Aws Reserved Instances (RI) & Savings Plans

Great question 🙌 — Reserved Instances (RI) and Savings Plans are both ways to save money on EC2 (and some other services), but they work a bit differently. Let’s compare them clearly: 🔹 1. Reserved Instances (RI) ✅ Best when: You know exactly what instance family and region you’ll use for 1–3 years. Example: You…

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The End of @Input() & @Output(): Angular 20’s Game-Changing Update

For years, Angular developers have relied on @Input() and @Output() decorators for parent-child communication. While powerful, they often added boilerplate and confusion, especially in larger apps. With Angular 20, things are changing dramatically. 🎉The framework now embraces native Signals and introduces the model() API for cleaner, more reactive state flow. 🔴 Why Move Away from…

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Using OIDC with .NET to connect to MongoDB Atlas

This tutorial was written by Luce Carter In any kind of application, especially enterprise applications, developers will want to keep their data and the access to that data secure. It is common for businesses to use identity and access management (IAM) systems such as Azure EntraID (formerly Azure Active Directory) to manage access to an…

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Puzzles (Hints and Solutions) – DEV Community

🔓 The solutions are here! A detailed walkthrough of the 2010 CTF puzzles from my previous post. Breakdowns for cryptography, steganography, and logic challenges. #CTF #Walkthrough #InfoSec Intro Welcome back, hackers! 👋 This is the sequel many of you asked for in the comments on my previous post, “Puzzles for Hacker (task only)”. That post…

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A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain Disaster

Almost immediately after the cyberattack, a group on Telegram called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, claimed responsibility for the hack. The group name implies a potential collaboration between three loose hacking collectives— Scattered Spider, Lapsus$, and Shiny Hunters—that have been behind some of the most high-profile cyberattacks in recent years. They are often made up of young,…

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