rincones del mundo (muy enriquecedor para...

Cómo crear una Instancia ECS en Alibaba Cloud

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

Building a DIY foldable hobo stove

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 t...

Sobre el TraceTogether Australiano, en SBS Radio

Decoding aircraft positions from ADS-B broadcasts

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 t...

Impermeabilizar Cerillas

Cuando vas al monte en invierno, corres el riesgo de quedar empapado de agua. Uno de los principales inconvenientes es el no poder hacer fuego porque tus herramientas quedan inservibles cuando se m...

Working with Tengine and OpenResty

If you are thinking of implementing some type of callback URL for a pipeline action, endpoint, or something more complex like an API Gateway, you probably may run in the problem of not knowing whic...

Tomate Frito en Australia

Pues sí, el tomate frito es una cosa tan española como Manolo Escobar. Y es algo que descubrí después de buscar, sin suerte, esta salsa de tomate que tanto nos gusta en el país de la paella.

Elegir Alibaba Cloud como oportunidad para tu negocio

Las empresas que buscan conectarse con el mercado digital de China muy pronto se dan cuenta de la necesidad de disponer de infraestructura local en dicho país. Con más de la mitad del mercado IaaS ...

Cloudcast, Container Networking

There is a new podcast in town! Well, “Cloudcast” in this case 😅

Alibaba Cloud Academy Day 2020

As you may know, I’m a fan of the Alibaba Cloud Academy since it came to existence. Their way to structure the certifications is unique and really teaches you how to leverage the cloud just the way...

Participating in Alibaba Cloud Open Platform’s first challenge

If you weren’t aware, I submitted on November a Terraform Module I made to the Alibaba Cloud Open Platform Challenge. Said challenge was designed to bring developers closer to the tools Alibaba Clo...