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A New Era Has Come, and So Must Your Database Observability

DZone

The World Has Changed, and We Need To Adapt The world has gone through a tremendous transformation in the last fifteen years. Cloud and microservices changed the world. Previously, our application was using one database; developers knew how it worked, and the deployment rarely happened. A single database administrator was capable of maintaining the database, optimizing the queries, and making sure things worked as expected.

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The Ultimate Low-Quality Image Placeholder Technique

CSS Wizardry

At the time of writing, 99.9% of pages on the web include at least one image. The median image-weight per page landed at 881KB in 2022 , which is more than HTML, CSS, JS, and fonts combined! And while images do not block rendering (unless you do something silly ), it’s important to consider how we offer a reasonably pleasant experience while users are waiting for images to load.

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Implementing AWS well-architected pillars with automated workflows

Dynatrace

If you use AWS cloud services to build and run your applications, you may be familiar with the AWS Well-Architected framework. This is a set of best practices and guidelines that help you design and operate reliable, secure, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable systems in the cloud. The framework comprises six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability.

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Hugging Face's Guide to Optimizing LLMs in Production

InfoQ

When it comes to deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) in production, the two major challenges originate from the huge amount of parameters they require and the necessity of handling very long input sequences to represent contextual information. Hugging Face has documented a list of techniques to tackle those hurdles based on their experience serving such models.

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What they don't tell you about migrating a message-based system to the cloud

Particular Software

Migrating a message-based system from on-premises to the cloud is a colossal undertaking. If you search for “how to migrate to the cloud”, there are reams of articles that encourage you to understand your system, evaluate cloud providers, choose the right messaging service, and manage security and compliance. Curiously, what’s often missing from the discussion is details , like how to handle all the other on-prem systems that integrate with your system, both upstream and downstream, that can’t b

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Time Series Analysis: VAR-Model-As-A-Service Using Flask and MinIO

DZone

VAR-As-A-Service is an MLOps approach for the unification and reuse of statistical models and machine learning models deployment pipelines. It is the second of a series of articles that is built on top of that project, representing experiments with various statistical and machine learning models, data pipelines implemented using existing DAG tools, and storage services, both cloud-based and alternative on-premises solutions.

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The Real Problem with Software Development

O'Reilly

A few weeks ago, I saw a tweet that said “Writing code isn’t the problem. Controlling complexity is.” I wish I could remember who said that; I will be quoting it a lot in the future. That statement nicely summarizes what makes software development difficult. It’s not just memorizing the syntactic details of some programming language, or the many functions in some API, but understanding and managing the complexity of the problem you’re trying to solve.

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LinkedIn's Open-Source "iris-message-processor" Achieves 86.6x Faster Escalation Management Speeds

InfoQ

LinkedIn developed a new open-source service called "iris-message-processor" to enhance the performance and reliability of its existing Iris escalation management system. "iris-message-processor" significantly improves processing speeds, being ~4.6x faster under average loads and ~86.6x faster under high loads than its predecessor.

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cppfront: Autumn update

Sutter's Mill

Since the 2022-12-31 year-end mini-update and the 2023-04-30 spring update , progress has continued on cppfront. (If you don’t know what this personal project is, please see the CppCon 2022 talk on YouTube for an overview, and the CppNow 2023 talk on YouTube for an interim update.) I’ll be giving a major update next week at CppCon. I hope to see many of you there!

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Revolutionizing Software Testing

DZone

This is an article from DZone's 2023 Automated Testing Trend Report. For more: Read the Report Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the realm of software testing, introducing new possibilities and efficiencies. The demand for faster, more reliable, and efficient testing processes has grown exponentially with the increasing complexity of modern applications.

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You Need to Actively Support Open Source Software or It Will Disappear

Percona

Percona is dedicated to open source software. But recently, open source software has come under attack. Once open source software is being locked away by changing licenses and code that you depended on. You either get to pay for the privilege of having less freedom or find yourself sequestered with rapidly aging software. Before open source was available, there was little to no interoperability between computer systems.

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IT carbon footprint: Dynatrace Carbon Impact and Optimization app helps organizations measure cloud computing carbon footprint

Dynatrace

As global warming advances, growing IT carbon footprints are pushing energy-efficient computing to the top of many organizations’ priority lists. Energy efficiency is a key reason why organizations are migrating workloads from energy-intensive on-premises environments to more efficient cloud platforms. But while moving workloads to the cloud brings overall carbon emissions down, the cloud computing carbon footprint itself is growing.

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Unlocking the Potential of B2B Ecommerce: How Professional Development Services Can Drive Growth

Official Blog - World Web Technology

In the digital landscape of business, B2B ecommerce has arisen as a diligent force, changing the way enterprises run commerce and foster shift. To take this prospect, dedicated B2B commerce solutions and masterful B2B marketplace development services are necessary. Let’s find out how these services can open new possibilities for maturing for B2B enterprises.

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Structural Evolutions in Data

O'Reilly

I am wired to constantly ask “what’s next?” Sometimes, the answer is: “more of the same.” That came to mind when a friend raised a point about emerging technology’s fractal nature. Across one story arc, they said, we often see several structural evolutions —smaller-scale versions of that wider phenomenon. Cloud computing?

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Navigating the Skies

DZone

This is an article from DZone's 2023 Database Systems Trend Report. For more: Read the Report In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses across the globe are embracing cloud computing to streamline operations, reduce costs, and drive innovation. At the heart of this digital transformation lies the critical role of cloud databases — the backbone of modern data management.

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The MySQL Clone Plugin Is Not Your Backup

Percona

This blog post discusses the limitations of the MySQL Clone plugin. The MySQL clone plugin significantly simplifies the process of replica provisioning. All you need to do is: Ensure that the source server has binary logs enabled Grant appropriate permissions Execute the CLONE INSTANCE command on the recipient This works extremely easily when you provision a new replica that doesn’t have any data.

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Three priorities for driving operational resilience in financial services in the U.K. using PRA SS1/21

Dynatrace

Operational resilience has become a key goal in the financial services industry, especially in the U.K. with regulations such as PRA SS1/21. That’s because over the past several years, financial services firms have become more innovative in their use of technology. Digital trends such as open banking and embedded payments and their supporting cloud-native technology stacks have driven this resourcefulness.

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What Causes Bad CLS and How to Fix it?

Gtmetrix

We explain all the different causes of a poor CLS score and how to fix them. Overview As a Web Vital metric, Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) accounts for 15% of your Performance Score.

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The 5-Step E-Learning App Development Process

Tech News Gather

With the advent of technologies, all industry sectors are growing immensely. Undoubtedly, new innovations have unlocked several possibilities. In the same way, the education sector is also going with a huge transformation and experiencing the virtual learning experience. Emerging technologies like AR, VR, Cloud, and many more help to introduce advanced E-learning mobile applications for Android, iOS, and web to meet the different objectives.

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Cutting Big Data Costs: Effective Data Processing With Apache Spark

DZone

In today's data-driven world, efficient data processing plays a pivotal role in the success of any project. Apache Spark , a robust open-source data processing framework, has emerged as a game-changer in this domain. In this article, we will delve into strategies to ensure that your data pipeline is resource-efficient, cost-effective, and time-efficient.

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Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 16 Is Now Available

Percona

PostgreSQL Community released PostgreSQL 16 on September 14, 2023. In years past, we’ve released our Distribution for PostgreSQL a few months later. We wanted to improve in this regard and establish a new release baseline. Improving quality while maintaining the same resilience towards QA was something we aimed for. It looks like we succeeded, and I’m happy to announce that Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 16 is now available!

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Citrix monitoring with Dynatrace: Easily observe your entire Citrix ecosystem

Dynatrace

Citrix is critical infrastructure For businesses operating in industries with strict regulations, such as healthcare, banking, or government, Citrix virtual apps and virtual desktops are essential for simplified infrastructure management, secure application delivery, and compliance requirements. Many companies rely on Citrix as a critical component of their infrastructure that demands thorough observability and integrated analytics across the entire application landscape.

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Kernel of a good strategy - Why, How and What

Abhishek Tiwari

In the rapidly changing landscape of business, having a well-defined strategy is crucial for success. A good strategy should address the core problems or challenges faced by a business, provide guiding principles on how to tackle them, and be supported by the coherent actions and right resources. In this article, we will explore the core elements of a good strategy.

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Running the ML-Perf Storage benchmark on Nutanix files.

n0derunner

Some technical notes on our submission to the benchmark committee. Background For the past few months engineers from Nutanix have been participating in the MLPerftm Storage benchmark which is designed to measure the storage performance required for ML training workloads. We are pleased with how well our general-purpose file-server has delivered against the demands … The post Running the ML-Perf Storage benchmark on Nutanix files. appeared first on n0derunner.

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Application Integration for IoT Devices: A Detailed Guide To Unifying Your Ecosystem

DZone

As IoT devices pervade every facet of our lives and businesses, the chatter usually revolves around the cool capabilities these devices bring. While that's fascinating, what often goes underappreciated is the role of application integration in amplifying the utility and scalability of these devices. Rather than being a mere enabler, application integration is an equal player in this game, as it not only leverages but also elevates the capabilities of IoT systems.

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PostgreSQL Partitioning Made Easy Using pg_partman (TimeBased)

Percona

PostgreSQL Partition Manager — ‘pg_partman’ — is an open source extension freely available, widely supported, and actively maintained by the PostgreSQL community. pg_partman creates and manages both time-based and serial-based table partition sets. Users use it to automate and create partitions by breaking large tables into smaller partitions for better performance.

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Five best practices to get the most out of customer experience analytics

Dynatrace

What is customer experience analytics: Fostering data-driven decision making In today’s customer-centric business landscape, understanding customer behavior and preferences is crucial for success. Customer experience analytics is the systematic collection, integration, and analysis of data related to customer interactions and behavior with an organization and/or its products and services.

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How To Improve The Quality Of WordPress Themes And Plugins Like A Pro?

Official Blog - World Web Technology

WordPress is a leading content management system on the market today. Website owners find them easy to use. WordPress plugins are bits of software that can be uploaded to an extent and expand the functionality of a WordPress site. A WordPress themes controls the presentation of content, and a plugin controls the behavior and features of your WordPress site.

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Open Source And Recession – An Economic Outlook

Percona Community

Initially, I dropped an idea of writing this blog by reckoning the amount of time and energy required to perform research. However, my mentor Ramona Gerum motivated me and provided inputs to write this blog. This would not have been possible without her help. Thank you very much Ramona. Introduction In October 2022, the term recession gained popularity on Google trends.

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Implementing Stronger RBAC and Multitenancy in Kubernetes Using Istio

DZone

Background of Multitenancy DevOps and solution architects often implement RBAC and multitenancy in their Kubernetes infrastructure to achieve isolation of workspace and allow authorized persons to access resources with least privilege resources.

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Explore the New Feature of MySQL To Restrict Users From Creating a Table Without a Primary Key

Percona

As MySQL database administrators, we are well aware of the significance of implementing a primary key within a table. Throughout our careers, most of us have encountered situations where the absence of a primary key has led to operational challenges. Primary keys play an indispensable role in sound database design by uniquely identifying individual rows and significantly enhancing data retrieval, manipulation, and overall system performance.

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Tech Transforms podcast: Energy department CIO talks national cybersecurity strategy

Dynatrace

The White House National Cybersecurity Strategy seeks to build a “defensible, resilient digital ecosystem where it is costlier to attack systems than defend them, where sensitive or private information is secure and protected, and where neither incidents nor errors cascade into catastrophic, systemic consequences.” On Episode 65 of the Tech Transforms podcast , Willie Hicks and I sit down with Ann Dunkin, chief information officer of the Department of Energy (DOE), to discuss her department’s

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Types of Performance Testing

Abstracta

In this article, we delve into the various types of performance testing in a testing environment, highlighting the key differences among them like load and stress tests, throttle, peak, and scalability tests, which are crucial for identifying and rectifying issues. As mentioned by Mercedes Quinteros. The post Types of Performance Testing appeared first on Abstracta Software Testing Services.

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Breaking Free From The Cloud With MRSK: Just Enough Orchestration For Your Apps

DZone

There is no doubt that the cloud has changed the way we run our software. Startups, for instance, can get started without buying expensive hardware and scale flexibly. Also, the cloud has enabled novel solutions such as serverless, managed Kubernetes and Docker, or edge functions. For a time, cloud-native applications seemed to be the way forward for most teams, big or small.

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Choosing the Appropriate AWS Load Balancer: ALB vs. NLB

DZone

With the advent of cloud computing, managing network traffic and ensuring optimal performance have become critical aspects of system architecture. Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading cloud service provider, offers a suite of load balancers to manage network traffic effectively for applications running on its platform. Two such offerings are the Application Load Balancer ( ALB ) and Network Load Balancer ( NLB ).

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Choreography Pattern: Optimizing Communication in Distributed Systems

DZone

In today's rapidly evolving technology landscape, it's common for applications to migrate to the cloud to embrace the microservice architecture. While this architectural approach offers scalability, reusability, and adaptability, it also presents a unique challenge: effectively managing communication between these microservices. Successfully coordinating messages among these services is a fundamental aspect of their design.

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NET Performance Optimization Techniques for Expert Developers

DZone

If you are a.NET developer, you must be aware of the importance of optimizing functionality and performance in delivering high-quality software. By using the provided resources adeptly and reducing the website load time, you are not only creating a pleasing experience for users, but it will also reduce infrastructure costs. In this blog, we will take a look at.NET performance optimization techniques that every.net development company should know.