#open agile architecture

[advisedskills]

What Makes Open Agile Architecture™ So Powerful?

Curious how Open Agile Architecture™ helps organizations thrive in a fast-changing world? In this article, we dive into the 10 core principles-from modular thinking to customer centricity-and explain how they support agility, innovation, and scalability.

💡 Whether you're an architect, strategist, or agile leader, this breakdown is a must-read.

👉 Explore the full article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/understanding-core-principles-open-agile-architecture-advisedskills-qcdrf/

[ghostlyferrettarot]

🛸🖤Midheaven in the signs🖤🛸

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🛸Midheaven in Aries: Self-confidence and extroversion are their main tools; self-sufficient, they seek to prove themselves at all levels. Professional careers that involve movement, individual action and proving their leadership abilities are favorable to them.

🛸Midheaven in Taurus: Their perseverance and determination help them achieve their goals. They take into account their gifts, resources and abilities and how to exploit them. Professional careers that allow them to manifest beauty and practicality are favorable to them, such as agriculture, sculpture, architecture, agronomy, painting and finance.

🛸Midheaven in Gemini: Great communication skills. Flexible, analytical, receptive, agile, versatile, adaptable, with great observational capacity, they can carry out several tasks at once without problems. Professional careers linked to the processes of communication and contact with society are favorable to them, such as journalism, commerce, diplomacy and education.

🛸Midheaven in Cancer: Planners and protectors; Individualistic, sensitive, firm and intuitive. Another point to keep in mind is to practice fluidity in your daily life. Professional careers that help channel assistance to others are favorable for you, such as psychology, gynecology, cooking and psychotherapy.

🛸Midheaven in Leo: You pursue success relentlessly, and sometimes you do not allow yourself to enjoy it. You have clear objectives and the perseverance and tenacity necessary to achieve them. Noble, generous, motivating, trustworthy, with leadership skills; you must learn to control arrogance. Professional careers with great autonomy are favorable for you, such as political positions, business management and dramaturgy.

🛸Midheaven in Virgo: You maintain a constant and methodical effort to achieve your objectives; critical, detail-oriented, positive, organized, innovative and with a great willingness to learn. You must avoid neuroses and the accumulation of objects. Professional careers oriented towards collaboration and with an appreciation of details, such as mechanics, languages, nutrition and crafts, are favorable for you.

🛸Midheaven in Libra: They plan and execute their strategy calmly, taking care of the details and feasibility. They are sociable, adaptable and diplomatic, and they like harmony. Professional careers that offer variety and where they can comfortably develop their sense of justice and balance are favorable to them. A classic example is the study of law, diplomacy, public relations and the arts.

🛸Midheaven in Scorpio: They have a tendency to manipulate others to achieve their interests. Ambitious, determined, direct, brave, skillful and capable of facing difficult transformation processes. Professional careers that privilege research and strategy are favorable to them, such as psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, private investigator, chemist and anthropologist.

🛸Midheaven in Sagittarius: They are constantly moving. Intuitive, open, creative, with strong convictions and ideals. They are favourable to professional careers that work directly by appealing to the philosophy of life of individuals, such as religion, philosophy, or spiritual guidance. They also excel in astronomy, ecology and sports.

🛸Midheaven in Capricorn: Ambitious, practical, predictable and modest. Protective, efficient, serious, concentrated, focused, they can fall into nonconformity and obstinacy, in relation to the results they obtain. They are favourable to professional careers that require their knowledge of administration and organization, such as architecture, politics, administration of companies or public institutions, and geology.

🛸Midheaven in Aquarius: They wish to build a better world for everyone, but they feel the need to constantly test the scope of their knowledge. This position indicates a constant search for wisdom. Cooperators, avant-garde, they must cultivate the freedom of spirit to achieve the awakening of consciousness they long for. They are favourable to professional careers that promote the use of technologies and the mass dissemination of ideas, such as journalist, writer, community manager, publicist and others.

🛸Midheaven in Pisces: Patient, sensitive, simple and compassionate, they seek to understand the meaning of life, so they have philosophical and religious concerns, as well as a deep desire to live with simplicity. They must learn that spirituality is not a concept at odds with success. Professional careers related to the management and expression of feelings, such as the arts, psychology, research and public relations, are favorable to them.

[phantoms-lair]

Spiders and Soulstone synopsis pt1

Have it in my head so might as well write it down

Across the Spiderverse where Miguel tried to surreptitiously get rid of Miles by dumping him in a reality that never had and was never supposed to have a Spider-man, before essentially locking the door and erasing the coordinates. Miles lands in the alley of some town that looks like a cross between Victorian and Old West Architecture. While he's there he hears someone scream and find a young woman being attacked by man who reeks of death. Miles fights him off, only to get surrounded by zombies. He holds them off as well, with the girl doing some magic to help. There's a whistle in the night and on some unspoken signal the fight breaks apart and the others scatter. Without knowing anything Miles goes with the girl to make sure she's okay. She leads him to a rather grandiose theater. One inside she starts crying and the people start to give Miles the stink eye, until crying girl says he helped save her from Seamus. This brings an abrupt turnaround, with the head of the theater people whisking the girl away and Miles suddenly being inundated with thanks. Eventually the leader asks to speak with Miles in her office. She asks who he is and where he's from. Miles is very awkwardly evasive, but she seems to take it in stride. She offers him a place to stay for the night and some odd jobs around the theater if he needs work, which for lack of better options, he accepts. While working at the Star Miles keeps his ears open and figures out some thing. First of all this place is pre-Civil-War era and everyone's assuming his secrecy is because he's an escaped slave. He'd be far from the only one in Malifaux. Malifaux is the name for this city and also this world. A rift called the Breach connects normal Earth to Malifaux. Magic and Magitech are exceedingly common. The problem, though, is the ruling body of Malifaux and most of Earthside is an organization called the Guild which is totalitarian and extraordinarily corrupt. And one of the ways is that Magic, which is again common, must be used for the Guild or the magic user is either put to death or torture and transformed into a witchling stalker( a small gremlin like husk used to hunt down other magic users). Also apparently the dude Miles saved the girl from was a notorious serial killer/necromancer. So, like, no wonder the Star was grateful. But also the fact that she used magic could be used to get her killed. Thankfully she thought his spider abilities were magic too, so they were in the same boat. And the fact that Collette DuBois, the owner of the Star is protecting her means there's probably some connection to the Arcanists there. The Arcanists are a group rebelling against the Guild's total control and regulation of magic. The Guild propaganda lists them as terrorists, and from Miles can see, they're not exactly wrong. There are those out for revenge who don't care who they hurt. There are those who just want power for themselves. There's no 'good' guys here, and all Miles can do is keep his head down and try to learn all he can about the Breach and hope his can use it to get home.

Miles does get upgraded from odd jobs to performing on stage when he shows a little too much agility cleaning the rafters. He ends up doing Silk Dancing under the stage name Velvet (he wanted something spider themed, Colette didn't want anything creepy sounding, and they compromised on the Velvet spider). Velvet is a hit as Miles feels as comfortable on the silks as a spider in his web. But soon after Colette asks him a big favor. One of the families of one of her girls, Amanda, is going to be arrested for hidden witchcraft, and the family and Amanda have to flee. She needs someone combat capable to go with them as the tunnels are dangerous and Amanda's magic is more support than combat. Normally she would go herself, but suspicion on Amanda would bring suspicion on her and her girls. Miles, as a new hire, is under far less scrutiny. But if he fought off Seamus, there's nothing in the sewers and tunnels that can overwhelm him. Miles agrees, because people need saving, but asks if this makes him an Arcanist. Colette gives nothing away, only saying she considers this a personal favor to her and no one else.

So after the next show Miles will be smuggling four people out of town

Edit: Some spelling and word choice fixes

[ap-kinda-lit]

Saiyan headcanons

Saiyans love hot baths. The kind of temperatures they best enjoy would be boiling to most people but to them is a perfect sauna.

They often take very personal trophies from their victories, like heads, limbs, or skin.

When a Saiyan is banished/exiled, they have their tails cut off as a mark of shame.

Some traditional Saiyan dishes do include bugs.

Before the Cold Empire’s conquest, Saiyan architecture was similar to that of the Aztecs/Mayans and India. You can also see it in the style of their artwork.

They also didn’t use armor much as they didn’t consider it necessary, but when they did the armor they wore included leather, metals, and furs. Common Saiyan armor was styled like the Vikings, while the armor used by the elite were more like the Mongolians.

Like in a lot of species, female Saiyans are not only just as strong as their male counterparts but can even be more dangerous. Females are more agile, methodical, strategic, and better at stealth. Like lionesses, they are capable of both attacking and defending. While female Saiyans are the primary caretakers of children and homesteads, this is because they are seen as reliable and highly capable at leading and protecting. If an army tried to attack a Saiyan camp because it was only wives and mothers, it would be the worst mistake.

Most Saiyans do not know what a “husband/wife” or “boyfriend/girlfriend” is or even what marriage means. They have mates and while there is courting involved it still basically goes if two people like each other a certain way they hook up, move in, and, more often than not, produce children. That’s it. Plain and simple. There are no certain terms, ceremonies, or pageantry.

Surprisingly, Saiyans are normally very loyal partners. They are monogamous and they more often than not mate for life.

A lot of Saiyans actually care about their children and can be super protective of them. As in, think of a mama bear or papa lion on PCP. Don’t mess with their kids.

They also carry them on their bodies, mostly their backs, not much different from how regular monkeys and apes do with their babies.

And when they’re not carried, Saiyan children hold on to their parent’s tail, kind of like with elephants.

Traditional Saiyan music kind of sounds like rock music and their dancing is the same as mosh pitting.

Yes, they hiss like cats. Why wouldn’t they?

Their battle cries sound like gorilla grunts and monkey howls and they bang on their chests like them.

Saiyans are fairly casual about nudity. They have mixed bath-houses and don’t have much problem with walking around naked before or after a bath or being injured. They even consider fighting nude and act of bravery and strength.

Saiyans have a very high tolerance for narcotics and alcohol. It takes quite a bit to make them intoxicated. Which is why their alcohol is extremely strong to the point it could give a man alcohol poisoning in little to no time.

While they prefer meat, they’re omnivores above all. They can eat just about anything. I mean anything. They have super strong stomachs that can store/digest anything. Like sharks, they’ll eat the most unusual things from time to time. If you cut open a Saiyan’s belly, you wouldn’t believe some of the stuff you would find in there, like a lost and found.

A Saiyan’s way of showing affection to their SO or relatives normally includes sharing food, bringing them presents from their hunts and other adventures, and grooming (namely picking out debris or whatnot from their hair). With their mates, they tend to bite (think of like with cats).

Speaking of which, Saiyans are very fierce in the bedroom as they are in the battlefield. Because of this, along with their brute strength and expansive energy, physical intimacy with a Saiyan can be tantamount to wrestling a bear or lion. You will most likely die or at least be seriously injured.

Saiyans have matches that are a lot like flyting, or rap battles. Essentially, they roast each other in rhythmic style. In Saiyan matches, expect some mother/father jokes and unflattering references to Frieza or King Cold.

[jenn2d2]

A Word With Friends | June 16

Tagged by @officialnostradamus and @woundedsoul12!

Rules: Use the challenge word to write a sentence or scene and then tag a few friends.

This week's word is:

Assiduously

Showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application Constantly; ceaselessly.

My entry below, a bit of drabble for Carina de Riva training to become a Crow - this may make it into my AO3 series for her, possibly expanded.

"Too slow, too loud," the reed flashed pain across her calves, not enough to break skin, but enough to sting. Heir stood at the edge of the parapet, arms folded. Carina had been late, and her approach had been seen. Again. She had one more chance tonight before it was a failure. Before she failed. She didn't know if she would get another night to try.

Carina gritted her teeth and jumped down to begin her climb yet again. Her muscles screamed, but nobody chasing her across the rooftops was going to care. There would be time for pain later, now only her assignment remained. Reach the top, don't get caught. Don't take too long.

Fast. Quiet. Balanced.

Viago had been clear that he didn't have time to waste on specialized training for fledglings who could not master the basics of Crow work. Poisons, daggers, and magic were deadly tools in the right hands, but Carina needed to prove that hers were steady enough to wield them or they would be taken away. Unlike most fledglings, her injuries the night she joined the house meant she had the luxury of recovery before starting her trials, but that grace had expired.

She had not been idle in that time, no matter the taunts from the other fledglings who felt she had it easy. Each day and night, she dedicated all of her spare time to gaining strength, agility, timing, and honing her senses. Running the wall. Crossing the roof. Delivering the blade. Assiduous attention to detail in every aspect of the tasks she was given to master. Precise, measured, deliberate, leaving nothing unexamined.

Unexamined.

House de Riva's fledgling practice wall had been carefully crafted with various handholds, false ledges, dangerous points, and plain crumbling architecture to simulate difficult conditions in most circumstances. Heir reconfigured it on no fixed schedule, knowing that the occupants of buildings the Crows infiltrated very rarely posted notices when they installed traps or had water damage alter their windowsills.

This was no practice wall, it was the exterior of one of Salle's lesser Chantry buildings, with a middling view of the river and a proximity to the tanners guild that made the air around it less than pleasant. The lattice work running up the walls on the eastern side of the building was constructed nearly the same, but it favored trailing and vining plants with pleasant scents. When they bloomed, the people inside could pretend that they weren't worshiping down the street from literal pools of piss and shit.

Pressing lightly at the structure, Carina smiled to herself. Unlike the pernicious ivy festooning most of Salle's overgrown architecture, these plants had not driven their roots all that far into the mortar and stone. They hadn't bound the work to the wall in a steady embrace. It was stable enough to climb, but to anyone with eyes, it would be obvious that someone was using it as a ladder unless they were very deliberate. Very careful.

Maybe that could be the point.

Carina pulled a sleek canteen from an internal pocket, opened the stopper, and hung it gently a few feet up the lattice. She smeared a bit of paste along the rim of the bottle from a container at her waist, and stepped back into the shadows nearby to wait. It didn't take long.

_______________________________________

Silence and the sounds of the city wrapped around the Chantry, rocking in time with the press of woodwork and vines.

"You are still too loud," Heir walked to the edge, reed in hand as the wooden slats at the top gently swayed to an erratic rhythm.

"No," Carina whispered behind Heir, gently plucking the reed from their hand and jumping back in a smooth motion. She had no doubt her trainer could have pursued, but they did not, choosing to turn slowly to face where she landed.

"You made the target," it was a statement of fact, and Carina nodded in acknowledgement, lifting a green-painted dagger to prove she had hit the painted dummy at the other end of the roof. "Your tasks grow harder tomorrow. You know the way home."

Several heartbeats measured out as Heir waited again.

"She passed?" Viago met them at the edge, arms crossed. "How many others?"

"None. Some will pass tomorrow," Heir leaned down, and gently lifted a young black and white cat up over the edge where it sat, clearly exhausted. After a moment, the cat sauntered over to Viago, sniffed at his boots, bit his left foot as hard as she could and sat down. She didn't break through the leather, but it still throbbed. He ignored her.

"Assessment?"

"She lured the cat to climb, misdirection," Heir pointed to the cat now bathing herself. "Then climbed another route. The pipes, which are bladed. Far more difficult than the original climb."

"Faster," Viago gave a tight half smile. Few fledglings noticed what was wrong with this wall the first time they were brought here, and fewer still succeeded in reaching the target. The cat bit him again, and he looked to Heir with a grimace.

"She is hers now, she made a promise of fish. You will take her home," Heir said, and Viago could swear he heard the slightest tinge of amusement.

"A promise of fish? What in the Maker's name am I supposed to do with a cat?" Viago grumbled, looking down at a very severe set of green eyes which held his gaze unflinchingly until he picked her up slowly. The cat settled in, claws gripping his leathers tightly, but didn't struggle. "She promised you fish? Well, then she better make good on that. Crows always honor a contract."

+ Soft tagging @serensama, @the-font-bandit, @hightowerqueen, @strugglinggranola and anyone else who wants to give it a go! 💖

[usafphantom2]

B-2 Gets Big Upgrade with New Open Mission Systems Capability

July 18, 2024 | By John A. Tirpak

The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has been upgraded with a new open missions systems (OMS) software capability and other improvements to keep it relevant and credible until it’s succeeded by the B-21 Raider, Northrop Grumman announced. The changes accelerate the rate at which new weapons can be added to the B-2; allow it to accept constant software updates, and adapt it to changing conditions.

“The B-2 program recently achieved a major milestone by providing the bomber with its first fieldable, agile integrated functional capability called Spirit Realm 1 (SR 1),” the company said in a release. It announced the upgrade going operational on July 17, the 35th anniversary of the B-2’s first flight.

SR 1 was developed inside the Spirit Realm software factory codeveloped by the Air Force and Northrop to facilitate software improvements for the B-2. “Open mission systems” means that the aircraft has a non-proprietary software architecture that simplifies software refresh and enhances interoperability with other systems.

“SR 1 provides mission-critical capability upgrades to the communications and weapons systems via an open mission systems architecture, directly enhancing combat capability and allowing the fleet to initiate a new phase of agile software releases,” Northrop said in its release.

The system is intended to deliver problem-free software on the first go—but should they arise, correct software issues much earlier in the process.

The SR 1 was “fully developed inside the B-2 Spirit Realm software factory that was established through a partnership with Air Force Global Strike Command and the B-2 Systems Program Office,” Northrop said.

The Spirit Realm software factory came into being less than two years ago, with four goals: to reduce flight test risk and testing time through high-fidelity ground testing; to capture more data test points through targeted upgrades; to improve the B-2’s functional capabilities through more frequent, automated testing; and to facilitate more capability upgrades to the jet.

The Air Force said B-2 software updates which used to take two years can now be implemented in less than three months.

In addition to B61 or B83 nuclear weapons, the B-2 can carry a large number of precision-guided conventional munitions. However, the Air Force is preparing to introduce a slate of new weapons that will require near-constant target updates and the ability to integrate with USAF’s evolving long-range kill chain. A quicker process for integrating these new weapons with the B-2’s onboard communications, navigation, and sensor systems was needed.

The upgrade also includes improved displays, flight hardware and other enhancements to the B-2’s survivability, Northrop said.

“We are rapidly fielding capabilities with zero software defects through the software factory development ecosystem and further enhancing the B-2 fleet’s mission effectiveness,” said Jerry McBrearty, Northrop’s acting B-2 program manager.

The upgrade makes the B-2 the first legacy nuclear weapons platform “to utilize the Department of Defense’s DevSecOps [development, security, and operations] processes and digital toolsets,” it added.

The software factory approach accelerates adding new and future weapons to the stealth bomber, and thus improve deterrence, said Air Force Col. Frank Marino, senior materiel leader for the B-2.

The B-2 was not designed using digital methods—the way its younger stablemate, the B-21 Raider was—but the SR 1 leverages digital technology “to design, manage, build and test B-2 software more efficiently than ever before,” the company said.

The digital tools can also link with those developed for other legacy systems to accomplish “more rapid testing and fielding and help identify and fix potential risks earlier in the software development process.”

Following two crashes in recent years, the stealthy B-2 fleet comprises 19 aircraft, which are the only penetrating aircraft in the Air Force’s bomber fleet until the first B-21s are declared to have achieved initial operational capability at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. A timeline for IOC has not been disclosed.

The B-2 is a stealthy, long-range, penetrating nuclear and conventional strike bomber. It is based on a flying wing design combining LO with high aerodynamic efficiency. The aircraft’s blended fuselage/wing holds two weapons bays capable of carrying nearly 60,000 lb in various combinations.

Spirit entered combat during Allied Force on March 24, 1999, striking Serbian targets. Production was completed in three blocks, and all aircraft were upgraded to Block 30 standard with AESA radar. Production was limited to 21 aircraft due to cost, and a single B-2 was subsequently lost in a crash at Andersen, Feb. 23, 2008.

Modernization is focused on safeguarding the B-2A’s penetrating strike capability in high-end threat environments and integrating advanced weapons.

The B-2 achieved a major milestone in 2022 with the integration of a Radar Aided Targeting System (RATS), enabling delivery of the modernized B61-12 precision-guided thermonuclear freefall weapon. RATS uses the aircraft’s radar to guide the weapon in GPS-denied conditions, while additional Flex Strike upgrades feed GPS data to weapons prerelease to thwart jamming. A B-2A successfully dropped an inert B61-12 using RATS on June 14, 2022, and successfully employed the longer-range JASSM-ER cruise missile in a test launch last December.

Ongoing upgrades include replacing the primary cockpit displays, the Adaptable Communications Suite (ACS) to provide Link 16-based jam-resistant in-flight retasking, advanced IFF, crash-survivable data recorders, and weapons integration. USAF is also working to enhance the fleet’s maintainability with LO signature improvements to coatings, materials, and radar-absorptive structures such as the radome and engine inlets/exhausts.

Two B-2s were damaged in separate landing accidents at Whiteman on Sept. 14, 2021, and Dec. 10, 2022, the latter prompting an indefinite fleetwide stand-down until May 18, 2023. USAF plans to retire the fleet once the B-21 Raider enters service in sufficient numbers around 2032.

Contractors: Northrop Grumman; Boeing; Vought.

First Flight: July 17, 1989.

Delivered: December 1993-December 1997.

IOC: April 1997, Whiteman AFB, Mo.

Production: 21.

Inventory: 20.

Operator: AFGSC, AFMC, ANG (associate).

Aircraft Location: Edwards AFB, Calif.; Whiteman AFB, Mo.

Active Variant: •B-2A. Production aircraft upgraded to Block 30 standards.

Dimensions: Span 172 ft, length 69 ft, height 17 ft.

Weight: Max T-O 336,500 lb.

Power Plant: Four GE Aviation F118-GE-100 turbofans, each 17,300 lb thrust.

Performance: Speed high subsonic, range 6,900 miles (further with air refueling).

Ceiling: 50,000 ft.

Armament: Nuclear: 16 B61-7, B61-12, B83, or eight B61-11 bombs (on rotary launchers). Conventional: 80 Mk 62 (500-lb) sea mines, 80 Mk 82 (500-lb) bombs, 80 GBU-38 JDAMs, or 34 CBU-87/89 munitions (on rack assemblies); or 16 GBU-31 JDAMs, 16 Mk 84 (2,000-lb) bombs, 16 AGM-154 JSOWs, 16 AGM-158 JASSMs, or eight GBU-28 LGBs.

Accommodation: Two pilots on ACES II zero/zero ejection seats.

[footfunkuniverse]

3. Future

Superhero Name: Pluto Prophet

Hierarchy Placement:

Rank 3 – Temporal Enforcer of the Solevengers

Future, as the “Pluto Prophet,” holds the third rank due to his profound connection to time and his ability to manipulate temporal energies. His unique perspective on life and music allows him to foresee potential outcomes, making him an invaluable strategist and combatant within the team.

Role Within the Group: Chrono Strategist | Temporal Manipulator

Combat Style: Mid Range Combatant

Future’s introspective and melodic style translates into a combat approach that balances offense and defense. He engages enemies at mid-range, using temporal distortions to control the battlefield and anticipate enemy movements. His ability to manipulate time allows him to create openings and exploit weaknesses effectively.

Origin Story: Born Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn in Atlanta, Georgia, Future’s early life was marked by hardship and resilience. After a life-altering incident at 16, he immersed himself in music, mentored by his cousin Rico Wade of the Dungeon Family. One night, while recording in the studio, a mysterious temporal anomaly occurred, fusing his essence with the fabric of time itself. This event granted him the ability to perceive and manipulate temporal flows, transforming him into the “Pluto Prophet.” 

Tagline: “He doesn’t predict the future; he shapes it.”

Promotional Poster Background: The poster showcases a surreal landscape where time stands still. Broken clocks float amidst a twilight sky, and hourglasses pour sand upward. The environment is a blend of ancient ruins and futuristic architecture, symbolizing the convergence of past and future. Ethereal light trails represent the temporal energies that Future commands.

Superhero Outfit: Future’s attire is a sleek, dark suit interwoven with luminescent threads that pulse with temporal energy. The design features asymmetrical patterns that shift and change, reflecting the fluidity of time. A high-tech cape flows behind him, displaying shifting images from different timelines. His shades are opaque, with a holographic interface that displays temporal data, concealing his eyes and adding to his enigmatic presence.

Shoes: He wears futuristic boots made of adaptive materials that adjust to temporal shifts. The exterior is a matte black with silver accents that glow subtly. The soles have intricate circuitry patterns that channel his temporal powers, allowing him to glide effortlessly through time.

Bare Soles Description:

• Color: A deep obsidian hue with shimmering silver undertones.

• Texture: Smooth with subtle ridges that glow faintly, resembling temporal waves.

• Width: Medium, providing a balance between agility and stability.

• Thickness/Meatiness: Moderate, allowing for both sensitivity and durability.

• Ball: Well-defined, aiding in precise temporal movements.

• Heel: Slightly elevated, facilitating swift transitions through time.

• Shape of Arches: High arches that store and release temporal energy efficiently.

• Shape and Splay of Toes: Tapered with a natural spread, enhancing balance during time manipulations.

• Presence of Callouses: Minimal, with slight thickening at pressure points from extensive temporal training.

• Unique Markings/Patterns/Scriptures: Intricate patterns resembling clockwork and temporal symbols etched into the soles, glowing when powers are activated.

Shoe Smell: A subtle blend of ozone and aged leather, reminiscent of ancient libraries and futuristic labs. The scent reflects his connection to both history and the future.

Sole Smell: A light, musky aroma with hints of sandalwood and metallic undertones, indicative of his temporal journeys and the energies he channels.

Sole Taste: A unique combination of earthy and metallic flavors with a hint of sweetness, representing the fusion of past experiences and future possibilities.

Unique Superpower:

Temporal Manipulation – Future can bend and control time within a localized field. He can slow down or speed up time for specific targets, create temporal loops to trap enemies, and glimpse into potential future outcomes to make strategic decisions.

Three Unique Moves:

• Sole Funk (Smell): Chrono Fog – Releases a temporal mist from his soles that disorients enemies by causing them to experience time at inconsistent rates, leading to confusion and impaired coordination.

• Sole Taste: Time Warp – Enemies who come into contact with his soles experience a rush of memories from different timelines, overwhelming their senses and leaving them vulnerable.

• Sole Sight: Temporal Mirage – The glowing patterns on his soles project illusions of multiple Futures from various timelines, making it difficult for enemies to identify the real one.

Stat Justifications:

• Intelligence (76): Future’s introspective nature and ability to foresee potential outcomes showcase his strategic mind, though he often relies on instinct and experience.

• Physical Strength (60): While not the strongest physically, his endurance and resilience are notable, allowing him to withstand prolonged engagements.

• Speed (77): His temporal abilities grant him bursts of speed and agility, enabling him to maneuver effectively in combat.

• Superpower (80): His control over time is formidable, allowing him to manipulate the battlefield and gain advantages over opponents.

• Sole Touch (78): The unique texture and energy of his soles provide a captivating sensation upon contact.

• Sole Stench (85): The temporal energies he channels emit a distinctive aroma, a blend of ancient and futuristic scents.

• Sole Visual (71): The intricate patterns and glowing symbols on his soles are visually striking, reflecting his temporal powers.

• Sole Taste (90): The complex flavor profile of his soles, combining elements from various timelines, offers a unique and memorable experience.

[helix-enterprises117]

Halo Reloaded: A Star-Spangled Man...

John emerged from the confines of a nondescript closet—not exactly the noble entry befitting a supersoldier of his caliber.

As he surveyed the penthouse, his HUD flickered like a confused tourist. Sleek, minimalist furniture met his gaze, betraying a taste for luxury that would make even a Covenant Elite's eyes widen with envy. But outside the glass walls, New York City sprawled in an architectural time capsule—buildings squatting lower than he recalled, the skyline an awkward teenager compared to the mature metropolis he knew.

The Spartan's reverie was cut short by a projectile hurtling toward his visor—a shield, star-spangled and as patriotic as apple pie. Catching it was reflex; the man who'd thrown it, however, was anything but predictable. Dressed in a combat suit that screamed 'America!', complete with helmet, he launched into a drop kick that even professional wrestlers might applaud.

John staggered, an uncharacteristic "oof" escaping him. The two squared off, sizing each other up. John’s opponent smirked, his suit a walking flagpole.

"Planning on dropping more surprises, or is the shield your only party trick?" John's tone was dry, the kind of dry you'd need a gallon of water to recover from.

"Just warming up. Let's dance, Tin Man," the flag-man retorted, his voice dripping with Brooklyn bravado.

The Star-Spangled Man charged, his sprint more a blur than a run. The penthouse's luxurious floor tiles seemed to quake under the force of his super-soldier speed. As he neared John, he leaped high, his body horizontal to the ground, twisting mid-air to deliver a roundhouse kick. The kick was a blur of red, white, and blue—a patriotic whirlwind.

John, his reactions honed by countless battles, swung the shield upward in a sweeping arc, intercepting the kick with a metallic clang that resonated like a gong. The impact sent a shockwave that rattled the nearby furniture, a crystal vase teetering perilously on the edge of a table.

Undeterred, The Patriotic Stranger rolled backward on landing, regaining his stance with feline agility. He then dashed forward again, this time pulling a series of rapid punches, each blow a thunderous crack breaking the air. John deflected each with the shield, the rhythm of their impacts a deadly drumbeat.

Seeing an opening, John thrust the shield forward like a battering ram. The other soldier, anticipating the move, ducked under the swing and swept a leg toward John's ankles in a sweeping arc meant to topple giants. John leapt over the sweep, a graceful arc in his own trajectory, landing with the floor cracking slightly under his armored weight.

Not missing a beat, John delivered a spinning back kick, aimed with precision at his adversary's midsection. The flag-man caught the kick with his hands, grunting under the force, his feet sliding back, carving grooves into the wooden floor. With a Herculean effort, the old-soldier twisted, redirecting the momentum to hurl John over his shoulder. John flipped mid-air, landing on his feet.

The penthouse now resembled a battlefield, the sound of their conflict a symphony of destruction. The red-white-&-blue combatant retrieved his shield, slinging it with explosive speed. John caught it again, using it to bash forward in a powerful charge. He met the charge with his own body, the collision a thunderclap of force that blew out the penthouse windows, showering the streets below with sparkling debris.

Locked in a grapple, the soldier-in-stars-'n-stripes whispered through gritted teeth, "Not bad for an old-timer, huh?"John, his grip iron-tight, managed a smirk. "You're not the only one out of time."

With a surge of strength, John pushed forward, breaking the grapple. He spun, wielding the shield in a sweeping, circular motion. John's opponent mirrored the movement, and for a moment, they were two cyclones colliding, their strikes a blur of motion and power that seemed to distort the very air around them.

As the duel reached its climax, John feinted with the shield, a deceptive move that the flag-man had anticipated, but it was a ruse. With a sudden drop, John swept the soldier's legs, sending him crashing to the ground. The Spartan quickly pinned him down, the shield at the ready.

Breathing heavily, the flag-man looked up, a grin spreading across his face.

"This isn't your usual sock-hop. Stand down and talk," John commanded, easing off as his sensors confirmed no further threats—just a very stubborn super-soldier beneath his boot.

Catching his breath, Rogers managed a grin. "You're not bad... for a walking tank. Steve Rogers, Captain America. And you are?"

"Master Chief Petty Officer John Downes. What year is this?"

"1943. Guess you took a wrong turn at Albuquerque, huh?" John deactivated his weapon, processing the anachronistic nightmare he’d stumbled into. "Seems like it. I need a way back to my time. Not sure how much help World War II tech will be."

Steve shrugged, accepting John’s hand and rising to his feet. "Well, we might not have fancy lasers or AI, but we've got grit and a whole lot of stubborn. Plus, I know a guy."

"Is he also a man out of time?" John inquired, a hint of amusement in his voice."Something like that. You ready to roll, Chief?"John nodded, his demeanor softening into what might pass for a smile under his helmet. "Lead the way, Captain."

As they exited the penthouse, John couldn’t help but think how absurdly out of place he looked—a futuristic warrior strolling through a historical chapter, guided by a man dressed as a flag. But then again, time travel was bound to have its quirks. And with Captain America at his side, maybe the 1940s wouldn’t be so bad. After all, they had the best music.

[ask-kombaealm]

Kombaelam Dorm Overhaul

Dorm Overview:

The dorm's core themes could revolve around combat mastery, honor, and balance, echoing Mortal Kombat’s emphasis on fierce competition but also the idea of a greater balance between realms. Each student would be trained in different styles of fighting or wield unique elemental powers.

Dorm Motto: Strength in Unity, Power in Kombat

Dorm Structure:

Training Arena: The dorm would feature an elaborate training ground where students practice their combat skills. Like the arenas in Mortal Kombat, this space could have different stages—icy platforms, fiery pits, or mystical temples—representing various styles.

Meditation Chamber: A room for spiritual and mental training, where students find balance between their powers and their inner peace, similar to the meditative nature of characters like Raiden or Liu Kang.

Elemental Zones: Dorm members are split into groups based on elemental affinities like Fire, Ice, Thunder, Earth, and Shadow. Each element would have its own hall where students can practice and hone their specific powers.

Dorm Exterior Design

The dorm's exterior resembles a fortified temple, built to reflect strength and power. The structure is influenced by Shaolin temple architecture, with an imposing entrance flanked by stone statues of warriors or dragons. The rooflines have sweeping, pointed arcs, and the walls would feature intricate carvings representing the elemental forces—fire, ice, lightning, and earth. The colors are bold, like black, gold, and red to evoke a sense of danger and honor.

Main Gate: Large double doors with the dorm's sigil etched into them, guarded by stone warriors.

Courtyard: Before entering the dorm, a large training courtyard would be visible, surrounded by flame-lit torches and stone pillars. It's has a martial arts ring or sparring areas for open combat practice.

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Interior Design

The dorm's interiors is a balance between combat readiness and spiritual mastery, blending practical spaces for training with areas meant for mental and magical reflection.

Main Hall: A grand hall with a massive mural depicting a legendary battle, representing the history of the Mortal Kombat realms. The floor is made of black stone, polished to reflect the light of flickering torches and glowing elemental symbols embedded into the walls. Statues of legendary fighters and drawings of mythical creatures are in line the walls.

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Combat Rooms: Different rooms would be dedicated to each elemental style

Fire Room: Lava pools, flames emerging from the walls, and charred stone floors for practicing fire-based techniques.

Ice Room: Frost-covered pillars and walls, with icy platforms where ice-based combatants practice.

Thunder Room: Electric conduits running along the walls, with platforms designed to channel and withstand strikes of lightning.

Earth Room: Stone platforms that can rise or shift during combat, representing the strength and adaptability of earth-based fighters.

Shadow Room: A dimly lit chamber where shadow fighters practice stealth and agility in near-darkness.

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Dorm Rooms:

Each dorm member’s personal room would reflect their chosen element. For example:

Fire-themed room: Walls accented in reds and oranges, with decorative flames along the ceiling and heat radiating stones.

Ice-themed room: Blues and whites dominate, with cool lighting and ice-like crystals embedded in the furniture.

Thunder-themed room: Bright flashes of yellow and blue, with metallic surfaces that give off an electric feel.

Each room would have minimalist but practical decor—mats for meditation, weapon racks, and a study area reflecting the balance between martial and mental discipline.

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Special Rooms:

Training Grounds: The dorm would have an expansive indoor-outdoor area for sparring matches and combat training. These arenas would take inspiration from Mortal Kombat stages—stone arenas, fiery pits, and ice-covered platforms. The areas could be magically enhanced to simulate different environments and tests of strength.

Meditation Chambers: A sacred, quiet space dedicated to mental focus, discipline, and inner reflection. It has calming elements—soft lighting, incense, elemental fountains (like a small fire or flowing water)—where members can meditate on their skills and mental balance.

Elemental Shrines: At the center of the dorm, there would be shrines dedicated to each elemental power. Students come here to pay respects or seek guidance from the powers associated with their elements. These shrines would glow with the energy of their respective elements (fiery embers for fire, icy blue for ice, etc.).

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Color Scheme:

Primary Colors: Black, red, and gold to signify strength, honor, and the intensity of combat.

Accent Colors: Elemental hues for different areas (fire-red, ice-blue, thunder-yellow, earth-brown, shadow-purple).

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Lighting & Decorations:

Torch-lit Corridors: The hallways and common areas would be lit by flame-torches or glowing orbs, casting dramatic shadows.

Weapon Displays: The dorm would feature weapon racks and displays of traditional combat gear—swords, kunai, bo staffs—used by legendary fighters.

Banners and Scrolls: Hanging banners in bold colors (red, gold, black) with the dorm’s sigil and ancient combat proverbs to remind students of their commitment to strength and honor.

NPC Uniform

Students' uniforms would resemble martial arts outfits with sleek designs reflecting their combat focus. They could have long, flowing robes or fighting gear with armor accents. Each student's outfit could bear their elemental affiliation through subtle color accents, like a red sash for fire, a blue belt for ice, etc.

Elemental Outfits: Dorm uniforms have different color schemes and accents depending on which Kamidogu a student aligns with. For instance:

Fire-aligned students have red and gold embroidery on their robes.

Water-aligned students have flowing, wave-like patterns in blue.

Earth-aligned students have more practical, rugged textures with green or brown accents.

@hourglassstationacademy @fumikomiyasaki I'm doing the a Komabealm overhaul. This is just the dorm and the NPC Students.

[sepublic]

            When initially fighting the Decepticons, humanity attempted to face them head-on in open battlefields and the like, testing the full might of their most powerful engines and weapons in a contest. This was a mistake; Human technology was no match for Cybertronian armaments, and your typical Decepticon footsoldier was more agile, durable, and hard-hitting than any tank. Battles in Mission City, Shanghai, Egypt, etc., made this clear.

         But as Sector 7, and then NEST, gathered experience, advice, and teamwork from the Autobots, eventually the best strategies were figured out. So by Dark of the Moon, humanity knew better than to tackle the Decepticons in open confrontation; That would only get them killed. Instead, it accepted its limitations, and opted to make the most of what its puny little form might entail against these giants.

         It became David vs Goliath; Instead of bringing the Decepticons’ attention, humans would take advantage of their small size to sneak up on unsuspecting enemies who normally towered over them, planting small energon-powered explosives and other debilitating traps. Focus on speed to evade their enemies, since durability was otherwise wasted. While the Decepticons focused on their more obvious Autobot enemies, human snipers would support from afar to take out their optics and other key points. Guerilla tactics were key.

         When it came to the Battle of Chicago, the humans didn’t arrive en masse; They sneaked in, using their size, and the fact that the architecture was built for them, to exploit various routes the Decepticons weren’t aware of or were ill-equipped to prepare for. In short, humanity realized the folly of fighting the Decepticons on their own terms and expectations; Let humanity take the fight to them in a way they didn’t expect, by using their rules. Let humans fight in the way that embraces what sets them apart from their Cybertronian counterparts.

         In essence, one could say humanity learned that to fight a Decepticon… one must fight like a Decepticon themselves, relying on trickery, deception, subterfuge, and stealth. They turned the Decepticon values of the underdog trickster against them, and like the Functionists they originally opposed, stuck to the roles their tiny little bodies were most equipped for. For those Decepticons who realized the poetic irony, it was quite a humiliating and frustrating realization, as those they disregarded as insects realized just how difficult it could be to hit such a microscopic target, from their experiences with their own insects.

         Cybertronians might be able to study the technology of their enemies to use against them, but humanity adapted by studying the tactics of the Transformers to use against them, understanding how they operate and think, and exploiting the blind spots of that vision. No need to use your own strength when you have the Autobots; Turn their massive size and power, even their own Energon-based technology, against them! Decepticons may have had ruthlessness and military prowess, but the Autobots had allies and the home advantage, now that both groups were one and embraced Earth. The Autobots worked with those who best understood this alien battlefield, those whom many of them fought for to begin with, to win.

[dustedmagazine]

Nathan Bowles Trio — Are Possible (Drag City)

Photo by Asia Harman

The Nathan Bowles Trio whips a buggy wagon onto interstellar highways, hammering rustic grooves into motorik repetition until they lift out of the past into the endless now. The trio first convened on Bowles’ 2018 album Plainly Mistaken pushing traditional instruments—banjo for Bowles, string bass for Casey Toll and drums for Rex McMurry—into sprawling psychedelic spaces. Are Possible is sparer but no less adventurous, paring back motifs to essence, locking them in for extended intervals, and allowing repetition to make them flower.

The opening “Dapple” distills a sprightly dance into its architectural elements, letting the play of banjo flourish amid resounding piano chords. McMurry’s drumming both grounds and elevates the agile interplay of stringed instruments; endless vistas reminiscent of his old band, CAVE, open out as he batters and thumps. “The Ternions,” an old-fashioned word for trio, by the way, opens out like a tarmac road stretching to the shimmery distance, its propulsion softened by flurries of lingering overtones. Toll’s bass gets a fuller hearing in “Our Air,” a cut that slants on low-toned plucking into a countrified form of jazz.

Still it’s in the two longer cuts that the trio makes its most indelible mark. “Gimme My Shit” builds in pointillist complexity, a hoedown shifting in and out of Reichian minimalism. “Aims” dips more freely into blues forms, letting the banjo and guitar carry a plaintive porch-lit melody. It gathers itself and swings out wide a minute or so in, a drone sluicing through pizzicato filigrees, a ritual beat carrying the tune forward. Indeed, the drums go knocking and walloping as the piece progresses, turning an inward-looking dreamscape into visceral, body-shifting triumph. All the elements come from pre-electric blues, but the end result is modern, almost futuristic.

The book of Matthew tells us that “With God, all things are possible,” and while I wouldn’t second guess the religious inclinations of any of these three musicians, there is an aura of immanence, of something more than banjo, bass and drums, that infuses these mystic tracks. Many things are possible, too, when you put together three such capable player and give them time and space to transcend themselves.

Jennifer Kelly

[advisedskills]

What is Open Agile Architecture™ (O-AA™)?

Discover how this powerful standard from The Open Group combines enterprise architecture with agile principles to support continuous transformation.

In this 3-minute introduction, you’ll learn the core concepts of O-AA™, why it matters in modern digital enterprises, and how you can get certified through our instructor-led course. ✅Learn more & register: https://www.advisedskills.com/enterprise-architecture/open-agile-architecture-practitioner

[demifiendrsa]

Assassin's Creed Shadows: First Look Gameplay Trailer

First Look Gameplay Trailer (Japanese version)

Extended Gameplay Walkthrough | Ubisoft Forward

Official Gameplay - Combat and Stealth Evolved

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Latest details

As the official CPU and GPU partner for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Intel and Ubisoft have joined forces once again to benefit gamers globally. Assassin’s Creed Shadows, built from the ground up in the latest version of Anvil, will be optimized for Intel’s performance hybrid core architecture—ensuring the best experience happens on Intel Core 14th Gen processors.

The Gameplay Walkthrough mission shown at the conference takes place in the castle town of Fukuchiyama in Tamba Province, where Naoe and Yasuke are hunting down a corrupted daimyo. The gameplay illustrates the complementary dynamic between the two playable heroes: Naoe, the agile and stealthy Shinobi, and Yasuke, the combat-focused Samurai. Fighting on opposite sides at the beginning of the game, they will unite around common goals. As they usher in a new era for Japan, players will be able to switch characters at any time in the open world and make use of their unique mix of skills and weapons to tackle situations and face varied enemies in different ways.

Naoe embodies the essence of a Shinobi Assassin. From a versatile grappling hook that allows for stealthy in-air assassinations and greater mobility, to kunai and her custom Hidden Blade for swift eliminations, she has access to a diverse arsenal of tools to strike from the shadows. While more vulnerable in close combat, she can skillfully deflect, dodge enemy strikes, and retaliate with lethal precision, using light, her surroundings, and structures around her to topple her foes.

Yasuke is tailored for direct confrontations, relying on his exceptional combat skills and mastery of Samurai weaponry. Whether wielding the Katana for decisive strikes, opting for raw power with the Kanabo, or engaging opponents from a distance with lethal flint rifle called Teppo, he can handle multiple enemies at once.

In addition, players can take advantage of a new exploration feature called the “Spy Network”. Naoe and Yasuke can send out their spies to scout locations to uncover useful information about target locations, habits, and other world secrets.

Overview

About

Experience an epic historical action-adventure story set in feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi Assassin and a powerful legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos. Switch seamlessly between two unlikely allies as you discover their common destiny. Master complementary playstyles, create your shinobi league, customize your hideout, and usher in a new era for Japan.

Key Features

Explore the captivating open world of feudal Japan, from spectacular castle towns and bustling ports to peaceful shrines and war-ravaged landscapes. Adventure through unpredictable weather, changing seasons, and reactive environments.

Become Naoe, a shinobi Assassin, and Yasuke, a legendary samurai, as you experience their riveting stories and master their complementary playstyles. As Naoe, use stealth to avoid detection and agility to confound your enemies. As Yasuke, strike your foes with lethal precision and power. Unlock new skills, gear, and progression independently for each character.

Make information your weapon as you explore the world, and build your own network of spies to be your eyes and ears across locations to hunt down your next target. Along the way, recruit new allies with unique abilities to help accomplish your missions.

Create a fully customizable hideout for your growing shinobi league as you train your crew, craft new gear, interact with key characters, and choose your base’s layout, decorations, and accessories.

[sravyaaa]

Azure DevOps Training

Azure DevOps Training Programs

In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, mastering Azure DevOps has become indispensable for organizations aiming to streamline their software development and delivery processes. As businesses increasingly migrate their operations to the cloud, the demand for skilled professionals proficient in Azure DevOps continues to soar. In this comprehensive guide, we'll delve into the significance of Azure DevOps training and explore the myriad benefits it offers to both individuals and enterprises.

Understanding Azure DevOps:

Before we delve into the realm of Azure DevOps training, let's first grasp the essence of Azure DevOps itself. Azure DevOps is a robust suite of tools offered by Microsoft Azure that facilitates collaboration, automation, and orchestration across the entire software development lifecycle. From planning and coding to building, testing, and deployment, Azure DevOps provides a unified platform for managing and executing diverse DevOps tasks seamlessly.

Why Azure DevOps Training Matters:

With Azure DevOps emerging as the cornerstone of modern DevOps practices, acquiring proficiency in this domain has become imperative for IT professionals seeking to stay ahead of the curve. Azure DevOps training equips individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to leverage Microsoft Azure's suite of tools effectively. Whether you're a developer, IT administrator, or project manager, undergoing Azure DevOps training can significantly enhance your career prospects and empower you to drive innovation within your organization.

Key Components of Azure DevOps Training Programs:

Azure DevOps training programs are meticulously designed to cover a wide array of topics essential for mastering the intricacies of Azure DevOps. From basic concepts to advanced techniques, these programs encompass the following key components:

Azure DevOps Fundamentals: An in-depth introduction to Azure DevOps, including its core features, functionalities, and architecture.

Agile Methodologies: Understanding Agile principles and practices, and how they align with Azure DevOps for efficient project management and delivery.

Continuous Integration (CI): Learning to automate the process of integrating code changes into a shared repository, thereby enabling early detection of defects and ensuring software quality.

Continuous Deployment (CD): Exploring the principles of continuous deployment and mastering techniques for automating the deployment of applications to production environments.

Azure Pipelines: Harnessing the power of Azure Pipelines for building, testing, and deploying code across diverse platforms and environments.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Leveraging Infrastructure as Code principles to automate the provisioning and management of cloud resources using tools like Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.

Monitoring and Logging: Implementing robust monitoring and logging solutions to gain insights into application performance and troubleshoot issues effectively.

Security and Compliance: Understanding best practices for ensuring the security and compliance of Azure DevOps environments, including identity and access management, data protection, and regulatory compliance.

The Benefits of Azure DevOps Certification:

Obtaining Azure DevOps certification not only validates your expertise in Azure DevOps but also serves as a testament to your commitment to continuous learning and professional development. Azure DevOps certifications offered by Microsoft Azure are recognized globally and can open doors to exciting career opportunities in various domains, including cloud computing, software development, and DevOps engineering.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, Azure DevOps training is indispensable for IT professionals looking to enhance their skills and stay relevant in today's dynamic tech landscape. By undergoing comprehensive Azure DevOps training programs and obtaining relevant certifications, individuals can unlock a world of opportunities and propel their careers to new heights. Whether you're aiming to streamline your organization's software delivery processes or embark on a rewarding career journey, mastering Azure DevOps is undoubtedly a game-changer. So why wait? Start your Azure DevOps training journey today and pave the way for a brighter tomorrow.

[qcs01]

Unleashing Efficiency: Containerization with Docker

Introduction: In the fast-paced world of modern IT, agility and efficiency reign supreme. Enter Docker - a revolutionary tool that has transformed the way applications are developed, deployed, and managed. Containerization with Docker has become a cornerstone of contemporary software development, offering unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and portability. In this blog, we'll explore the fundamentals of Docker containerization, its benefits, and practical insights into leveraging Docker for streamlining your development workflow.

Understanding Docker Containerization: At its core, Docker is an open-source platform that enables developers to package applications and their dependencies into lightweight, self-contained units known as containers. Unlike traditional virtualization, where each application runs on its own guest operating system, Docker containers share the host operating system's kernel, resulting in significant resource savings and improved performance.

Key Benefits of Docker Containerization:

Portability: Docker containers encapsulate the application code, runtime, libraries, and dependencies, making them portable across different environments, from development to production.

Isolation: Containers provide a high degree of isolation, ensuring that applications run independently of each other without interference, thus enhancing security and stability.

Scalability: Docker's architecture facilitates effortless scaling by allowing applications to be deployed and replicated across multiple containers, enabling seamless horizontal scaling as demand fluctuates.

Consistency: With Docker, developers can create standardized environments using Dockerfiles and Docker Compose, ensuring consistency between development, testing, and production environments.

Speed: Docker accelerates the development lifecycle by reducing the time spent on setting up development environments, debugging compatibility issues, and deploying applications.

Getting Started with Docker: To embark on your Docker journey, begin by installing Docker Desktop or Docker Engine on your development machine. Docker Desktop provides a user-friendly interface for managing containers, while Docker Engine offers a command-line interface for advanced users.

Once Docker is installed, you can start building and running containers using Docker's command-line interface (CLI). The basic workflow involves:

Writing a Dockerfile: A text file that contains instructions for building a Docker image, specifying the base image, dependencies, environment variables, and commands to run.

Building Docker Images: Use the docker build command to build a Docker image from the Dockerfile.

Running Containers: Utilize the docker run command to create and run containers based on the Docker images.

Managing Containers: Docker provides a range of commands for managing containers, including starting, stopping, restarting, and removing containers.

Best Practices for Docker Containerization: To maximize the benefits of Docker containerization, consider the following best practices:

Keep Containers Lightweight: Minimize the size of Docker images by removing unnecessary dependencies and optimizing Dockerfiles.

Use Multi-Stage Builds: Employ multi-stage builds to reduce the size of Docker images and improve build times.

Utilize Docker Compose: Docker Compose simplifies the management of multi-container applications by defining them in a single YAML file.

Implement Health Checks: Define health checks in Dockerfiles to ensure that containers are functioning correctly and automatically restart them if they fail.

Secure Containers: Follow security best practices, such as running containers with non-root users, limiting container privileges, and regularly updating base images to patch vulnerabilities.

Conclusion: Docker containerization has revolutionized the way applications are developed, deployed, and managed, offering unparalleled agility, efficiency, and scalability. By embracing Docker, developers can streamline their development workflow, accelerate the deployment process, and improve the consistency and reliability of their applications. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just getting started, Docker opens up a world of possibilities, empowering you to build and deploy applications with ease in today's fast-paced digital landscape.

For more details visit www.qcsdclabs.com

[annajade456]

Level Up Your Software Development Skills: Join Our Unique DevOps Course

Would you like to increase your knowledge of software development? Look no further! Our unique DevOps course is the perfect opportunity to upgrade your skillset and pave the way for accelerated career growth in the tech industry. In this article, we will explore the key components of our course, reasons why you should choose it, the remarkable placement opportunities it offers, and the numerous benefits you can expect to gain from joining us.

Key Components of Our DevOps Course

Our DevOps course is meticulously designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the DevOps methodology and equip you with the necessary tools and techniques to excel in the field. Here are the key components you can expect to delve into during the course:

1. Understanding DevOps Fundamentals

Learn the core principles and concepts of DevOps, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure automation, and collaboration techniques. Gain insights into how DevOps practices can enhance software development efficiency and communication within cross-functional teams.

2. Mastering Cloud Computing Technologies

Immerse yourself in cloud computing platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Acquire hands-on experience in deploying applications, managing serverless architectures, and leveraging containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes for scalable and efficient deployment.

3. Automating Infrastructure as Code

Discover the power of infrastructure automation through tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Puppet. Automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of infrastructure resources, enabling rapid scalability, agility, and error-free deployments.

4. Monitoring and Performance Optimization

Explore various monitoring and observability tools, including Elasticsearch, Grafana, and Prometheus, to ensure your applications are running smoothly and performing optimally. Learn how to diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, conduct efficient log analysis, and implement effective alerting mechanisms.

5. Embracing Continuous Integration and Delivery

Dive into the world of continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using popular tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and CircleCI. Gain a deep understanding of how to automate build processes, run tests, and deploy applications seamlessly to achieve faster and more reliable software releases.

Reasons to Choose Our DevOps Course

There are numerous reasons why our DevOps course stands out from the rest. Here are some compelling factors that make it the ideal choice for aspiring software developers:

Expert Instructors: Learn from industry professionals who possess extensive experience in the field of DevOps and have a genuine passion for teaching. Benefit from their wealth of knowledge and practical insights gained from working on real-world projects.

Hands-On Approach: Our course emphasizes hands-on learning to ensure you develop the practical skills necessary to thrive in a DevOps environment. Through immersive lab sessions, you will have opportunities to apply the concepts learned and gain valuable experience working with industry-standard tools and technologies.

Tailored Curriculum: We understand that every learner is unique, so our curriculum is strategically designed to cater to individuals of varying proficiency levels. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced professional, our course will be tailored to suit your needs and help you achieve your desired goals.

Industry-Relevant Projects: Gain practical exposure to real-world scenarios by working on industry-relevant projects. Apply your newly acquired skills to solve complex problems and build innovative solutions that mirror the challenges faced by DevOps practitioners in the industry today.

Benefits of Joining Our DevOps Course

By joining our DevOps course, you open up a world of benefits that will enhance your software development career. Here are some notable advantages you can expect to gain:

Enhanced Employability: Acquire sought-after skills that are in high demand in the software development industry. Stand out from the crowd and increase your employability prospects by showcasing your proficiency in DevOps methodologies and tools.

Higher Earning Potential: With the rise of DevOps practices, organizations are willing to offer competitive remuneration packages to skilled professionals. By mastering DevOps through our course, you can significantly increase your earning potential in the tech industry.

Streamlined Software Development Processes: Gain the ability to streamline software development workflows by effectively integrating development and operations. With DevOps expertise, you will be capable of accelerating software deployment, reducing errors, and improving the overall efficiency of the development lifecycle.

Continuous Learning and Growth: DevOps is a rapidly evolving field, and by joining our course, you become a part of a community committed to continuous learning and growth. Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to ensure your skills remain relevant in an ever-changing tech landscape.

In conclusion, our unique DevOps course at ACTE institute offers unparalleled opportunities for software developers to level up their skills and propel their careers forward. With a comprehensive curriculum, remarkable placement opportunities, and a host of benefits, joining our course is undoubtedly a wise investment in your future success. Don't miss out on this incredible chance to become a proficient DevOps practitioner and unlock new horizons in the world of software development. Enroll today and embark on an exciting journey towards professional growth and achievement!