Particular Software
JUNE 28, 2021
Around 2005 or 2006, it wasn’t so bad. Most of the code running on the planet, at least the code that mattered, was written in.NET or Java, and interoperability via web services was at least serviceable. Consider for a moment a software system for a hospital emergency room. Now consider a software system for a pharmacy.
Brendan Gregg
JUNE 3, 2021
It was 2005, and I felt like I was in the eye of a hurricane. However, I was doing training and consulting for Sun, helping their customers with system administration and performance. Another difference was that there were few roles in Australia for engineers in 2005, unlike the US. You can't make this stuff up. tools (2006).
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Smashing Magazine
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Advent of Code. If you prefer a puzzle over an article, take a look at Advent of Code. Code Security Advent Calendar. If you’re up for a challenge that involves spotting security vulnerabilities, then the Code Security Advent Calendar is just the right one for you. JavaAdvent on Twitter. LeanUXmas on Twitter.
Brendan Gregg
JUNE 3, 2021
It was 2005, and I felt like I was in the eye of a hurricane. However, I was doing training and consulting for Sun, helping their customers with system administration and performance. Another difference was that there were few roles in Australia for engineers in 2005, unlike the US. You can't make this stuff up.
Brendan Gregg
MARCH 16, 2024
The problem is that this system has a default libc that has been compiled without frame pointers, so any stack walking stops at the libc layer, producing a partial stack that's missing the application frames. Apart from library code, maybe your application doesn't have frame pointers either, in which case everything is broken.
Dynatrace
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Complex information systems fail in unexpected ways. Observability gives developers and system operators real-time awareness of a highly distributed system’s current state based on the data it generates. With observability, teams can understand what part of a system is performing poorly and how to correct the problem.
SQL Performance
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Since SQL Server 2005, the trick of using FOR XML PATH to denormalize strings and combine them into a single (usually comma-separated) list has been very popular. On more than one occasion, I had to double-check the code was even mine. In the SQL Server 2005 days, I would have offered this solution: SELECT DISTINCT UserID , Bands =. (
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