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Happy Kingsday! Today is a national holiday in the Netherlands. Instead of engineering cloud-native infrastructure, our team is either very busy dressing up in orange and /or selling used goods at the vrijmarkt. See you tomorrow! ;-)

When you reference a managed zone in Cloud DNS that no longer exists, an attacker can take over your DNS subdomain in Google Cloud DNS. In this blog post, Mark van Holsteijn shows you how this can happen and how you can detect potential misconfiguration. https://hubs.ly/Q0180sv70

How to take over a subdomain in Google Cloud DNS In this blog I will show you who an attacker can take over your subdomain in Google Cloud DNS and how to prevent it.

Thanks for a wonderful collaboration in 2021. A year that once again proved that by working together, miracles can happen. We look forward to many more interactions, discussions, and team efforts with each and every one of you. Let's make 2022 a year to remember, together!

Lazy Sunday? Not for the people behind Club Cloud! With 29 days until the start, they are adding new sessions on a daily basis. Check out the speaker line-up, including cloud and data experts from Albert Heijn, Danone, Guidion, eBay, DSM, Mollie, and many more. https://hubs.ly/H0YH3V30

Cloud Pub/Sub and NATS are both excellent, battle-tested message brokers. But how do they compare to each other? Read about the findings of ⛈ Luca Cavallin after he took a close look at the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of both systems. https://hubs.ly/H0VjCr70

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The Cloud. Own It! Do you want to know everything about cloud services but do you lack time, guidance, or the opportunity to develop these skills in your current job? Enter Cloud Booster.

The Cloud Booster is available for you if you join Binx.ik. It’s a totally free and tailor-made skill development program that allows you to tap into all our knowledge, best practices, and experiences. Our aim is simple: To make your cloud skills go through the roof.

In twelve training sessions, you’ll acquire new skills quickly and learn how to apply them in real life. This program is available for anyone who joins Binx. There is only one catch: seats are pretty limited. HTTPS://Binx.li/cloud-booster

Benchmark your organization against competitors and other industries. Fill in the form and receive the free Survey 2021 report. https://hubs.ly/H0JzG020 This survey is powered by Computable, Xebia, Xpirit, and Xebia.

The Cloud Survey 2021 Participate in the survey and receive the report for free

Home sweet home, or back to the office? We have collected thirteen tips for working at home. How do you cope with the home office?
Tip 1: Turn commute time into gym time
Turn commute time into home gym time. Suddenly, this makes traffic jams feel not so bad at all.

Tip 2: Put the music on
Put the music on. Loud. And maybe, just maybe, pull off a little dance.

Tip 3: Adjust the seat and settings
Make sure your chair provides the right support and your monitor is at the right height.

Tip 4: Work from the couch
It is no crime to work from the couch every now and then.

Tip 5:Be rigorous with your schedule
Let go of the 9-to-5 but be rigorous with your schedule; your monkey brain will thank you for it.

Tip 6: Be less efficient with the coffee run
Be less efficient. For most, home is smaller than the office. Grab only one drink on your coffee run.

Tip 7: Smoke a cigar behind your desk
Coffee is so pre-WFH. Smoke a cigar. Behind your desk. Go on, indulge yourself.

Tip 8: Get into the state of flow
Use flow to increase your effectiveness. Lose all distractions and go deep on your backlog!

Tip 9: Go out and play
Cherish the extra family time. Once the labor is out of the way, go all out and play.

Tip 10: Make lunch work for you
Make lunch work for you! Boil 2 eggs, add Udon noodles and cooked veggies. Top off with some nori sushi. Yum!

Tip 11: Eat lunch outside
Keep your house tidy. Eat lunch outside.

Tip 12: Reward yourself
Work hard, eat healthy. On top of this, take a moment each day to reward yourself for accomplishments.

Tip 13: Reset the brain
Take regular breaks away from the screen. A little car ride can help to reset the brain.

Bonus tip: Laugh more often
Humor heals. Instead of using SnapCam, dress up for real in a meeting.

Last year, Lotte Laan and Wouter de Geus envisioned a custom-made, IoT enabled bow tie. You too can develop such a cool gadget! In this talk on March. 9 (16:00 CET), Lotte and Wouter will guide you through the making process and show you the end result.

We will go over the challenges they’ve faced, and the lessons learned which might help you on your own custom PCB building experience with a case made in Autodesk Fusion 360! https://hubs.ly/H0Ht23_0

Expert Session: Playing With Leds - Binx Last year, we decided it would be cool to have a custom-made, IOT enabled bow tie for the yearly Christmas party at Xebia, which of course involves plenty of blinking lights. In this talk, we’ll guide you through the making process and show you the end result. We will go over the challenges we’v...

Are you curious about the latest developments in cloud technology, experienced with concepts like infrastructure-as-code, continuous compliance, and serverless? We are looking for knowledge-hungry cloud specialists! https://hubs.ly/H0Ht20-0

Careers - Binx At Binx, you’ll find like-minded colleagues at the forefront of cloud innovation, all of whom have the courage to veer from the beaten path; we strive for excellence at every turn and drive organizations towards achieving their goals. We firmly believe that cloud is the single most significant tec...

Cloud-native means you build and run applications that exploit the cloud benefits—such as scalability, flexibility, high availability, and ease of maintenance. You focus on how to create these applications and how to run them: not on where they run. In this blog, we share five advantages of cloud-native: https://hubs.ly/H0FLDLs0

Five Advantages of Cloud-Native - Binx Cloud-based IT infrastructures and software solutions are not only disrupting IT, they disrupt the way organizations, and even industries, operate. The full extent of the cloud’s scope of influence stretches far beyond the traditional IT landscape. To name a few, cloud impacts IT management and th...

The Kritis Signer is a command-line utility to check whether an image violates the policy on security vulnerabilities. In this blog, Mark van Holsteijn shows you how to automate it, using Terraform and Google Cloud Run. https://hubs.ly/H0FLKHd0

How to Automate the Kritis Signer on Google Cloud - Binx In this blog we will show you how to automate the Kritis signer on Google Cloud Platform to prevent running vulnerable images in GKE

Two years ago, Mark van Holsteijn created a utility to copy AWS SSM parameters from one account to another. "I never dared to publish the existence of this utility, as it goes against my principles of infrastructure as code and immutable infrastructure. After two years, I am finally ready to admit I wrote it", Mark said. https://hubs.ly/H0FLGmr0

He published the utility to https://hubs.ly/H0FLLkb0 without writing a blog about it. Along the way, Mark found out that quite a number of people are using the utility, so finally he decided to unveil it in this blog.

How to copy AWS SSM Parameters from one account to another - Binx In this blog I introduce a small command line utility which allows you to copy AWS SSM parameters from one AWS account to another

Whenever you build a container image, chances are that you are using public images as a base. But how do you keep your image up-to-date with the latest releases? In this blog, Mark van Holsteijn introduces a utility that will allow you to keep your Dockerfile container image references up-to-date.https://hubs.ly/H0FLGlf0

How to keep your Dockerfile container image references up-to-date In this blog I will introduce a utility which will allow you to keep your Dockerfile container image references up-to-date.

Binx introduces a nanny service. https://hubs.ly/H0FR2z10

Software consultants are often restricted to code-only concerns, whereas at Binx, Laurens has the freedom to explore both the technical and organizational environments.

“The working environment for software engineers at Binx varies considerably from other companies,” Laurens says. “In my career as a software consultant so far, I’ve found that we can build out nice features and capabilities, but it’s always scoped to a certain part of the system. Binx allows me greater control over the process, to really take a big-picture view of the solution for each client.”

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Did you know that, once you have authenticated using the Google Cloud Platform SDK, the credential is valid for all eternity? With the Google Cloud session control tool you can limit the validity to as little as an hour. https://hubs.ly/H0FLDs20

How to limit the lifetime of Google Cloud Platform SDK credentials - Limit the lifetime of your Google Cloud Platform SDK credentials using the Google Cloud session control tool.

A GCP certificate is the ultimate recognition of proficiency. But, logically, it is hard to get one. This week, Max Recommends a great opportunity to make acing the GCP Cloud Engineer Exam just a little easier.

"I can only dream of a GCP certificate but Cloud Engineer Luca Cavallin did it. In this session, Luca shares how he prepared for the GCP Cloud Engineer Associate exam. What resources did he use and how much did he study. This event on February 9th at 19:30 CET will make it so much easier for you to earn this certificate yourself. Invest one hour of your time and perhaps you can call yourself Certified Cloud Engineer soon!

Check it out: https://hubs.ly/H0FGBzQ0 "

Event: Obtaining your first Google Cloud certification can be a challenging experience.
Learn from Cloud Engineer and certified GCP Cloud Engineer Luca Cavallin how to pass the Cloud Engineer Exam. On February 9th, Luca will share his first-hand tips and the resources he has used to pass the exam last December. https://hubs.ly/H0FB5Zx0

Event: How to prepare for Google Cloud Engineer - Associate certification exam - Binx Learn from Cloud Engineer Luca Cavallin how to pass the GCP Cloud Engineer – Associate Exam. Luca will share his first-hand tips and the resources he has used to pass the exam last December.

Cloud Engineer Laurens Knoll has an innate curiosity, driving him to try to understand how things work. The senior cloud consultant at Binx isn’t happy unless he’s grappling with a complex issue that yields big results. “I like to keep on learning and giving my best to clients each day,” he says. https://hubs.ly/H0Fyfk-0

Cloud Engineer Maarten Baijs is a natural problem-solver and enjoys tinkering. His efforts to specialize in Google Cloud paid off. Currently, Maarten is the only non-Googler in NL to possess 6 official GCP certifications. Read more about his unique journey https://hubs.ly/H0FbtQl0

Omni-Certified Tinkerer - Maarten Baijs - Binx Maarten Baijs, a Cloud Engineer at Binx, is a natural problem-solver and enjoys tinkering. These qualities have proven well suited for his profession and, fittingly, led him to join the team at Binx and become an expert in Google Cloud. This potential of the cloud inspired him to learn more about th...

Learn how to successfully identify, develop, and execute AI use cases in your organization. This training taster empowers you to drive the development of AI solutions that match business needs and add value to your organization. https://hubs.ly/H0DFMvY0

In this training taster with Wietse Venema, you will learn how Google Cloud Run is different from an always-on server. On top of this, you will walk away with an understanding of container images and containers, deploying container images to Cloud Run, and auto-scaling and on-demand containers. https://hubs.ly/H0DFg2n0

Join this training taster to gain experience with and leave empowered to start boosting your career by applying this new skill! In two hours, Marysia Winkels will show you how to train and test machine learning models with scikit-learn. https://hubs.ly/H0DFHxx0

Interested to learn more about optimized architectures on AWS? Join this training taster with trainer Martijn van de Grift and learn the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on the AWS platform. https://hubs.ly/H0DFlsn0

Hey Data Analyst! Boost your career by learning THE programming language for Data & AI and learn how to wrangle and visualize your data with pandas. Join this free training taster with Lucy Sheppard on Monday, January 18 from 9 am to 11 am CET. https://hubs.ly/H0DFzkq0

The Cloud Magazine combines in-depth articles around cloud platforms with real-life project reports, background stories, and helps you to get to know the cloud —as well as the people at Binx— a bit better.

Download the magazine here -> https://hubs.ly/H0DqqCd0

This second edition of Cloud Magazine covers the main results of Cloud Survey 2020 and an interview with O'Reilly author Wietse Venema about his book "Mastering Serverless Applications with Google Cloud Run". Our cloud consultants shared various articles, ranging from tips to enable Firestore from Terraform, ways to limit access to AWS resources based on SAML attributes using CloudFormation, to sharing their experiences with finding Google Cloud Platform services dependencies. There was even some room left to feature a customer story from KNAB and 13 tips to stay sane while working from home

2020 is a year to never forget. Despite all the challenges that were thrown at us this year, we always found ways to work with the situation instead of against it. We hope that you found some positivity this year as well. After all: every cloud has a silver lining.

We wish you a merry Christmas and a wonderful, healthy, 2021.

This is your chance to win an exclusive limited edition "foute kersttrui". Post a comment and you are eligible to win 1 of 5 exclusive Binx-Mas sweaters! The winner will be announced this Friday, December 18th.

Lotte and Wouter were drawn together by their mutual passion for the cloud. That connection has spurred them to work together and strengthens the work they do for Binx and Binx’s partners. As a company, Binx believes in stepping back to let people develop their personal authority because doing so feeds right back into their work with the result that everybody wins: clients, company, and colleagues – as well as the couple themselves. Read the full article: https://hubs.ly/H0C5brp0