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What Adrian Did Next?—?Part 3?—?eBay?—?2004 to 2007

Adrian Cockcroft

What Adrian Did Next — Part 3 — eBay — 2004 to 2007 I’d left Sun (part 2 in this series) , and had a few months off over the summer, so (of course) got married to @laurelco, bought a “fixer upper” house in the Los Gatos mountains, and worked on getting it tidied up. It was early 2007, and time to move on again.

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Improving our video encodes for legacy devices

The Netflix TechBlog

we announced our intention to stream video over 13 years ago, in January 2007?—?and In this blog post, we introduce recently implemented changes to our per-title encodes that are expected to lower the bitrate streamed by over 20%, on average, while maintaining a similar level of perceived quality.

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Tasktop Turns 15, Turning the Tide on More and More Transformations

Tasktop

On January 12th, 2007, I defended my Ph.D. The post Tasktop Turns 15, Turning the Tide on More and More Transformations appeared first on Tasktop Blog. Today marks Tasktop’s 15th anniversary. thesis, which explored a new approach to focus and flow for developers. supervisor, and Rob Elves, a fellow developer, on the following Monday.

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Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - The 5 Minute Rule - All Things.

All Things Distributed

The papers are from 1987, 1997 and 2007. In 2007 Goetz revisited the results, this time also including SSD storage into the mix, which not surprisingly did change everything. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. The first paper is a true classic; in â??The

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What I learned at GlueCon 2023?—?Tipping Points and Generative AI

Adrian Cockcroft

One example is that Netflix launched it’s streaming service in 2007, just at the point when the cost of streaming a movie over the network (which was dropping fast) became less than the cost of shipping a DVD. Final thoughts… this blog post took me a week to finish writing, and it’s already out of date.

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Is MongoDB Open Source? Is Planet Earth Flat?

Percona

We’re equally convinced on both counts, but in this blog article, we’re focusing on why MongoDB is not open source. This blog article traces key developments that coincided with MongoDB’s move away from open source software, and it examines how SSPL influence might have lured others in the same direction.

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An Album for Each Year - 2012 Version - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

My list stopped in 2007, so now that 2012 is almost at its end it is a good moment to add the next 5 years to the list. 2007: Foo Fighters, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. My list stopped in 2007, so now that 2012 is almost at its end it is a good moment to add the next 5 years to the list. blog comments powered by Disqus.

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