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Cameron McDermott • 21st November 2023

What You Missed at KubeCon North America 2023

KubeCon North America 2023 was abuzz with compelling sessions on AI, security, and the environmental impact of software development.

Humberto Leal, Emma Genesen • 31st October 2023

Performance Testing for CoreDNS

Will Stewart, Emma Genesen • 24th October 2023

Northflank Joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

We’re excited to announce that Northflank has joined the Cloud Native Computing and Linux Foundation as a silver member!

Emma Genesen, Lavrenti Frobeen • 31st August 2023

How to Build a Scalable Software Architecture Part 1: Monolith vs. Microservices

In this blog, we’ll discuss the nuances of the monolith vs. microservices debate, and dig into how we at Northflank applied these principles to the software architecture for our developer platform.

Will Stewart • 12th May 2022

Heroku, alternatives, and how to migrate

Heroku was a great developer platform. Times have moved on, what is next? Migrating away from Heroku is now a priority for many. We dive into the reasons why and what are your options.

Max Smith • 20th April 2022

Supporting Expiring OAuth Access Tokens for GitLab

Deep dive into handling token rotation for your GitLab integration including how to handle expiring tokens, how to store access tokens and how to implement a lock to prevent multiple refreshes at once.

Max Smith • 24th March 2022

Integrating with GitLab and Bitbucket

Introducing GitLab and Bitbucket: how to integrate your applications, how they are structured and what to look out for when implementing support for them.

Tom Snelling • 25th January 2022

Adding themes to a React app using styled-components

Some reasons you might want to add a choice of theme to your next React app, and how you could go about achieving it using styled-components.

Maria Alonso • 25th January 2022

Hosting a Shopify application on Northflank

Shopify App founders and developers have many aspects to take care of, DevOps shouldn't be one of them. Being able to count on a reliable and easy to use deployment platform is essential.

Max Smith • 17th December 2021

Integrating with GitHub - GitHub Apps and OAuth

Answering some of the common questions around integrating with GitHub, and discussing some of the quirks you should watch out for.