The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

These observations are from a particular type of A/B test that Netflix runs called a software canary or regression-driven experiment. Netflix also performs canary tests — software A/B tests between current and newer software versions. Rationale : This system is part of a semi-automated process for all client deployments.

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SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Durability is a cornerstone of any database system and starting with SQL Server 2017 on Linux Cumulative Update 6 (CU6), SQL Server on Linux enables “Forced Flush” behavior as described in this article , improving durability on non-Fua optimized systems. “Be Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine Input/Output Requirements.

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ACM Sigarch

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel prize in Economics for his work on Behavioral Economics. In industry, engineers (me included) sometimes attack a problem with the tools they have readily available rather than taking a step back and examining the issue at large.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 28, 2018

The import process establishes communication between MSTDC (B) and MSDTC (A), creating the proper superior to subordinate relationship, adding DTC voting endpoints and returning an ITransaction to SQL Server. This means there are no DTC components available for SQL Server 2017 on Linux.

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SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 10, 2018

When ftruncate is required SQLPAL write zeros to the file to acquire the physical space and provide fallocate, zero read behavior to SQLPAL processes. Note: The overhead is often hidden by SQL Server as most writes take place with background processes such as Checkpoint or Lazy Writer.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Written by Jose Fernandez , Arthur Gonigberg , Julia Knecht , and Patrick Thomas In 2017, Netflix Studios was hitting an inflection point from a period of merely rapid growth to the sort of explosive growth that throws “how do we scale?” The first was that there were too many security things that each software team needed to think about?—?things

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Alex Russell

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Reporters and editors aren't software engineers, so the potential of browser competition can remain understandably opaque. The story picks up in 2017, two years after the release of PWAs and Push Notifications in Chrome. It's hard to report on the potential of something you can't see for yourself. Also, this might all be Greek.

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SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 31, 2018

I was doing backups and clean-ups and ran across a couple of sample projects for XEvent and event_sequence processing I thought others might find helpful. Bob Dorr – Principal Software Engineer SQL Server. The XEProfiler Sample. Creates an empty DataGrid control. Makes a pass over the files to obtain the Event Locators.

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