Clurgo the Game: Karolina Toczydłowska
Imagine Clurgo as a video game. Your character is one of our prospective employees. The objective? Get hired with us and go from Novice to Master.
Is open-source the right solution for my company?
Does proprietary software devour a large chunk of your budget in fees? Do you toy with the idea to try open-source but are not entirely convinced? Read our article to discover more on the subject, weigh pros against cons, see ways of mitigating risks, and decide whether that whole open-source business is something for you.
The mystery of returning employees: Episode 1 with Marcin Nowicki
People are coming back to Clurgo. But why? We don’t offer fruit Fridays, our lounge sofa fits only three, and there’s a sealed room on the third floor where developers go to scream in anguish. In a new series on our blog, we’ll try to find out what brings people back to us. Is there something we don’t know? Let’s investigate.
Automated and asynchronous localization management with Quartz in clustering mode
Project management can be a fulfilling occupation unless it boils down to doing similar, mechanical tasks over and over again. Computers were invented to alleviate the burden of repetition, and they can do the same for project managers. Learn how we automated the boring part of localization management in a large translation agency.
Better productivity, deployment, and maintenance through post-merger integration of banking IT systems under Mirantis, an enterprise-ready Kubernetes solution
Our client, a large nordic bank, had successfully acquired another bank along with its loan management system. System integration was necessary - ideally under a uniform, efficient, and automated platform. Among a myriad of options, Clurgo managed to identify and implement the best available solution for the client.
Reducing business costs and network latency with Kubernetes at the edge
Edge computing is a new type of infrastructure that's been gaining traction in the tech world because it allows to cut back network latency and transfer costs. In our new article, we investigate how and why the edge can be used with Kubernetes, the world's most popular container orchestration platform.
Log4Shell – what it is, why you should care, and what you can do about it
Log4Shell - the name on everyone's lips since December 2021. It's a formidable flaw in the ubiquitous Log4J logging library that allowed attackers to compromise applications by manipulating user-controlled data. Out in the wild for an indefinite time before discovery, the bug's full ramifications may still see the light of day. Read on to find out more.
The ultimate Java doctor – using async-profiler to diagnose and eliminate errors and performance issues in Java applications
Does your Java application slow down or outright crash and you have no idea why? The prospect of searching through numerous logs gives you the heebie-jeebies? Fear no more! Async-profiler is like a private eye that follows your applications and takes note of everything they do.
How to aggregate logs with ELK and Beats?
How to use Filebeat and Metricbeat to collect log and metrics data for ELK to process? This is the subject of another post in our series on the ELK stack.
Taming traffic with KPD – a novel technological solution by Clurgo
“I study traffic patterns,” special agent Ethan Hunt described his fake job at the beginning of “Mission Impossible 3.” He went on to explain what fascinated him about traffic: “You hit the brakes for a second, just tap them on the freeway, you can literally track the ripple effect of that action across a two-hundred-mile stretch of road, because traffic has a memory. It's amazing. It's like a living organism.
