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In this podcast Matthew Clark, head of architecture for the BBC's Digital Products, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Charles Humble and discussed: the new architecture for the BBC’s online services; the challenges of using Lambda functions including cold start-up, function chaining, debugging and setting the memory profile; the role of DevOps and CI/CD; and the nature of a cloud transformation. (Podcast) |
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The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) has announced the 2022 version of their AI2-THOR Rearrangement Challenge. The challenge requires competitors to design an autonomous agent that can move objects in a virtual room and includes several improvements including a new dataset and faster training using the latest release of the AI2-THOR simulation platform. (News) |
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Selecting the correct MTT* metric to improve your incident response is important. If the wrong metric is chosen, the improvements may get lost in the noise of a multivariable equation. This article reviews the various MTT* metrics available and discusses the best scenarios for selecting each one. (Article) |
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Amazon recently announced the general availability of AWS Backup for Amazon S3, a managed option to centralize data protection for applications storing data on S3. The new feature automates the backup and restore of application data on S3 and combines it with the backup of other services, including instances and databases. (News) |
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This article explores Ballerina’s intuitive syntax for writing REST APIs. We also discuss authentication, authorization, OpenAPI tool, observability, SQL/NoSQL client libraries, and key language features. At the end of this article, you will have a good understanding of why Ballerina is a prominent candidate for writing your next backend API. (Article) |
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Gradle has released version 7.4 of their open-source build automation tool that allows developers to create aggregated test and Jacoco coverage HTML reports. The versions catalog feature allows the centralized declaration of dependencies for usage in build scripts. Shared build services allow caching of state or resources across multiple tasks. (News) |
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Aaron Turner, Taylor Thomas and Matt Butcher discuss the past, the present, and the future; where they think this technology will be most impactful in the coming years. (Presentation with transcript included) Learn how to solve complex software engineering and leadership challenges. Attend in-person at QCon London, (April 4-6) and QCon San Francisco (Oct 24-28) or attend online at QCon Plus (May 10-20). Save your spot now! |
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At QCon Plus last November, Kin Lane, Chief Evangelist with Postman, and the Open Technologies Team lead presented on API specifications. API specifications are essential to him and at Postman. So he wanted to share a bit of how they see API specifications impacting how they produce and consume APIs. (Article) |
Michelle Brenner discusses the studio Netflix has been building for their originals, the technology behind it and the challenges faced. (Presentation with transcript included) |
Holly Cummins discusses a number of anti-patterns in building microservices: The murky goal, Microservices envy, Cloud native spaghetti, The enterprise hairball, The someday automation, and others. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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Has the question ever crossed your mind why computer games are often more successful than leaders? Probably not, as this comparison may sound a little strange and provocative at first. However, when you hear the answer, this comparison will make much more sense to you, especially since it reveals a significant success factor for leadership, as well as agility. (Article) |
There is a business need for fast software delivery in order to frequently test business hypotheses and drive development based on the resulting feedback. Organizations need to rapidly decide on what to build next, using a short feedback loop that greatly reduces the risk of running on untested assumptions for too long. This article explores a journey towards continuous portfolio management. (Article) |
Randy Shoup and Mark Weinberg discuss breaking down silos, measuring software delivery, continually reducing build, startup, PR validation, and deployment time, embedding experts in product teams. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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