Dynatrace

DECEMBER 9, 2024

We are excited to announce that Dynatrace has introduced new capabilities for Kubernetes security posture management. This solution provides continuous assessment of adherence to technical standards, visibility, prioritization, and remediation for misconfigurations and compliance findings across Kubernetes environments. Why manual audits and custom scripts fall short for Kubernetes security posture management In the dynamic and complex world of Kubernetes, relying on manual audits, custom script

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Best Practices Benchmarking DevOps Efficiency 162

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 5, 2024

We've entered an era of unprecedented societal challenges and rapid technological advancements. Harnessing technology for good has become both an ethical imperative and a profitable endeavor. These are the areas where I see technology shaping society in 2025 and beyond—and it all starts with mission-driven work.

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Technology Technology 137

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The rapid evolution of cloud technology continues to shape how businesses operate and compete. This year’s AWS re:Invent will showcase a suite of new AWS and Dynatrace integrations designed to enhance cloud performance, security, and automation. These innovations promise to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and offer deeper insights for enterprises using AWS services.

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By: Rajiv Shringi , Oleksii Tkachuk , Kartik Sathyanarayanan Introduction In our previous blog post, we introduced Netflix’s TimeSeries Abstraction , a distributed service designed to store and query large volumes of temporal event data with low millisecond latencies. Today, we’re excited to present the Distributed Counter Abstraction. This counting service, built on top of the TimeSeries Abstraction, enables distributed counting at scale while maintaining similar low latency performance.

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Latency Cache Infrastructure Strategy 224

DZone

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

If you’re a web developer , you probably spend a fair amount of time working with Chrome DevTools. It’s one of the best tools out there for diagnosing and improving the performance of your web applications. You can use it to track loading times, optimize CSS and JavaScript , and inspect network activity. But there’s an important piece of performance data that DevTools doesn’t yet expose by default: Long Animation Frames (LoAFs).

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Network Code Performance Development 243

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

On AWS Lambda's 10th anniversary, I'm publishing the internal PR/FAQ that helped launch this groundbreaking service. This document provides insight into the customer problems we observed in the early 2010s and our vision for serverless computing. Readers will find annotations throughout, offering a glimpse into how our long-term thinking has influenced Lambda's evolution over the past decade.

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Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

At ScaleGrid, we’re focused on delivering powerful, reliable, and flexible database management solutions. Here’s a quick look at what’s new this month: MongoDB Now on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud We’re excited to announce that you can now deploy and manage MongoDB clusters on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. This update gives you the flexibility to choose the cloud provider that best suits your needs while ensuring seamless performance and scalability.

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CSS Wizardry

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Since founding csswizardry.com in 2007, I’ve shared hundreds of articles , tips, tricks, techniques, snippets, and more— all for free. These have ranged from simple one-liners to concepts that have shaped the way thousands of developers approach their work. This freemium model has been the cornerstone of my consultancy business for the last 11 years, and as someone who learned to code from freely available resources, I’m deeply committed to keeping this knowledge accessible to everyone.

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Code Open Source Availability Development 108

DZone

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In today’s world where data drives everything, managing large-scale databases and their security is both a necessity and a challenge. A few factors that organizations consider when choosing databases are primary are its cost, flexibility, and support from hosting providers. An open-source database is your best bet for many reasons. As organizations are looking for more and more open-source products to run their enterprise business, this gives them greater flexibility and cost-effectiveness.

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Open Source Database Strategy Performance 243

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Frugal Architect returns with expanded content, featuring stories from AWS customers optimizing their architectures for cost and sustainability.

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AWS Architecture 169

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Performance Benchmarking of PostgreSQL on ScaleGrid vs. AWS RDS Using Sysbench This article evaluates PostgreSQL’s performance on ScaleGrid and AWS RDS, focusing on versions 13, 14, and 15. We use Sysbench to benchmark key performance metrics under different workloads and thread configurations, including Transactions Per Second (TPS) and Queries Per Second (QPS).

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Benchmarking AWS Tuning Metrics 130

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Establishing SLOs for Kubernetes clusters can help organizations optimize resource utilization. A good Kubernetes SLO strategy helps teams manage and make containerized workloads more efficient. Kubernetes is a widely used open source system for container orchestration. It allows for seamless running of containerized workloads across different environments.

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Efficiency Best Practices Monitoring Cloud 203

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

One popular term encountered in generative AI practice is retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Reasons for using RAG are clear: large language models (LLMs), which are effectively syntax engines, tend to “hallucinate” by inventing answers from pieces of their training data. The haphazard results may be entertaining, although not quite based in fact.

Open Source 101

Open Source Entertainment Database Healthcare 101

DZone

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

CPU spikes are one of the most common performance challenges faced by Java applications. While traditional APM (Application Performance Management) tools provide high-level insights into overall CPU usage, they often fall short of identifying the root cause of the spike. APM tools usually can’t pinpoint the exact code paths causing the issue. This is where non-intrusive , thread-level analysis proves to be much more effective.

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Java Code Monitoring Performance 147

InfoQ

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Discover how Livi navigated the complexities of transitioning MJog, a legacy healthcare system, to a cloud-native architecture, sharing valuable insights for successful tech modernization. Our experience illustrates that transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-based microservices is not a one-time project but an ongoing journey.

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Healthcare Architecture Cloud Systems 96

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

AI transformation, modernization, managing intelligent apps, safeguarding data, and accelerating productivity are all key themes at Microsoft Ignite 2024. AI continues to transform how organizations operate, making it essential to identify the most strategic investment areas for optimal (and fast) results. Adopting AI to enhance efficiency and boost productivity is critical in a time of exploding data, cloud complexities, and disparate technologies.

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Cloud Azure Artificial Intelligence Innovation 206

Sutter's Mill

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Starting today I’m excited to be working on a new team, with my C++ standards and community roles unchanged. I also wanted to write a few words about why I’m excited about continuing to invest my time heavily in C++’s standardization and evolution especially now, because I think 2024 has been a pivotal year for C++ — and so this has turned into a bit of an early “year-end C++ retrospective” post too.

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C++ Lambda Retail Code 89

DZone

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In an era characterized by an exponential increase in data generation, organizations must effectively leverage this wealth of information to maintain their competitive edge. Efficiently searching and analyzing customer data — such as identifying user preferences for movie recommendations or sentiment analysis — plays a crucial role in driving informed decision-making and enhancing user experiences.

Retail 130

Retail Performance Best Practices Tuning 130

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Earlier this year, I announced the Now Go Build CTO Fellowship. A program designed to empower leaders from nonprofits and social impact organizations solving hard human problems. Today, I'm excited to introduce the first two cohorts, focusing on Disaster Management and Climate Resilience.

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Programming Design 99

Percona

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

TL;DR Kubernetes was built for stateless apps, but as more stateful applications (like databases) run on it, operators include quite heavy implementations to Kubernetes workload management API (such as StatefulSets) deficits. While creating custom methods allows flexibility and faster time to market, it also leads to inconsistency and complexity.

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Database Cloud 112

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

We’re excited to announce that Dynatrace has successfully achieved CSA Star 2 certification with a Gold Maturity Score. This significant milestone underscores our ongoing commitment to maintaining the highest standards of security and compliance in the cloud and making it easier for our customers to use Dynatrace SaaS. What is CSA Star 2? The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR) is a comprehensive framework for cloud security assurance.

Benchmarking 216

Benchmarking Government Innovation Cloud 216

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

There is a crisis in technical education. The golden road to a career has always been through a college education. However, this “golden road” has developed deep cracks and is badly in need of maintenance. Postsecondary education is rapidly becoming unaffordable, even at public colleges and universities. Tuition has risen at a rate 50% greater than inflation.

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Education Azure AWS Java 80

DZone

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Engineering 100

Engineering 100

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website Geoff Graham 2024-11-05T10:00:00+00:00 2024-11-05T15:07:01+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear We’ve all had that moment. You’re optimizing the performance of some website, scrutinizing every millisecond it takes for the current page to load.

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Website Speed Google Metrics 88

Percona

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

PostgreSQL 12 reached its End of Life (EOL) on November 14, 2024. For more information, see the official PostgreSQL versioning policy page. This milestone marks the end of regular updates, bug fixes, and critical security patches for version 12.

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Open Source Software Software 87

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 2, 2024

DevOps and security teams managing today’s multicloud architectures and cloud-native applications are facing an avalanche of data. On average, organizations use 10 different tools to monitor applications, infrastructure, and user experiences across these environments. Such fragmented approaches fall short of giving teams the insights they need to run IT and site reliability engineering operations effectively.

Artificial Intelligence 187

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Architecture Cloud 187

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Between vacation, end-of-year projects, the coming holidays, and other hysteria, I haven’t come up with an article this month. So here’s a quick list of things that have amazed me recently. Are we virtual yet? I’m far from the first person to find NotebookLM amazing, and I certainly won’t be the last. I did a simple experiment: I pointed it at two of my recent posts, “ Think Better ” and “ Henry Ford Does AI.

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Google Virtualization Website Artificial Intelligence 74

DZone

DECEMBER 5, 2024

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InfoQ

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Uber uses Presto, an open-source distributed SQL query engine, to provide analytics across several data sources, including Apache Hive, Apache Pinot, MySQL, and Apache Kafka. To improve its performance, Uber engineers explored the advantages of dealing with quick queries, a.k.a. express queries, in a specific way and found they could improve both Presto utilization and response times.

Analytics 77

Analytics Open Source Engineering Performance 77

Percona

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Inconsistent index distribution across shards in a MongoDB sharded cluster is more common than you think, and it occurs because the user creates indexes directly in the shards without using MongoS. This issue can lead to migration failures during chunk migrations, where the system cannot transfer data between shards due to index mismatches.

Systems 80

Systems 80

VoltDB

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Advances in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and edge computing have rapidly reshaped the manufacturing landscape, creating more efficient, data-driven, and interconnected factories. By 2025, the convergence of IIoT and edge computing will be critical for manufacturers aiming to achieve higher productivity, minimize downtime, and meet the growing demands of Industry 4.0.

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IoT Energy Latency Automotive 52

Addy Osmani

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

An Automated Decision Log (ADL) is a targeted, low-overhead mechanism for capturing the reasoning behind significant AI-driven code modifications.

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Code 64

InfoQ

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Pinterest has modernized and enhanced its Goku time-series database. The recent updates focus on optimizing storage and resource usage without compromising service quality.

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Database Efficiency Storage Design 90

Percona

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This is a follow-up to my colleagues Nickolay and Phong’s Store and Manage Logs of Percona Operator Pods with PMM and Grafana Loki and Agustin’s Turbocharging Percona Monitoring and Management With Loki’s Log-shipping Functionality blog posts.

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Monitoring Database Cloud Software 90

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Dynatrace continues to deliver on its commitment to keeping your data secure in the cloud. Enhancing data separation by partitioning each customer’s data on the storage level and encrypting it with a unique encryption key adds an additional layer of protection against unauthorized data access. Separate data storage fulfills the security compliance requirements of many Dynatrace customers operating in highly regulated sectors, making it much easier for them to use Dynatrace SaaS and accelerate th

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Storage AWS Azure Architecture 197

Percona Community

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Percona Monitoring and Management 3.0.0 Beta - Tech Preview We’re excited to announce the Tech Preview (Beta) release of Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) 3.0.0-Beta. This release is intended for testing environments only, as it’s not yet production-ready. The GA (General Availability) release will be available through standard channels in the upcoming months.

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Monitoring Availability Testing 63

VoltDB

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) gains traction, AI technologies are transforming how industrial organizations monitor, manage, and optimize their assets and use their data. By leveraging real-time data from connected devices, IIoT-based companies such as auto manufacturers can make data-driven decisions faster than ever before to achieve things like preventative maintenance.

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Energy Logistics Transportation Latency 52