Smashing Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

Inspired Design Decisions With Max Huber: Turning Mundane Subjects Into Exciting Visual Communication. Inspired Design Decisions With Max Huber: Turning Mundane Subjects Into Exciting Visual Communication. Even highly regarded, well-known designers spent time working with mundane subjects and produced iconic work. Andrew Clarke.

Design 91

Design Media Development Energy 91

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! CXL in a way allows a custom memory controller to be added to a system, to increase memory capacity, bandwidth, and overall performance. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

SQL Performance

JULY 11, 2019

Connecting to SQL Server 2012 or better, or Azure SQL Database. And recommended system configuration: Two or more cores 8GB or more of memory Operating Systems: Windows (8.1 / Server 2012 R2 or better) macOS (10.13 An updated icon set, with alternates designed for dark themes, is in the works. NET Core Runtime 2.1

Azure 90

Azure Servers Tuning Operating System 90

ACM Sigarch

APRIL 26, 2018

BPU: Brain Processing Unit is the design of the AI chips by Horizon Robotics. With its modular architecture, DLA is scalable, highly configurable, and designed to simplify integration and portability. The new DGX-2, which achieves 2 petaFLOPS in the system, combines 16 fully interconnected GPUS with 10x the deep learning performance.

Hardware 99

Hardware Artificial Intelligence Architecture Google 99

Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Tim Berners-Lee tweets that 'This is for everyone' at the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony using the NeXT computer he used to build the first browser and web server. These steps inform a general description of the interaction loop: The system is ready to receive input. The system is ready to receive input. A Unified Theory #.

Performance 104

Performance Latency Architecture Network 104

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 23, 2013

716-727 (2012). PowerGraph: Distributed Graph-Parallel Computation on Natural Graphs , Joseph Gonzalez, Yucheng Low, Haijie Gu, Danny Bickson and Carlos Guestrin, Proceedings of the 10th USENIX conference on Operating Systems Design and Implementation, 2012.' Hellerstein, Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment (PVLDB), Vol.

Cloud 83

Cloud Operating System Design Systems 83

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

With these requirements in mind, and a willingness to question the status quo, a small group of distributed systems experts came together and designed a horizontally scalable distributed database that would scale out for both reads and writes to meet the long-term needs of our business.

Internet 130

Internet Internet AWS Performance 130

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

I also wrote about these topics in detail for my recent [Systems Performance 2nd Edition] book. TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses,” [link] Mar 2020 - [Gregg 20] Brendan Gregg, “Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud, Second Edition,” Addison-Wesley, 2020 - [Hruska 20] Joel Hruska, “Intel Demos PCIe 5.0

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! CXL in a way allows a custom memory controller to be added to a system, to increase memory capacity, bandwidth, and overall performance. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

All Things Distributed

MARCH 5, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 05 March 2012 02:01 PM. AWS today announced a substantial price drop from March 1, 2012 for many of the Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, and Amazon ElastiCache instances types around the world. All Things Distributed. Comments ().

AWS 111

AWS Innovation Scalability Cache 111

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In order to be supported, a database is required to fulfill a set of features that are commonly available in systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and others. Designed with High Availability in mind. We want to support these systems as a source so that they can provide their data for further consumption.

Database 197

Database Traffic Transportation Open Source 197

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

The cheapest (high volume) Androids perform like 2012/2013 iPhones, respectively. If those specs sound eerily familiar, it's perhaps because they're identical to 2016's $200USD Moto G4 , all the way down to the 2011-vintage 28nm SoC process node used to fab the chip's anemic, 2012-vintage A53 cores. Tap for a larger version.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

All Things Distributed

JUNE 21, 2017

DynamoDB has come a long way in the 5 years since we announced its availability in January 2012. Development of DynamoDB was guided by the core set of distributed systems principles outlined in the Dynamo paper , resulting in an ultra-scalable and highly reliable database system. Saving crucial milliseconds.

Speed 123

Speed Cache Latency AWS 123

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In order to be supported, a database is required to fulfill a set of features that are commonly available in systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and others. Designed with High Availability in mind. We want to support these systems as a source so that they can provide their data for further consumption.

Database 212

Database Traffic Transportation Open Source 212

All Things Distributed

JUNE 21, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 21 June 2012 09:00 AM. ve already passed our 2012 targets. We expect the system to provide the performance we need at 1/20th of the cost of the traditional DB approach.â??. Glen Arrowsmith, Systems Architect, Halfbrick Studios.

Games 142

Games Scalability AWS Database 142

Randon ASCII

JANUARY 17, 2023

Note that WER stands for Windows Error Reporting – the system that sends crash dumps back to Microsoft for analysis so that software reliability can be improved. There is also some confusion about the behavior – maybe the design has changed in the last ten years. Correlation is not causation , but it sure is suspicious.

Programming 114

Programming Processing Code Performance 114

Strategic Tech

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Some teams have complicated branching and testing processes which need accentuating, especially when legacy systems are involved or deploying to app stores. I discovered Kanban and WIP limits in 2012 and I’ve been a huge believer ever since. The details can vary quite a lot. But it’s not like you can just sprinkle on WIP limits?

Software Architecture 98

Software Architecture Architecture DevOps Software 98

Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In leaner years (2012-2015), a single Fall release was all we'd get. This lack of transparency is by design and provides Apple deniability while simultaneously setting low expectations, making them easier to exceed. Uncritical acceptance of the high-quality design it had long delayed is an admission, of sorts, by Apple.

Energy 79

Energy Games Engineering Design 79

SQL Performance

AUGUST 15, 2019

Connecting to SQL Server 2012 or better, or Azure SQL Database. And recommended system configuration: Two or more cores 8GB or more of memory Operating Systems: Windows (8.1 / Server 2012 R2 or better) macOS (10.13 Alternate icons designed for dark themes are in the works. or newer ( July announcement post ).NET

Azure 50

Azure Servers Tuning Operating System 50

O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Back in 1971, in a talk called “ Designing Organizations for an Information-rich World ,” political scientist Herbert Simon noted that the cost of information is not just money spent to acquire it but the time it takes to consume it. By the end of 2012, it was up to 82%. What is the limited resource that they control and monopolize?

Social Media 101

Social Media Google Internet Internet 101

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 11, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 11 August 2012 10:00 AM. It is a note by Saltzer that in the most clear and fundamental way lays out the concepts of naming, addressing, routing and binding in distributed systems. All Things Distributed. Comments ().

Internet 73

Internet Internet Scalability Network 73

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 12 October 2012 06:00 PM. Autonet was a point-to-point network designed at Dec SRC research lab by Mike Schroeder s group. All Things Distributed. Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - Automatic Reconfiguration in Autonet. Comments ().

AWS 75

AWS Operating System Network Scalability 75

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

The predominant desktop situation is relatively straightforward: Browsers handle links, and non-browsers defer loading http and https URLs to the system, which in turn invokes the default browser. Instead, they load content referred by their hosting native app in system-provided WebViews. The Baseline Scenario #.

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

All Things Distributed

JULY 19, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 19 July 2012 12:00 AM. Magnetic disks are rapidly starting to exhibit tape-like properties and with modern workloads being increasingly random, they are becoming less and less suitable as a storage system. All Things Distributed.

Cloud 129

Cloud Performance AWS Virtualization 129

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

We have supported the development of technology skills across the region with Training and Certification programs to help customers develop skills to design, deploy, and operate their infrastructure and applications on the AWS Cloud. The BIPA has moved their Learning Management System to AWS, reducing costs by over 90%.

Cloud 154

Cloud Education Energy Government 154

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 28 November 2012 09:00 AM. The nodes themselves are designed specifically for data warehousing workloads. We designed Amazon Redshift with integration and compatibility in mind. All Things Distributed. Expanding the Cloud â??

Cloud 164

Cloud Storage Architecture Scalability 164

Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Design the launch screen to be identical to the first screen of your app, as mentioned by Apple: “Design a launch screen that’s nearly identical to the first screen of your app. Don’t design an entry experience that looks like a splash screen or an "About" window. Every app must supply a launch screen.”. There you have it!

Performance 75

Performance Energy Operating System Code 75

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. OpsWorks is designed for IT administrators and ops-minded developers who want an easy way to manage applications of nearly any scale and complexity without sacrificing control. All Things Distributed. By Werner Vogels on 18 February 2013 11:30 PM. Comments ().

AWS 157

AWS Cloud Architecture Infrastructure 157

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 20, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 21 August 2012 12:01 AM. It requires substantial upfront capital investments in cold data storage systems such as tape robots and tape libraries, then thereâ??s designed for 11 ninesâ??) All Things Distributed. Comments ().

Storage 122

Storage Cloud AWS Media 122

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. Amazon DynamoDB â?? Comments (). The growth of Amazonâ??s Another important requirement for Dynamo was predictability.

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

Alex Russell

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Back in 2012, a slate of reformers (including myself) ran with a few goals in mind: Refocusing the group on the APIs that most impacted web developers; namely DOM, CSS, and interaction with JS. Guidelines for designing Web Components in such a way as to keep the web extensible for the long-haul. Why Alice, and why now?

Logistics 40

Logistics Google Government Design 40

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 23, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 23 January 2012 12:01 AM. Amazon S3 is designed to sustain the concurrent loss of data in two facilities, redundantly storing your data on multiple devices across multiple facilities in an AWS Region. All Things Distributed.

Storage 116

Storage AWS Virtualization Cloud 116

SQL Server According to Bob

JUNE 22, 2016

Keep in mind that the vast majority of CMemThread objects (SQL 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, Azure DB and 2016) are not partitioned. Recommendation Unchanged: Prior to SQL Server 2016 enable –T8048 on larger systems. Instead the design of CMemThread was updated. A CMemThread can still be created with designated partitioning.

Servers 40

Servers Azure Software Engineering Design 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JUNE 3, 2016

Internally DBCC CHECK* uses a page scanning coordinator design (MultiObjectScanner.) SQL Server 2016 changes the internal design to (CheckScanner), applying no lock semantics and a design similar to those used with In-Memory Optimized (Hekaton) objects, allowing DBCC operations to scale far better than previous releases.

Hardware 40

Hardware Cache Servers Software Engineering 40

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 22 February 2012 12:01 AM. By designing autonomous distributed components, developers get the flexibility to deploy and scale out parts of the application independently as load increases. All Things Distributed. Expanding the Cloud â??

Cloud 130

Cloud AWS Java Scalability 130

Percona

JUNE 4, 2023

Before we dive into the differences between MariaDB and MySQL, we will provide a thorough examination of each relational database management system (RDBMS). While originally designed to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL, it evolved into its own distinct database management system and is now maintained and supported by the MariaDB Foundation.

Open Source 52

Open Source Servers Storage Scalability 52

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

iOS empowers developers to easily parallelize code using Grand Central Dispatch , Android does this via their new, unified task scheduler WorkManager and game engines like Unity have job systems. In terms for performance, these phones have plateaued at the performance of a 2012 iPhone. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX.

Games 145

Games Architecture Code C++ 145