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 In this podcast, Melissa Benua, director of engineering at mParticle, sat down with InfoQ podcast host Daniel Bryant and discussed: the importance of the roles of testing and security within DevOps; the benefits and challenges of building systems with teams of generalists; and how to “bake in” observability of systems from day zero. (Podcast) |
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 The book Deploying AI in the Enterprise by Eberhard Hechler, Martin Oberhofer, and Thomas Schaeck gives insight into the current state of AI related to themes like change management, DevOps, risk management, blockchain, and information governance. It discusses the possibilities, limitations, and challenges of AI and provides cases that show how AI is being applied. (Article) |
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 In this article, the author uses AWS’s Arm (Graviton2) and x86_64 (Intel) EC2 instances to evaluate computational performance across different software runtimes, including Docker, Node.js, and WebAssembly. Our conclusion is that Arm is more cost effective in the cloud, especially with lightweight runtimes that are close to the underlying operating system. (Article) |
 Sarah Wells shares stories on how the Operations and Reliability team at the Financial Times built tools that are used by lots of their development teams: the challenges they faced, the things they tried and what worked for them. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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 Much of AI research is based on the idea that the essence of an individual resides in the brain. Neuroscience disagrees. The brain cannot work independently of the body and its environment. (Article) |
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 Data structures are an intrinsic part of every programming language, yet Java’s Stream interface lacks vital operations and its complex approach to extensibility gave rise to alternative libraries such as jOOλ and Guava. This article provides an alternative approach that can be easily integrated in any Java project using Kotlin's Sequence interface. (Article) |
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| In a move to make it easier to use Win32 APIs from any language, Microsoft has launched its Win32 Metadata project with the aim of generating complete Win32 language bindings through automated, idiomatic projections. The project includes initial projections for C#, C++, and Rust. (News) |
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 Vue 3 recently shipped with numerous new APIs that cater to using Vue at scale and in non-DOM environments. New Suspense and Teleport built-in components and new CSS scoping rules make for a more expressive template language. Custom events and fragments allow Vue components to have a public API closer to that of regular DOM elements. The Vue ecosystem is finalizing its migration to Vue 3. (Article) |
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 Chinmay Soman discusses how LinkedIn, Uber and other companies managed to have low latency for analytical database queries in spite of high throughput. (Presentation with transcript included)
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 Dan Woods discusses the unique challenges of building and running tech for a presidential cycle, highlighting the digital duct tape that held the pieces together and the data flowing. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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 Mental illness is a topic that does not get discussed openly very often. Many people concerned hide their own history for fear of being stigmatized, especially in the workplace. This is a story about how speaking openly about mental illness, even with your boss and co-workers, can help yourself and others. The author shares with you what she has learned from breaking the taboo. (Article) |
 Jessica DeVita (Netflix) and Nick Stenning (Microsoft) have been working on improving how software teams learn from incidents in production. In this article, they share some of what they’ve learned from the research community in this area, and offer some advice on the practical application of this work. (Article) |
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 John Collins discusses how FlixBus retained a flat hierarchy even after doubling the size of its technical staff, the unique roles and responsibilities required, and how to prevent silos. (Presentation) |
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