Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

JavaScript-Heavy # Since at least 2015, building JavaScript-first websites has been a predictably terrible idea, yet most of the sites I trace on a daily basis remain mired in script. [1] Predictably, they are over-represented in analytics and logs owing to wealth-related factors including superior network access and performance hysteresis."

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All Things Distributed

JANUARY 19, 2011

Flexibility is one of the key principles of Amazon Web Services - developers can select any programming language and software package, any operating system, any middleware and any database to build systems and applications that meet their requirements. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. Comments (). APAC Summer Tour.

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AWS Cloud Java Operating System 115

All Things Distributed

JULY 13, 2010

By Werner Vogels on 12 July 2010 05:00 PM. During my academic career, I spent many years working on HPC technologies such as user-level networking interfaces, large scale high-speed interconnects, HPC software stacks, etc. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. The Amazon.com 2010 Shareholder Letter Focusses on Technology.

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Cloud AWS Automotive Latency 118

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 5, 2010

By Werner Vogels on 05 December 2010 02:00 PM. Resolvers operate in a completely separate hierarchy which is bottoms up, starting with software caches in a browser or the OS, to a local resolver or a regional resolver operated by an ISP or a corporate IT service. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. Comments ().

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All Things Distributed

MAY 18, 2010

By Werner Vogels on 18 May 2010 04:00 PM. Its use cases span the whole storage spectrum; from enterprise database backup to media distribution, from consumer file storage to genomics datasets, from image serving for websites to telemetry storage for NASA. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. All Things Distributed.

Storage 71

Storage Cloud AWS Scalability 71

All Things Distributed

APRIL 28, 2010

By Werner Vogels on 28 April 2010 11:00 AM. With some minor configuration changes, they can simply move the software running in the AWS EU Region to the AWS Singapore Region and rapidly begin serving Asia Pacific customers. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. New AWS feature: Run your website from Amazon S3.

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AWS Cloud Latency Storage 61

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 3, 2009

A wide variety of operating systems and software configurations is available for use. This allows for a very fine-grain control of software and data configuration. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. The Amazon.com 2010 Shareholder Letter Focusses on Technology. New AWS feature: Run your website from Amazon S3.

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AWS Storage Operating System Cloud 60

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

By Werner Vogels on 14 November 2010 04:00 PM. Modern CPUs strongly favor lower latency of operations with clock cycles in the nanoseconds and we have built general purpose software architectures that can exploit these low latencies very well. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. Comments (). APAC Summer Tour.

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Highly Scalable

MARCH 10, 2015

Over years, this article has evolved into a book – please visit Introduction to Algorithmic Marketing website to download]. most of them are structured as data scientist manuals focusing on algorithms and methodologies and assume that human decisions play a central role in transforming analytical findings into business actions.

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All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

By Werner Vogels on 24 February 2010 07:00 AM. However when one of these extreme failure conditions occurs it may be that the stronger consistency options are briefly not available while the software reorganizes itself to ensure that it can provide strong consistency. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. Comments ().

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