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Stack Overflow Survey Reconfirms Developer Love for Docker

The 2020 Stack Overflow Developer Survey confirms what we already knew: there’s a lot of developer love out there for Docker and it is continuing from last year.

Docker was the #1 most wanted platform and #2 most loved platform, according to the survey results published last week. We also ranked as the #3 most popular platform.

That’s no fluke. The results are based on nearly 65,000 people who code. And it’s the second year running we’ve acquitted ourselves so admirably in the annual survey. As we shared with you here last summer, developers ranked Docker as the #1 most wanted platform, #2 most loved platform and #3 most broadly used platform in the 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey. Those responses came from nearly 90,000 developers from around the world.

This year, in the most wanted platform category, nearly 25 percent of developers expressed interest in developing with Docker, ahead of AWS (20.2 percent), Kubernetes (18.5 percent) and Linux (16.6 percent).

In the most loved platform category, 73.6 percent of developers expressed interest in continuing to develop with Docker, trailing only first-placed Linux (76.9 percent), and leading Kubernetes (71.1 percent) and AWS (66.4 percent).

And in the most popular platform category, 35 percent of respondents chose Docker, behind first-placed Linux (55 percent) and second-placed Windows (53.1 percent).

The findings underscore that developers really, really like Docker—whether for its device agnosticism, its ability to automate CI/CD or power productivity, or any number of other factors. Last Thursday, our virtual DockerCon event drew some 77,000 registrants. The survey results also validate our renewed strategy to focus on developers and helping them use containers in their applications.

For almost a decade, Stack Overflow’s Developer Survey had the distinction of being the largest survey of people who code around the world. This year’s survey prioritized diversity over quantity, focusing on a wider demographic of programmers worldwide.  The survey also explored the most loved, dreaded and wanted frameworks; developer salaries and careers, community participation and more.

Ready to feel the love? Docker offers free plans for individual developers and teams just starting out. Get started with Docker today.
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Support the Fight Against Inequality: Resources and Ways to Act

The past few months have been tiring for everyone. As the coronavirus spread across the globe, most of us thought that we were going to live with the uncomfortableness of shelter-in-place for a few months before things could return to normal. We thought that what would consume most of our free time was TikTok videos, Animal Crossing, Netflix, and maybe a reignition of hobbies. Unfortunately, this has not been the case.

Fast-forward to today. Society has not returned to normal and instead, we have had more time to engage on the topic of race on a global scale — specifically, how unfairly Black Americans are treated in American society.

We are not only bearing witness to how disproportionately the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Black and Brown Americans, we are seeing the injustices and violence Black Americans face daily in an amplified manner. Whether it’s having the cops called on you following a simple and reasonable request in the park, going jogging in your neighborhood, or being asleep in your own home, the world is watching and finally responding to these injustices. From Eric Garner to George Floyd, the list of people we grieve over is far too long.

We are hurt, confused, frustrated, angry, and just tired.

We are tired but never done.

How can you support your Black colleagues and friends?

Give them a bit more time, space, and compassion.Understand that some of them are whiplashed and at a loss for what to do.Let them come to you with causes you can support.Collectively agree on a way of showing wordless support, like an emoji for example:

How can you support this movement?

Understand that this movement is not history, nor will it soon be over. We need to fight for equality until life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are available for all.

Here is a list of places you can amplify, donate to, or sign petitions for change:

Donate

Donate to any of these organizations and petitions to show support and help advance the agenda for equal representation and justice.

Nationwide Bail FundReclaim the BlockBlack Visions CollectiveThe Official GoFundMe of George Floyd’s FamilyJustice for Regis Official FundEqual Justice InitiativeNAACP Empowerment ProgramBlack Lives Matter Network

Sign

Sign any of these petitions to show support for change and accountability in our judicial system.

Color of Change PetitionOfficial Petition for Breonna Taylor Justice for Tony McDade PetitionJustice for Ahmaud Arbery PetitionJustice for George Floyd Petition

Do

Call, tweet, and send posts on your social networks to your elected state or local officials and demand equal justice today.

Educational resources

Dedicate time to learn more deeply about institutionalized racism in America, and how to safely take action against it.

This Anguish and Action post from the Obama Foundation includes a “Get Informed” section with anti-racism articles and resources.This detailed list of anti-racism resources includes articles, books, TV shows, and movies.This post by Barack Obama reflects on how to make this moment the turning point for real change.This Anti-Defamation League guide offers practical tips on how to engage young people in conversations about race and racism.This post compiles resources and links on ways to support and fight for an anti-racist future together.Just Mercy is an important read by lawyer and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson.

Mental health resources

Ethel’s Club – A Black-owned and -operated social club that offers access to Black therapists and a multitude of creative events for People of Color. Crisis Text Line – A different approach to crisis intervention, Crisis Text Line offers you help when you text 741-741. You’ll be able to chat with someone who is willing to listen and provide you with additional resources.Shine Text –  A Black-owned self-care app through which you can sign up to receive cheerful texts and tips every day. Therapy for Black Girls – A Black-owned directory to help you find Black therapists in your area. BEAM Community – A Black emotional and mental health collective committed to the health and healing of Black communities.Self-Care Tips for Black People Who Are Struggling With This Very Painful Week – A resource on VICE with tips that may provide a bit of relief.

Tips for protesting

Knowing your rights – An indispensable resource from the ACLU.How to protest safely and legally – Remember to wear a mask in order to protect yourself!How to help someone who’s been tear-gassed

Lastly, let’s celebrate solidarity and beauty when we see it:

The international community is watching and protesting alongside us across the globe.Protesters doing the cupid shuffle.Protesters take a knee and raise their fists in Upper East Side, New York.Protesting in Harlem, New York.In New York City, chief police officer kneels with protesters.

Stay safe out there!
Quelle: RedHat Stack

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Introducing cross-region replica for Cloud SQL

Being responsible for business continuity isn’t easy. You must consider a wide variety of failure scenarios, including the outage of a Google region. In the event of a regional outage, you want your application and database to quickly start serving your customers in another available region if a Google Cloud region fails.We’ve worked closely with Cloud SQL customers facing business continuity challenges to simplify the experience, and we are excited to launch Cloud SQL cross-region replication, which is available for MySQL and PostgreSQL database engines. What is a cross-region replica for Cloud SQL?Cross-region replica makes it easy to create a fully managed read replica in a different region than that of the primary instance. You can create a replica in any Google Cloud region.We’ve heard from Major League Baseball (MLB) that cross-region replicas have been useful. “We store all our important tracking information such as location of player, pitch velocity, and even the wind data on Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL,” says Greg Cain, MLB vice president, Baseball Data. We take great pride as the national pastime with millions of fans across the U.S., but we also have a large fanbase beyond that which spans all seven continents around the world. Our global audiences enjoy watching games at all times of day on MLB.com and our different consumer products. Cross-region replication was a very critical feature for us to implement to provide uninterrupted services to our fans.”Using Cloud SQL cross-region replicasWith cross-region replica, you can: Minimize recovery point objective (RPO): A cross-region replica is a copy of the primary that reflects changes to the primary instance in almost real time, so data loss is very small in the event of a Google Cloud region failure. Minimize recovery time objective (RTO): Cross-region replica maintains an online copy of your data in another region. In the event of Google Cloud region failure, a replica can be promoted within minutes.Make globally distributed applications faster: Read replicas are closer to their application in another region.Migrate data between regions: Use cross-region replicas to minimize downtime when moving data between regions.Simple and secure, by defaultCloud SQL cross-region replication reduces operational overhead and is fully integrated with Google Cloud’s Cloud SQL security and privacy features.Fully managed Easily set up, maintain, manage, and administer replicas in any region on Google Cloud.Google Cloud networkingCreating a cross-region replica requires no networking setup. Global VPC uses private IP for replication traffic between regions—eliminating the need of complex VPN and VPC configuration, which would be otherwise needed to set up cross-region networking.Cross-region replication traffic uses reliable, high-performing, and scalable Google Cloud networking.Network monitoring, verification, and optimization is simplified using proactive network operations with Network Intelligence Center.Cloud SQL security and privacy Data at rest in replicas is encrypted using customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK).Cross-region replication traffic remains private, without access to and from the public internet, when a private IP option is used.Cross-region replicas are supported as part of Access Transparency, which represents Google’s long-term commitment to security and transparency by providing you with logs that capture the actions Google personnel take when accessing your content. Connection org policy control provides centralized control of the public IP settings of Cloud SQL to reduce the security attack surface of Cloud SQL instances from the internet.Cloud SQL will enforce the data residency policy you define. Replicas can only be created in permitted regions.Getting started with cross-region replicaCreating a cross-region replica is as simple as creating a read replica.Get started with cross-region replication today.
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