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Platform Engineering Teams Done Right…

Adrian Cockcroft

We used this model effectively at Netflix when I was their cloud architect from 2010 through 2013. The next layer is operating system platforms, what flavor of Linux, what version of Windows etc. There are three current underlying reasons for the platform engineering meme today.

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Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - Using continuations to.

All Things Distributed

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - Using continuations to implement thread management and communication in operating systems. By Werner Vogels on 10 May 2013 09:30 AM. All Things Distributed. Comments (). L3/L4, Plan 9, Xenokernel, Minix and others.

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MariaDB vs MySQL: Key Differences and Use Cases

Percona

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.

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Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces: Defining Mobile Devices (Excerpt)

Smashing Magazine

To many designers and developers the process of designing for mobile assumes that touch is natural, so we don’t need to pay any particular attention to the design of touch systems. Feature phones all use proprietary and little known operating systems developed by the makers of the phones, as opposed to prevalent ones like Android or iOS.

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QUIC - Faster Content Delivery on Layer 4

KeyCDN

TCP support is built into the kernel of operating systems. QUIC has been in the making since 2013. While no corners are cut with regard to security, doing away with handshakes and multiplex transmissions enables faster transmission, even compared to other UDP-based protocols, reportedly. That is our goal.

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Why and When Should Businesses invest in Mobile Automation Testing?

Testsigma

The test cases produced by systems are more reliable that reduces the probability of bugs, 4. There is no prime time to adopt the automation system. Research findings by Gartner have shown that businesses created $26 billion in-app sales as early as 2013. . Mobile Automated testing is more reliable than manual testing.

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To Transform, Trade Ego for Humility

The Agile Manager

Nokia hired a manager from Microsoft to wed the handset business to any alternative mobile operating system to iOS that wasn't made by Google. Nokia exited the handset business in 2013. RIM initially doubled down on their core product, but eventually scotched their proprietary OS in favor of Android. Neither strategy paid off.