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Interpretable AI, DIY Databases, Clio, Data Migration, Zero-Trust Containers, JDK 23 and JDK 24, .NET 9 Preview 7, Swift Composable Architecture, Lyft’s Glow, Shipping Threads, Modern Hardware

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The State of Engineering Management in 2024

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Andrew Lau about the State of Engineering Management Report for 2024. (Podcast)

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Meta's Research SuperCluster for Real-Time Voice Translation AI Systems

  2. University Researchers Create New Type of Interpretable Neural Network

Rethinking Connectivity at the Edge: Scaling Fleets of Low-Powered Devices Using NATS.io

Jeremy Saenz discusses NATS, an open-source project for services communication, how to leverage NATS to streamline communication and fleet management for devices at the edge. (Presentation with transcript included)

Why a Hedge Fund Built Its Own Database

James Munro discusses ArcticDB and the practicalities of building a performant time-series datastore and why transactions, particularly the Isolation in ACID is just not worth it. (Presentation with transcript included)

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Top 15 Tech Trends in 2024 (By McKinsey)

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Advancing System Reliability: Meta's AI-Driven Approach to Root Cause Analysis

  2. LLM-Powered DevOps Assistant Clio Launches to Help Engineers Manage Cloud Infrastructure

  3. Pinterest Modernises Machine Learning Infrastructure with Ray

Automating Bare Metal to Improve Your Quality of Life

Julia Kreger discusses the competing forces and some use cases where Bare Metal is vital, emerging trends that are pushing the boundaries of hardware today, the importance of automation. (Presentation with transcript included)

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TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Spanner Graph: Google Introduces Graph Database on Spanner

  2. Microsoft Expands Azure Data Box Capabilities for Enhanced Offline Data Migration

AWS Introduces Logically Air-Gapped Vault for Enhanced Data Security

AWS recently announced the public preview of AWS Backup logically air-gapped vault, a new type of vault that can be shared for recovery with other accounts using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM). (News)

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Applying Zero-Trust Security to Docker Containers

Several strategies exist to apply the principles of zero-trust security to development environments based on Docker Desktop to protect against the risks of security breaches, Docker senior technical leader Jay Schmidt explains. (News)

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TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Java News Roundup: Spring 6.2-M7, Project Loom, Payara Platform, Gradle 8.10, Helidon 4.1

JDK 23 and JDK 24: What We Know So Far

JDK 23, the second non-LTS release since JDK 21, has reached its second release candidate phase with a final set of 12 new features, in the form of JEPs, that can be separated into four categories: Core Java Library, Java Language Specification, HotSpot and Java Tools. We examine JDK 23 and predict what features have, or could be, targeted for JDK 24. (News)

Microsoft Releases .NET 9 Preview 7 with New Features and Updates

Last week, Microsoft unveiled the seventh preview of the .NET 9 framework, introducing a range of updates across its components, including .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, and frameworks like ASP.NET Core and .NET MAUI. (News)

The Swift Composable Architecture Brings the Redux Model to iOS App Development

The Composable Architecture (TCA), which recently reached version 1.13, is an "ergonomic" Swift library that provides a general framework to address commonplace problems when you build an app, including state management, feature composition, side effect management, and testing. (News)

TOP Architecture & Design NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Inside Lyft’s Glow: How IoT Architecture Is Driving Smarter Ride Experiences

How Amazon Aurora Serverless Manages Resources and Scaling for Fleets of 10K+ Instances

AWS engineers published a paper describing the evolution and latest design of resource management and scaling for the Amazon Aurora Serverless platform. Aurora Serverless uses a combination of components at different levels to create a holistic approach for dynamically scaling and adjusting resources to satisfy the needs of customer workloads. (News)

TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. How Tech-Enabled Networks of Software Teams Work

Simplicity, Speed, and Re-Use. Shipping Threads in 5 Months

In Jan 2023, we received word that we’d need to build a microblogging service to compete with Twitter in a couple of months. A small team was assembled to take on that challenge, and we shipped a new social network in July. This article describes how we developed and launched the Threads app at Meta last year. (Article)

Uncomplex: Modern Hardware for Better Software

John O'Hara discusses how recent hardware & software advances can help founders and CTO's succeed. (Presentation with transcript included)

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