DevOps

How Rack Awareness in Amazon MSK Saved $36K/Year for a Leading AdTech Company

Introduction Building and deploying applications that use Apache Kafka for real-time data processing is made simple with Amazon MSK (Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka), a fully managed service by AWS. Rack awareness is one overlooked configuration change that can greatly increase fault tolerance and cost effectiveness, even though MSK...

by Karandeep Singh
Tag: tothenew
04-Jun-2025

DevOps

Modern Terraform Practices: Removing Resources Safely from State

Introduction and Usecase There are times when we want Terraform to stop managing a resource, but don’t want to delete it from the infrastructure. In this brief blog, I'm going to discuss removing resources from Terraform configuration files while keeping them in real infrastructure. But why would you want to do this in the first...

by Karandeep Singh
Tag: tothenew
29-May-2025

Media & Entertainment

Beyond the buzz: My take on The NAB Show 2025 – Modern media ops

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to represent TO THE NEW at NAB Show 2025 in Las Vegas, and I’m still reflecting on the incredible amount of insight packed into these past few days. For anyone in media operations space, digital distribution, post-production, or localisation, this year’s show wasn’t just a tech showcase - it...

by Ankit Awasthi
Tag: tothenew
29-Apr-2025

DevOps

AWS EMR Cost & Performance Optimization: A Business-Centric Approach

Introduction AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR) is an AWS service for filtering big data using open-source tools such as Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Trino, Hadoop, Hive, Presto, and many more. It provides a platform to run your applications without thinking much about the management of the underlying infrastructure. AWS EMR is a...

by Karandeep Singh
Tag: tothenew
16-Mar-2025

DevOps

Terraform Mastery Part 2: Advanced Techniques for Pro Infrastructure

Introduction Welcome back to the exciting adventure through the Terraform Mastery blog series! In Part 1 of this series, we revealed some basic and advanced tips to decorate your IAC management capabilities. Now, in this part, we’re going to dive deep into some other important tips that may in addition streamline your workflow,...

by Karandeep Singh
Tag: tothenew
13-Dec-2024

DevOps

Terraform Mastery Part 1: Tips for Pro Infrastructure

Introduction Welcome to the magical world of Terraform, where cloud infrastructure meets innovation! While many people know the basics, there are hidden gems buried deep inside this powerful tool just waiting to be discovered. This blog is your guide to some unique tips and tricks that can supercharge your Terraform skills, increase your...

by Karandeep Singh
Tag: tothenew
05-Dec-2024
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