Published in Geek Culture·Jan 25Member-onlyHow to resolve missing replica shards in ElasticsearchStep-by-step guide on resolving missing replica shards in Elasticsearch to ensure your search functionality is running smoothly and efficiently — Elasticsearch is a powerful search and analytics engine that is widely used for a variety of applications, from text search and analytics to real-time logging and data visualization. However, as with any distributed system, Elasticsearch can encounter issues that can impact its performance and availability. One of the most common…Elasticsearch4 min readElasticsearch4 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Dec 21, 2021Member-onlyHow to monitor Docker Containers with Elasticsearch, Filebeat & MetricbeatMonitoring Docker Containers using the Elastic Stack — Having multiple containers spread across different nodes creates the challenge of tracking the health of the containers, storage, CPU, memory utilization and network load. …Elasticsearch4 min readElasticsearch4 min read
Published in Digital Diplomacy·Jul 15, 2021Member-onlyDo social media companies need Government IDs to identify trolls?An analysis of the data available to social media companies to identify trolls and the role machine learning is playing (and failing) — Following a loss to Italy in the UEFA Euro 2020 Championships match, social media platforms have been inundated with racist messages and posts directed at Black players on England's national team. Racists hiding behind anonymous accounts is not a new issue in football. Social media companies claim they are doing…Artificial Intelligence5 min readArtificial Intelligence5 min read
Published in Digital Diplomacy·Jan 13, 2021Member-onlyWhy are African Governments shutting down the internet?As Uganda approaches its presidential election we look at the continuing trend of regimes in Africa restricting social media and internet access. — New year, same old tricks. As election season approaches in Uganda, the government has taken the unnecessary step to block social media access during the election process. Uganda is not the first nation to take this approach, with Tanzania in 2020 opting to take the route of restricting social media…Social Media5 min readSocial Media5 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Jan 13, 2021Member-onlySo You Want to Get Into Cybersecurity This Year? Here’s What You Should Learn.A comprehensive guide on skills that in my opinion are worth having a look at this year if you're looking to transition into cybersecurity. — As we welcome the New Year with a 3rd national lockdown in the UK, it, unfortunately, means some of us have had to cross off going to the gym as part of our new year's resolutions. For those who may be interested in adding cybersecurity as a replacement, I wanted…Cloud12 min readCloud12 min read
Published in The Startup·Oct 2, 2020Member-onlyHoney, I Containerized the Kids: Deploying Honeypots on Azure 🍯Utilizing your £150 free Azure credits using honeypots as a learning tool for Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals. — If you’re new to cloud computing and are looking to gain knowledge in this space, one of the most recommended certifications you can get is the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: AZ-900. If you have never used Microsoft Azure, you’re in luck. For creating your account, new users will get £150 cloud…Cloud7 min readCloud7 min read
Published in Foundervine·Aug 7, 2020An update for our community: We are moving to Slack 🚀An update on our Vine Community migration — My name is Stephen Chapendama and I’m the Technology Manager at Foundervine. For those who don’t know, over the last 2 years, we have had a vibrant and an amazing community-led Whatsapp group where entrepreneurs and program graduates have been networking, creating and sharing all things entrepreneurship and business development. …Community Management3 min readCommunity Management3 min read
Published in Foundervine·Jul 30, 2020Member-onlyCan you see my screen yet? — The digital switchover 💻It’s been the summer of Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts (now called Meet) and for a brief 2 weeks, House Party. As most countries began locking down we started to see a rise in companies starting the digital switch over. Whilst most organizations have been prepared for lockdown and already…Business4 min readBusiness4 min read
Published in Digital Diplomacy·Jul 29, 2020Member-onlyA simple guide on cybersecurity practises after going viralTools and resources on staying safe online during a period of virality — You can't predict or plan on going viral so when it does happen, are you aware of the cyber implications that come along with it? This post will highlight things you should know and the ways businesses and individuals can protect themselves after going viral. Often, becoming viral means there’s…Privacy6 min readPrivacy6 min read
Published in The Startup·Jun 21, 2020Member-onlyHave We, the Millennial Generation Digitally Failed Our Parents?Digital misinformation is the talk of the town. With the recent difference in the approach shown by the two biggest social media platforms on tackling this, we don’t have to look far in history to see how pivotal & influential social media is and also the impact it can have…Social Media5 min readSocial Media5 min read
