Wayfair Tech

JULY 16, 2018

Accurate performance monitoring is crucial for Wayfair’s Storefront Engineering team. Each day we deploy hundreds of code changes to the web application for our customer-facing websites, and each change has the potential to impact performance for better or worse. For this reason, we carefully monitor KPIs such as page load. Read more.

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Monitoring Performance Website Engineering 60

Professor Beekums

JULY 15, 2018

I recently read a great article about procrastination. While the common viewpoint is that procrastination is a waste of time, it can also be a source of creativity. It reminds me of the classic advice when banging your head against a problem: take a break. Step away. Breathe. A year ago I started taking this advice a little further. If I am stuck with a problem, I put it off for at least a day.

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The Polyglot Developer

JULY 18, 2018

When it comes to hybrid mobile application development, there is always discussion around the performance of said applications. While hybrid mobile applications have come a long way in terms of performance since the early days, they still can’t quite live up to the performance expectations that are delivered in a native application. We’re going to take a look at why hybrid applications suffer in the speed department and how other similar frameworks such as NativeScript can take your

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Mobile Performance Speed Design 45

SQL Server According to Bob

JULY 17, 2018

When starting SQL Server on Linux why are there two (2) sqlservr processes? systemctl status mssql-server mssql-server.service – Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine … CGroup: /system.slice/mssql-server.service ??85829 /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr <——— WATCHDOG | MONITOR ??85844 /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr <——— SQLSERVER.EXE.

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High Scalability

JULY 20, 2018

Hey, it's HighScalability time: World History Timeline from 3000BC to 2000AD. Yet we still program with text—in files. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please lend me your support on Patreon. It would mean a great deal to me. And if you know anyone looking for a simple book that uses lots of pictures and lots of examples to explain the cloud, then please recommend my new book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10.

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Strategic Tech

JULY 18, 2018

There are thousands of ways we can shape the software systems we build and organise our teams around them. Yet there is no flowchart we can simply follow to find the optimal design. Sociotechnical systems are complex systems formed of complex systems. We have the unpredictable nature of markets. Consumer expectations are in a constant state of flux as new technological advancements arise and new competitors emerge, yet the goal is to continuously deliver products that satisfy market demand.

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