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Tech Transforms podcast: A reporter’s take on AI, data privacy, ChatGPT, and TikTok

Dynatrace

government’s AI spending, which has more than doubled since 2017. Learn what Bernd Greifeneder, technology entrepreneur and chief innovator, has to say about ChatGPT for achieving unprecedented productivity and software innovation. The mobile video platform has dramatically surged in popularity since its launch in September 2017.

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Sequential A/B Testing Keeps the World Streaming Netflix Part 1: Continuous Data

The Netflix TechBlog

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. Strictly control false positive (false alarm) probabilities.

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PostgreSQL vs. Oracle: Difference in Costs, Ease of Use & Functionality

Scalegrid

Compare ease of use across compatibility, extensions, tuning, operating systems, languages and support providers. Recognized as the fastest growing database by popularity, PostgreSQL was named the DBMS of the year in both 2018 and 2017 by DB-Engines, and continues to grow in popularity in 2019. Oracle Enterprise Edition. Not available.

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Solaris to Linux Migration 2017

Brendan Gregg

They use third-party software like Docker or Kubernetes to simplify their administration. There are workarounds: I can use the perf_events cgroup ID, provided the container software is configuring it (they do). There have been security vulnerabilities, just like there are with any software. People rarely create them manually.

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Why Waits Alone Are Not Enough

SQL Performance

Tom Davidson, Opening Microsoft's Performance-Tuning Toolbox SQL Server Pro Magazine, December 2003. Waits and Queues has been used as a SQL Server performance tuning methodology since Tom Davidson published the above article as well as the well-known SQL Server 2005 Waits and Queues whitepaper in 2006. Query Store 2017 to the Rescue.

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What Is PostgreSQL Used For?

Percona

PostgreSQL is open source relational database management software. StackOverflow statistics show that 26% of developers preferred it in 2017, 34% in 2019, and 40% in 2021. What is PostgreSQL used for? It’s used for data management (shocker), application development, and data analytics. Is PostgreSQL enterprise-ready?

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Is MongoDB Open Source? Is Planet Earth Flat?

Percona

Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. Many open source proponents, including the Open Source Initiative (OSI) , do not consider software under the SSPL to be open source. We agree with the OSI’s determination that any software under the SSPL cannot be open source.