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Possible All Along
By: Gill Crawshaw
Tags: Representation, Disability, Disability Arts, Accessible Arts, Disabled Artists

Corvid 19 by Si Denbigh

Possible all along, https://possibleallalong.co.uk/, is an online exhibition of work by 13 disabled artists in Leeds, UK, launched in 2020. It is a place to show that disabled artists are an essential part of the cultural landscape.

As disabled artists, we look back on this turbulent year with mixed feelings. We’re pleased that arts organisations are now regularly showing their work and events online and engaging with audiences in virtual spaces. At last! In a world of disabling barriers, the internet offers possibilities for greater access and connections for many disabled people. And it gives us an opportunity to share our art.

But without doubt, the pandemic is affecting disabled people really badly. It’s affecting our health and life expectancy, making us more isolated and causing financial problems.

The Climb (triptych) by alabamathirteen

We believe that arts and culture have a vital role to play in making disabled people’s lives better. Recognising the work of disabled artists and including us as equals has to be part of that role.

You might think that this was possible all along. Many artists and arts organisations think so too. They’ve aimed to be accessible and they’ve worked with disabled artists. Others, however, have said that access and inclusion is too difficult (or too expensive). But this year has taught us that the impossible can become possible and things can be done differently. So we look forward to the possibility of the arts being more accessible and inclusive in years to come.

The following artists took part in Possible All Along:

alabamathirteen

Si Denbigh

Alfie Fox

Sarah Francis

Mindy Goose

Stephen Harvey

Kirsty Ramsay Hogan

Lily Lavorato

Judit Mathe

Nicole Murmann

Vickie Orton

Ruthie Reynolds

Ria
As The Snow Falls
By: Fatima Patel
Tags: Fanfiction, Boylove, Disability, Teen Fiction

“Why are you spacing out so much today, Mason?” Victoria calls out to a dazed Mason in front of her, he constantly kept trailing off when he spoke not bothering to finish off his sentences.

“Hmm? Oh, I was just thinking of something. Thanks for pushing me all the way here though, Vic, it would’ve been hard trying to wheel myself in this current snow.” Mason groans in frustration, he hated heavy snow, it lead to laziness in people and laziness in people led to lack of paving the street. Therefore making it harder for him to travel to places independently.

“It sucks that nobody gives a second thought to the less able, there’s so many simple things that could make your life easier but they just disregard it, it makes me so mad.” Victoria’s hands clench tightly around the handlebars of Mason’s wheelchair, her face wore an expression of irritation. The pair had already reached the destination — Mason’s apartment — so they stood in the lobby of the building, waiting for the lift to take Mason up to his residence.

Luckily for Mason, even after having to adjust his life plans to fit around his situation, the apartment block he lived in was attached to the ground with no need for stairs, so it had step-free access into the building. It became a blessing in disguise since it kept Mason from having to find a new home and causing another disruption in his daily life.

“Awe Vic, you don’t need to worry about me, I’ve made it this far haven’t I?” Mason chuckles, his cheeks grazing with a light blush, accumulating from both the cold air outside and the pure joy he felt in having his best friend’s company.

Victoria grumbles under her breath about how much of a nuisance people are before waving a goodbye to Mason after he entered the lift. Once Mason reaches the third floor, he wheels himself out and fumbles in his pocket for his key.

It was Friday, yet it felt like a Monday with the amount of work Mason found himself sorting. The company were having a dinner so he couldn’t refuse, both him and Victoria attended and watched their colleagues get drunk enough to pass out at the table.

His sigh filled the empty living room, and he wheels himself towards his bedroom, changing his shirt and trousers into comfortable clothes for sleeping.

Using his forearms he brings himself to the edge of the bed with the wheelchair, grabbing the other side of bed and hoisting himself on top. After shimmying into place, he lets out a deep breath and texts Victoria to make sure she reached home alright.

An image of a fragile boy in the snow flashes in his mind and Mason winces, clutching his head.

It seemed that despite the promises to break the rules, he wound up having to abide by them after all.
UX Case Study:
By: Frank Gonzalez
Tags: Language Learning, Hands, Language Learning Apps, Signs, Disability

Overview

I wanted to learn the Figma design software and the stages of UX research so I set out to design an app. My partner and I have a game of speaking with each other at a distance with American Sign Language (ASL) signings. It’s an easy game and it makes me feel like a spy. Through my own desire to learn I found that ASL had very few high quality learning options. So with niche in hand I decided to build the most optimal UX prototype for an app to fill this gap in the market.

I set out to utilize modern design & usability principles while creating an effective language learning tool. The assignment was named Project 228 because I gave two hundred and twenty-eight dollars to my partner to hold and donate to an organization in the event that I did not complete the assignment. This turned out to be a great motivation and support system. I gave myself no outs. I had to leave it all on the table and make no excuses. I had to be imperfect then carve that into something better. This project made me a better designer and researcher.

Outline of Deliverables
When You Live With a Perpetual Sense of Impending Doom
By: Shannon Ashley
Tags: Life Lessons, Depression, Mental Health, Self, Disability

When I was young, part of the reason I wanted to grow up fast was the belief that adulthood would take away most of my fears. As a child, I didn’t realize that I suffered from anxiety and trauma, so, I naively thought that much of my stress would melt away as I grew older and gained more agency over my life.

I mostly thought this because I was raised in a very strict evangelical household. Things were so intense at home that I had frequent nightmares that my mother was angry with me or simply didn’t believe me about random, even mundane things.

By the time I was 12, no matter how hard I tried to be “perfect,” I felt as if my life was constantly on the brink of falling apart and that I was constantly about to get into trouble. My mother declared that I was rebellious, so, she’d go through my backpack when I was in the shower, read my diary, read the notes my friend sent me, and leave me angry Bible verses on pastel index cards while accusing me of things like “witchcraft” and “sexual immorality.”

It was horrible. To be honest, I have very few happy memories of my childhood. Instead, I recall a lot of pain.

Ironically, I was a “good” kid and super sheltered, but with my mom so convinced that I was up to no good, I worried that she was somehow right about me. I got into trouble at home for the most basic teenage behavior and struggles — if I did poorly in a class or inadvertently revealed any sort of romantic crush, I could wind up grounded at home for months.

Yes, months.

Eventually, I was so frightened about what might happen at home that I sometimes did try to hide or delay the truth. There was no room for grace in our household. As long as my mom thought I could or should do better in any area of life, she expected it to instantly happen. Every time I failed her, the punishment was swift and heavy with ridicule.

Compared to other homes, it wasn’t especially violent. On some occasions, there were plastic hangers or hairbrushes involved in the spankings. As my sister and I got older, there was no more spanking but plenty of pushing, shoving, and slapped faces.

If we yelled or cried in upset, our mom would accuse us of faking abuse and actually trying to get the neighbors to call the cops and take her away to jail.

“You would just love that, wouldn’t you,” she once sneered. I can still recall the feeling of her angry breath on my face. “You’re not going to lie about me!”
A Bacteria Changed My Life.
By: Pierre De Man
Tags: Health, Life, Self, Personal, Disability

December 22, 2012, until March 16, 2013, a time I cannot forget/ignore.

Photo by Daan Stevens on Unsplash

December 22, 2012.

There are some dates in your life, you will never forget. The day you got married. The day your first baby was born. But for me, there is one more date. The date that changed my life. A starting date that would have a big impact on my life. Or maybe say our lives.

Already for three months, I was coughing the whole day. Only when I did not say anything, I was not coughing. But as soon as I started to talk I burst out in coughing. Also in the evenings, I was very tired. And at night, in bed, I was sweating like crazy. Like I was having a fever. At first, the doctor told me that it could be whooping cough and there was nothing she could do for it.

In the beginning, you just think that it will go away. But after a few weeks, you get annoyed with it. You cannot talk normally or have a good sleep. It also looked like it was getting worse by the week.

So after insisting at the doctor that things are really not good, I finally got a note to go for some checkups in the hospital. This was around December 19, 2012. At first, they only took some blood and urine samples and an x-ray. It would take maybe a week before they would have the result, so it would be after Christmas before they would call me.

Then in the early morning of December 22, 2012, I got a call from the hospital. If I could come to the hospital and report at the emergency desk. Okay? We just got dressed and had a quick breakfast, before we left for the hospital. We did not prepare anything because we had no idea what it was all about. I just thought that maybe they just wanted to do more testest or maybe they already had some results.

Once at the hospital, immediately I was admitted and they told me that they had discovered bacteria in my blood. Because I have a mechanical heart valve, this was dangerous for me. They gave me an antibiotic intravenous drip. I needed this for six weeks, 24/7. I was not allowed to leave anymore. Panic. What now? How about Christmas and the family plans and dinners we had? And how about New Year? Everything was On-Hold.

In the following days, they did more tests, and x-rays, and echos. Just so they had some idea of what possible damage there could be. It was discovered that the bacteria already had attacked my mechanical heart valve and started to grow on it. The hope was that the antibiotics would stop it.
The life of a disabled gay dyslexic woman
Tags: First Post, Love, Lesbian, Dyslexia, Disability

The life of a disabled gay dyslexic woman

So hi I know that this is kinda a strange thing for me to be doing and to be honest I don’t know what I am doing but I thought that I would try it out as I think in some what of a vain self centred way people would want to read about my life

Any way a guess your want to know who I am well I am 17 I have a very amazing girlfriend who I have been with for about a year now and I am disabled more specifically I have a condition called loeys-ditz (or at least I think that’s how you say it) this causes me to need heart surgery and just a whole but load of other complicated things if you want to know more I will explain but I don’t think anyone will even read this but hey ho

Well now that’s out of the way I think I will let you know what happens is my very boring but splendid life well today me and my girlfriend tried (don’t know if it worked yet) to make vodka gummy bears with a little to much vodka well we will find out also I am such a light weight my girlfriend who we will call Alexa is not at all it is almost impossible o get her drunk which I guess isn’t a bad thing just that I have never seen her drunk EVER and we have been together a YEAR I know that might not seem like a lot but we lived together for 4 months in the first lock down when we only had known each other for THREE MONTHS which is insane looking back on it but yeah been a hell of a year

I think that’s going to be it for my fist little bit I am planning to do one of these every day so let me know what you think

Ps sorry for the lack of punctuation I really struggle with it thanks for reading xx
How I Survive On Almost Nothing
Tags: Money, Twitch, Poverty, Chronic Illness, Disability

It’s so hard to get by on my disability income as the government won’t give me all the benefits I could have due to not meeting requirements such as National Insurance Contributions due to the fact I couldn’t work full time, only part time, before not being able to work at all.

I get around £300 a month total income.

Rent anywhere at all at the very, very cheapest starts around £300 a month minimum for the cheapest which is usually a house share with shared facilities, more commonly around £380 minimum is much more common, PLUS bills on top! I then have food and medical prescriptions as I don’t get those free either due to not getting ESA or UC!

So as you can see I can’t afford rent anywhere so I’m lucky to be here and have somewhere to stay. If I wasn’t here I would be homeless! That is how bad it is.

I have 55p-65p a day for food which is a small bowl of cereal and a small warm dinner. I don’t have 3 meals as it’s too much. I can barely afford the grocery delivery unless it’s the cheapest slot, plus there is minimum basket fees for having under £40 in shopping which bumps the total up dramatically!

I can’t work so I have no way to make money. I stream but I don’t really make anything from it yet. I don’t expect anything from anyone, but it is my job and I don’t earn from it as yet.

I put everything have into my stream and it causes my pain and fatigue to worsen dramatically, but I enjoy it, I just wish I had more concurrent viewers.

This is why I struggle so badly!

Only so much I can do with my health and money, and it’s hard to get new people to come by the stream and keep coming back.

I am not sure I can keep going that much longer with barely any income. It is really hard getting by.

I get a lot of headaches and migraines, and some headaches are simply due to lack of food.

The lack of money really affects my health. The damp and cold house doesn’t help either, but fixing things costs money which we don’t have.

All I can hope is one day I will make some money from streaming as this is my only chance at an income.
We Need to Talk About Neurotypical Privilege
By: Scott Kinkade
Tags: Mental Health, Privilege, Anxiety, Autism, Disability

You might say it doesn’t exist. I say it does.

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

I’m always hearing people talk about white privilege or male privilege. But I never hear anyone talking about neurotypical privilege, also known as ableism.

Wikipedia defines ableism thusly:

“Ableism is discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities and/or people who are perceived to have disabilities. Ableism characterizes persons who are defined by their disabilities as inferior or non-disabled.”

It’s specifically the last part I’m addressing here. This world was created for people with normal brains, and not enough considerations are given to autistic people.

Noise pollution

There are few protections for people on the Spectrum in the real world. Stores everywhere sell monster sound systems for cars that people constantly blast even though it triggers anxiety and frays our nerves. That ever-present pounding of bass is the bane of my existence, and the only way to escape it is to soundproof my house with major renovations which I can’t do because I’m renting it.

Employment

It gets even harder when we enter the workplace. Employers don’t understand high-functioning autistics. I’ve only had one job where I had to out myself as autistic because I don’t want people to look at me differently. Yes, there’s the Americans with Disabilities Act, but that can’t remove the stigma that comes with the so-called invisible disabilities. People like me want to be seen as normal even though we’re not.

I’ve been criticized for asking my boisterous co-workers to please keep it down. They don’t understand.

“You’re not disabled.”

People who’ve known me my entire life swear there’s nothing wrong with me because I’m high functioning. My own family has condemned me for having extreme difficulties holding down jobs. The word “worthless” has been thrown around a few times, and I was specifically told my late mother would be ashamed of me. There is a large class of people who believe the only disabilities are physical. General George Patton infamously assaulted a soldier suffering from PTSD because he thought the man was a coward as physically he was fine.

This is the kind of thinking that needs to change. We need to acknowledge invisible disabilities exist and they are a problem for many people the world over.
Today’s Struggle With Disability
Tags: Struggle, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Disability, Work

My heart aches more than my body most days. Even as I struggle with daily tasks, the overwhelming feeling of failure bears down more than any physical pain. No one teaches you how to live with chronic illness. Every day I learn something new, a limitation, or a boundary. I can’t get out of bed most days without feeling more exhausted than when I went to lay down in the first place. I am not functional.

Most people don’t believe me. I’m perceived as young and healthy. Recently, a new job wouldn’t let me finish my shift because they wouldn’t let me use a chair. Because normal people can stand for five hours and be fine. I stand for a mere thirty minutes and I feel ready to faint. During the interview process, they asked me if I needed accommodations. The word still feels foreign on my lips, and I paused in that moment. The person interviewing me took that as a no and moved on. I never had the chance to stand up for myself.

It was a not-so-friendly reminder that ableism is everywhere. Even from people who are nice and friendly. They just don’t understand.

I don’t understand, to be completely honest. My body is broken in ways I have no idea how to fix, and that doesn’t make any sense. I should be healthy. I should be able to do what people my age can do.

But I can’t. So I continue on, day after day, to learn what I can do, even if some days that means nothing at all.
It’s strange, isn’t it? The feeling of missing someone.
By: Jessica Gomez
Tags: Death, Loss, Family, Autism, Disability

Mum used the key given to her by one of the nurses to open the door to Aunt Bessie’s room. It felt weird, all these years I’ve come to visit, but never have I been into this part of the home. I looked around. Everything in that room seemed to have its own place… even the little, yellow plastic figurines that sat by the window ledge in height order, all facing the same direction. I never understood that about Bessie. There was an order for everything, even the order she would greet us stayed the same. First Mum, then dad, then Tommy, then me. I didn’t mind waiting, Bessie would always tell me she saved the best for last.

“Julia.” Mum interrupted my train of thought. I looked up to see that I was standing on the spot frozen. “You don’t have to be here if it makes you uncomfortable, you can wait in the car if you like,” I said nothing. That’s what Bess would usually say, nothing. It’s not that she couldn’t talk, she just wasn’t the best with expressing herself. You could just kind of tell how she felt by the way she acted. You could usually tell if she was upset, her hands would cover her ears and stay still and you would always hear her make this humming noise that seemed to calm her down.

I walked over to the bedside table, the lamp was still on. Next to the lamp was a photo frame made out of dark oak wood. I picked it up to see a photo of my mum and Aunt Bess as children. I fingered the dents and crevices in the wood as I examined the photograph. Mum and Bess and long plats that were tied up and the ends by ribbons that matched their outfits. Mum wore bright red while Bessie wore a more soft yellow dress. The yellow almost matched the yellow on the sheets of Aunt Bessie’s bed. I guess she liked yellow.

“Do you like the photo?” Mum asked as she took it out of my hands and placed it in a box that said ‘KEEP’ written on it with a black sharpie. “They told us people like Bess didn’t live as long as people who were well…” Mum paused for a moment to think about what she was saying. I took my shoes off and started to wander around the rest of the room. The cream coloured carpet felt soft on my feet as I slowly made my way to the opposite end of the bed. There was still that empty-missing feeling that lingered in the atmosphere. It’s strange, isn’t it? The feeling of missing someone, even if it doesn’t really feel like they’re gone. It takes a while to sink in. Just like how our feet sink into the soft yellow sand, you know they’re still there… you just can’t see them.
First Dates
By: Victoria Ponte
Tags: Dating, Adventure, Relationships, This Happened To Me, Disability

Inga Seliverstova for Pexels

First Dates

Charlie announced he had a drinking problem and a live-in girlfriend on our first date.

Joe showed me photos of what his fetish is like on our first date.

Ray arrived late because he was coming from an AA meeting. He also forgot his wallet and promised to make it up to me another time if I could pay for dinner. Later texted me asking if I could meet him for sex. He never did make up the dinner.

John showed up for a coffee date wearing a kilt.

Dave asked me to meet him at a restaurant at 10:00 which was when the place closed. It worked out because we could have wine at his house instead.

Mitch seemed obsessed about when I was getting divorced even though he had no interest in ever getting married again.

Larry arrived by train and lied about not having a driver’s license. He later told me the truth that he had a DUI and lost his license for 10 years.

Michael showed up in a sport coat and tie and ordered a nice bottle of wine with dinner.

Ken told me at the bar before he left that he couldn’t see himself getting involved with someone with a disability.

I met Mark 5 times on Zoom before we met in person.

George insisted on picking me up at my house for dates instead of meeting somewhere. He had two cars.

Tommy packed a picnic and met me at the park with his guitar.

Greg sent 100 text messages before we met at a diner.

Scott told me he couldn’t see himself getting involved with someone with a disability in Starbucks.

I saw a cello in Walter’s apartment. I never got to hear him play. He let me know the next day I was not what he was looking for.

I listened to Robert tell me about how his marriage was failing in Starbucks.
Nicole,
By: Kerry Mcavoy
Tags: Autism, Mental Health, Womens Health, Disability

Nicole,

You’ve raised many valid points. No, I didn’t go into great depth. The point of the article wasn’t to prove my diagnosis to the reading audience, but rather to describe my journey.

And you’re right, there is a different standard for me because I’m a psychologist who is licensed to diagnose mental, developmental, and personality disorders. In order words, I am licensed to diagnosis autism. I don’t because it’s not my subspecialty, despite me having extensive training as a child psychologist with several years of experience working with that population.

And yes, you are also right there aren’t clear diagnostic categories in identifying older undiagnosed females. Several researchers are working on criteria, but the field is woefully behind.

A clinical licensed therapist made the recommendation I look into autism in regards to myself. I have not been formally diagnosed but I have completed Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised (RAADS-R) which has been shown to be accurate and reliable in the diagnosis of autism. My score indicated autism. I wasn’t neurodivergent, but clinically positive for autism. My son has been formally diagnosed, and my deceased father most likely had it. My other two sons show definite signs of neuroatypical presentations.

I didn’t include the LONG list of symptom presentation that I suffer. It would have been boring to read.

After learning of my autism, I contacted two friends: one who has been formally diagnosed and another who taught autistic children. Both told me they had suspected I’m autistic before my diagnosis based on their independent observations.

So, here’s the thing that bothers me. Why do I need to prove this to you? After all, I’m a clinical psychologist licensed to assess and diagnosis mental disorders. Isn’t that enough credibility? What is the concern?

What disturbs me is the growing doubt about late-diagnosed women’s legitimacy. What’s the fear? That many of us have successfully married, raised children, and had careers? That we are too functional?

Remember, I had no support. None. I was forced to blend it. I had to hide my stimming. I was not allowed to opt-out. Yet, I spent years alone on the playground, bullied mercilessly, and left to figure out on my own how to handle debilitating anxiety. In fact, I learned how to avoid using the restroom for eight hours a day during school hours due to severe anxiety. Pretty sad.

I also suffered catastrophic abuse and violence due to my vulnerable nature.

So, yes, I blend in very well these days. I’ve learned how to hide many of my oddities and social anxieties. I am a fantastic camouflager.

Honestly? It’s a relief to let some of this go. I finally feel like I can be my authentic self and stop trying so damn hard all the time.

I let the audience in on a very private event in my life in the hopes I could help others like me. So, please, why does this matter? What the worst that could happen if there is an influx of late-diagnosed adult women to enter into the cohort of the autistic population?
Pre-Engagement Jitterbugs
By: Mary Keating
Tags: Falling In Love, Wheelchair Ballroom Dance, Microfiction, Centina, Disability

Pre-Engagement Jitterbugs

giadarossi on pixabay.com

“How do I dance with you in that thing?” Josh pointed to her manual wheelchair.

“Let me show you,” Sandy said, as she grabbed his hands and looked up into his eyes. Without letting go, she continued, “Step to my side.”

As Josh moved into position, she pushed her right arm against his left and pulled back with her other arm until they were side by side.

“Now, step to my other side.”

Their positions reversed.

“Okay, walk in a circle.”

They began spinning.

“Now reverse.”

They practiced until they flowed in unison.

Confident, Josh smiled. “Ready for the music?”
Disabled Black Trans Artist Releases New Single
By: Michael Stover
Tags: Queer, Music, Transgender, United Kingdom, Disability

A disabled black trans man from South London, Trannieboi has taken the queer music scene by storm with debut hit “Sertraline Gang.” With a layered tongue-in-cheek lyrical style, radical political perspective and nod to Hyperpop House, Trannieboi is breaking through with a fresh sound, challenging the very place of trans people in hip-hop in the UK.

https://twitter.com/imtrannieboi

https://www.instagram.com/jolliffseville/
雲時代的容器化管理技術碰上壓力測試
By: Bruce Hsu
Tags: Stress Testing, Kubernetes, Jmeter, Load Testing, Cloud

pedrocesar-ti/distributed-jmeter-docker

Apache Jmeter™ is an open source tool that helps creating and running load test plans. And this Docker image was…
Prisma Cloud Nam-ı Diğer Twistlock
By: Başak Yazırlı
Tags: Twistlock, Container Security, DevOps, Cloud, Security

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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 6 full practice tests 2021
By: Shashank Gupta
Tags: Full, AWS, Interntojob, Cloud, Certified

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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 6 full practice tests 2021

Requirements

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The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner examination is intended for individuals who have the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively demonstrate an overall understanding of the AWS Cloud, independent of specific technical roles addressed by other AWS Certifications. The exam can be taken at a testing center or from the comfort and convenience of a home or office location as an online proctored exam.

Becoming an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner is a recommended, optional step toward achieving an Associate-level or Specialty certification.

Abilities Validated by the Certification

Define what the AWS Cloud is and the basic global infrastructure

Describe basic AWS Cloud architectural principles

Describe the AWS Cloud value proposition

Describe key services on the AWS platform and their common use cases (for example, compute and analytics)

Describe basic security and compliance aspects of the AWS platform and the shared security model

Define the billing, account management, and pricing models

Identify sources of documentation or technical assistance (for example, whitepapers or support tickets)

Describe basic/core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud

Recommended Knowledge and Experience

We recommend candidates have at least six months of experience with the AWS Cloud in any role, including technical, managerial, sales, purchasing, or financial

Candidates should have a basic understanding of IT services and their uses in the AWS Cloud platform

Prepare for Your Exam

There is no better preparation than hands-on experience. There are many relevant AWS Training courses and other resources to assist you with acquiring additional knowledge and skills to prepare for certification. Please review the exam guide for information about the competencies assessed on the certification exam.

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Alternative to Degoo
By: Fran Villalba Segarra
Tags: Secure Cloud Storage, Degoo, Security, Cloud, Privacy

Degoo is an online cloud storage service based in Sweden that offers cloud storage to millions of customers.

For a very long time, Degoo has praised to be a secure alternative to traditional cloud storage services (Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, etc). It features zero-knowledge encryption, and it is indeed extremely secure. It features mobile, web, and desktop apps, and its prices and usability are very reasonable. The biggest downside is that they are closed source and have not been audited by a third party, so trust is required.

Internxt Drive, on the other hand, was developed by Internxt, with the vision of creating the first cloud storage service which presented the user with total control, security, and privacy of their files.

Unlike traditional cloud storage providers (eg Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive), Degoo and Internxt Drive encrypt your files not only in transit but also at rest, and only you have the decryption key of these. That means that your files are encrypted when stored and that only you can access your files.

Unlike Degoo, however, Internxt Drive is open source and makes use of file distribution, meaning that files are fragmented, shards are encrypted, and no machine ever holds a whole file. This is a huge differentiator between Internxt Drive and Sync, pCloud, Tresorit, etc. Thanks to this unique architectural design, Internxt Drive praises to be the single most secure cloud storage service out there. Click here to learn exactly how Internxt’s distributed cloud storage architecture is more secure.

Additionally, unlike Degoo, Internxt Drive comes with 24/7 support, a seamless user experience, and many other perks.

Think smart. Make the switch.
#10 DevOps Diary: #100DaysOfKubernetes Let’s go
By: Anaïs Urlichs
Tags: Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, Cloud, 100daysofkubernetes

Hey everyone,

I hope you are doing well and thank you for joining me to week 10 of the DevOps Diary newsletter 🎉

If you are celebrating Christmas, I hope you have/had a lovely time.

Now for the news that I mentioned in my last newsletter, here it comes:

The News 📢

In this week’s newsletter, I would like to share with you my new challenge:

✨#100DaysOfKubernetes ✨

My goal is to learn something new about Kubernetes each day. Every day (except weekends), I will be posting a video on my YouTube channel about the new content that I came across.

I would love for you to join me on this challenge. If you have any suggestions on what I should spend some time learning, please do let me know.

My goal is to inspire others to start exploring topics they are interested in; whether those are related to DevOps or not, there is so much to learn and to explore.

And now to this week’s content.

Podcast 🎤

StackRox launched a Kubernetes-focused podcast: ‘Screaming in the Cloud’

The first episode is focused on Eliminating Security Risks in Kubernetes.

Read the full Newsletter: https://blog.anaisurl.com/10-devops-diary/
Static hosting of Angular build using AWS Amplify ?
By: Avinash Dalvi
Tags: Amplify, AWS, Angular, Cloud, Static Site

Hello Developers,

In previous blog Host Angular 2 or 4 or 5 version on AWS S3 using CloudFront you have learn about hosting using AWS S3 and CloudFront. In this blog I am going to explain about static hosting of Angular using AWS Amplify. There is AWS official blog available to host Angular app directly on Amplify — docs.amplify.aws/start/q/integration/angular

AWS Amplify has various tools available for Front end app development and deployment. With Amplify, you can configure app backends and connect your app in minutes, deploy static web apps in a few clicks.

Out of this above list we will explore Manage hosting tool which enables static website hosting by linking different ways like Github, Bitbucket, Gitlab, CodeCommit etc. This way you have to give permission using Oauth to access the list of repositories and their content.

Lets see how its works :

Authenticate git tools It will show a list of repositories from the git account. Choose which repository content would like to host

3. Configure build setting ( Optional)

4. Review setting and deploy. Once click on Start Deploy it will show a message like “Creating app: angular-hosting-amplify-example in progress…”

5. You can track status or progress app status page like shown below 👇🏻 and once it’s completed all stages will be green colour.

6. This will give a link for the app to show. Link will be like this https://main.d26gqyfusfkmyj.amplifyapp.com

We have done till uploading code and deploying to URL. Completed half battle to host Angular app generated build.

Note: Amplify app frontend hosting doesn’t require any routing understanding like we saw AWS S3 hosting.

Last steps to move this app URL to a custom domain like amplifydemo.avinashdalvi.com. Let’s see what we need to do to map custom domain to Amplify app.

In Amplify App console go to -> Domain management Click on Add Domain

3. Enter the root domain name like if you would like to use example.com then your root domain will be example.com. In demo i will chose avinashdalvi.com as root domain because app domain name will be amplifydemo.avinashdalvi.com.

4. Click on Configure Domain.

5. Exclude the root domain if you are not required. The subdomain name is amplifydemo. Once this finish it will status page like below 👇🏻

Note: Domain name validation for certificate and DNS validation sometimes takes more than 8 hours. If its take more than 8 hours then create github issue here

Then we are done with the final step.

Hope you like my blog. Thanks for reading my blog. If you have any questions you can reach out to me at my twitter handle — @aviboy2006

Note : Mentioned sample demo app will work or not also. This is just for reference. This demo assume your Angular build is already there after running command ng build

References :
The Cloud
By: Mark Campbell
Tags: Data Protection, Cloud, Cloud Computing, 3 Lines, Poetry

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Except the shiny cloud that holds all my personal information, and

threatens a dark day when it rains down on everyone.
How to Use Traefik as Ingress Router on AWS
Tags: Sre, Cloud, Ingress, DevOps

Today’s world, microservices are everywhere including cloud environments and on premises. This brings the application ingress routing challenge in the infrastructure includes lots of docker container.

CHALLENGE

Before using Traefik, incoming traffic was routing to containers living in AWS EC2’s via AWS Elastic Load Balancer. For each application, we needed to manually define listener rule (for ex, example.com/foo), healthcheck, traffic port etc. Moreover, we needed to create target group for each application with associated backend server.

These steps become unmanageable and tedious after number of your application, environment(dev,test,staging,prod) and workload grows.

Before Traefik, Our application routing structure was looking like following:

SOLUTION

We decided to deploy reliable, high performer, secure ingress router behind AWS Load Balancer in order to handle application routing challenge. Traefik was the answer for us. Traefik is open-source, fast and reliable edge router written in golang. It is cloud native, easy to adapt, and they have a great community support!

Traefik routes your incoming request to responsible container by using docker container labels.

by using docker container labels. Traefik communicates docker engine via listening docker socket. In this way, traefik automatically discovers routes of your containers even if you add, remove or scale them :) (no manual configuration or restart needed!)

With using Traefik as Ingress proxy, now the structure looks like this:

Traefik routes the incoming traffic to responsible container

Overview
Creating first Serverless AWS Lambda API in Node.js
By: Mridul Shukla
Tags: Lambda, Node, AWS, Cloud, API

Setting Up Serverless framework

npm install -g serverless

running the above command will install serverless in you're local.

The next step is setting up you're serverless project🙃

## Create a new Serverless service/project run command ##

$ serverless

after that do “yes” for the new project and select AWS Node.js as the environment.

Give your project an appropriate name. Do “yes” to the rest of the steps to create your folder.

>> cd {your app name}

after that and you will see a

handler.js

The handle.js file is for your writing your business logic.

Serverless.yml

Your application is deployed using the Serverless framework based on the serverless.yml configuration file.

The below link is a list of all available properties in serverless.yml when the provider is set to aws

now we need three dependency

"express": "^4.17.1", // for node.js routing and api "pg": "^8.5.1", // for postgress-db querry for node.js "serverless-http": "^2.6.0" // This module allows you to 'wrap' your API for serverless use.

Rename your handler.js file to app.js . ….Your app.js will look like

Import’s + DB query + wrapping “app” in the serverless handler.🤯

.then(()=>client.end()); //at this point we are closing the db conn.

the serverless.yml file would not be changed majorly. except for the function part, we will add the HTTP events (Simply put, events are the things that trigger your functions to run.

If you are using AWS as your provider, all events in the service are anything in AWS that can trigger an AWS Lambda function, like an S3 bucket upload, an SNS topic, and HTTP endpoints created via API Gateway. )

now the final time to deploy the app….🧐

run command

serverless deploy (or sls deploy)

though sls deploy re-deploys the entire stack through cloud formation and can be noticeably slooowww🐌.

On the flip side, sls deploy function -f myFuncName only zips up the code (& any dependencies) and updates the Lambda function only. This is much much faster than waiting for an entire stack update

# Redeploy entire stack through cloud formation

sls deploy



4# Redeploy only the code + dependencies to update the AWS lambda function

sls deploy function -f myFuncName

Offline Emulation

Now you might be asking, what about offline emulation? It’s absolutely a way to speed up dev cycles without having to re-deploy anything.

npm install serverless-offline

Then add the plugins key in serverless.yml

plugins:

- serverless-offline
Cloud Earning Staking PHT Giveaway
Tags: Giveaway, Earning, Staking, Cloud, Pht

Hello Everyone,

We are excited to announce the start of the Staking Giveaway in Cloud Earning PHT.

Download and Stake Now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloud.earning

Between December 26th and January 24th, anyone who starts a staking session will be entered to win 1,000,000 PHT!

There is no minimum or maximum amount required, as long as there is a staking session active, you are entered in the Giveaway.

We will announce the winner on January 25th.

Happy Staking!

The Phoneum Team
Enterprise cloud security : Introduction
By: Shekhar Jha
Tags: Enterprise Technology, Enterprise Cloud Security, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Cloud Security

Enterprise cloud security : Introduction

T his article is part of Enterprise Cloud Security Series with Part I: Introduction introducing the space and how it differs from on-premise security. Part II: Foundation covers the security consideration for building the cloud foundation. Part III: Developing secure applications focuses on security considerations of devops environment.

Most of the traditional enterprises with significant on-premise infrastructure and associated processes and organization structure have seen a significant impetus to migrate to cloud. This migration journey is significantly different from traditional cloud-native tech organizations that have limited governance, informal or sometimes non-existent business processes, small and generalist teams with limited or no legacy on-premise infrastructure. These differences between the traditional and modern tech enterprises has a significant impact on how cloud infrastructure is architected, deployed, operated and secured in traditional enterprises.

The cloud platform differs from traditional on-premise infrastructure in following ways

Impact of “in-secure by default” and other new threats — in traditional on-premise castle-and-moat deployments, the in-secure default settings of most of products had limited impact. The cloud platforms “always-on-internet” approach had a significant impact on developer’s productivity but can have significant security implication for “in-secure by default” services. API and Automation while losing visibility to bare metal and network — Cloud platform brought a level of API based automation that people and processes associated with on-premise infrastructure was not ready for. This significantly changes the speed at which the platform configuration can be accessed, security posture can be compromised or improved. Developers as Operators — As some of the enterprises transform from an on-premise to cloud, they are buying in to the idea of developers being responsible for all the aspects of application including underlying infrastructure. This can be a significant change in security RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) matrix that has a big impact on how the security is embedded into the process, technology and corresponding impact on people

These differences must be considered while developing the security approach for cloud platforms. There are a lot of cyber security frameworks like ISO 27001, COBIT, NIST, PCI DSS that provide varying degree of prescriptive details about what cyber security should cover. In addition to that there are organizations like CIS, SANS that provide best practices and more pragmatic approach to securing the IT infrastructure across on-premise and cloud. This is an attempt to bring a descriptive approach to cloud security that uses these valuable sources and builds on with lessons from field.

Security Architecture
Other days
By: Cait Hartley
Tags: Cloud, Heartfelt, Compassion

I look to the clouds for compassion,

the sun for a warm embrace.

Some days it feels the whole world is against me,

I feel the sadness drape itself around me like a weighted blanket.

The sun and the clouds have turned their backs on me,

and with that, I feel everyone has.

Some days I need to sit outside and feel the air dance in my lungs.

Some days I need to sit on the roof of a tall house so I don’t feel so small.

But other days, are better days.

Other days the sun gladly embraces me,

the clouds hold my cheeks and swirl my hair.

Other days my dog doesn't hesitate to snuggle next to me.

Other days my best friend reminds me of her pouring love for me.

There was a time when I thought there weren't other days.

I'm glad I stayed for them.
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS — modern software distribution / cloud delivery models
By: Hanson Chiu
Tags: Iaas Vs Paas, Cloud, SaaS, Software Development, Cloud Computing

Key Principle: Ownership vs. Cost

The major difference between On-premise and Software as a Service (“SaaS”) is the ownership that SaaS provider will own the infrastructure, software and maintenance and offer to public an option to consume (e.g. Azure provides a SaaS OCR API that charges by number of document and document size). It provides the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (“TCO”) and high scalability pay-as-you-go charging model to match the user demands.

However, nothing is perfect. SaaS option is heavily limited by the organization security policies and local regulations. Since the applications and data are both under the provider, data transfer is required and it may raise different security concerns especially sensitive information is being transferred.

Then Platform as a Service (“PaaS”) and Infrastructure as a Service (“IaaS”) come with more ownership and flexibility to allow organizations to implement their own security controls / customized components.

PaaS provider will own the infrastructure and responsible for the hardware maintenance. The organizations could own the applications and data to perform limited customization (e.g. Azure managed SQL database instance). IaaS is simply offering the Virtual machine (“VM”) or other instances with highest flexibility. The pay-off of ownership and flexibility is increasing IT management responsibility and cost (e.g. system monitor and maintenance effort).