Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I still code in R… One role I had for many years was to lead technical training events for the global specialist systems engineers, which we called the Ambassador Program. We had specializations in hardware, operating systems, databases, graphics, etc. It was the first database sizing guide Sun had ever produced.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

The Morning Paper

JUNE 23, 2019

Coupled with stateless application servers to execute business logic and a database-like system to provide persistent storage, they form a core component of popular data center service archictectures. Yes, a bit like those 2nd-level caches we were talking about earlier, e.g. Ehcache from 2003 onwards. Who knew! ;).

Cache 79

Cache Latency Google Lambda 79

O'Reilly Software

MARCH 7, 2018

Software today is not typically a single program—something that is executed by an operator or user, producing a result to that person—but rather a service : something that runs for the benefit of its consumers, a provider of value. The most common programming task in the world. Let’s dive into this concept for a bit.

Transportation 72

Transportation Java Programming Architecture 72