Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In order for software development teams to balance speed with quality during the software development cycle (SDLC), development, security, and operations teams (or DevSecOps teams) need to ensure that their practices align with modern cloud environments. That can be difficult when the business climate can prioritize speed.

Serverless 254

Serverless Infrastructure Innovation DevOps 254

Adrian Cockcroft

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Picture by Adrian — Ka’anapali sunset 2023 There’s been a lot of discussion about platforms recently, I talked about why I think it’s a current hot meme on the WTF Podcast with Charles Humble recently, and Sam Newman just wrote a blog post “ Don’t call it a platform ”. Above that there’s a deployment platform such as Kubernetes or AWS Lambda.

Engineering 137

Engineering Serverless Lambda AWS 137

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It was a great privilege. ## SREcon 2023 CFP Tech moves fast, however, and I have little time to reflect on 2022 when there's 2023 to plan! I'm now program co-chair for SREcon 2023 APAC, and our 2023 conference is June 14-16 in Singapore. The call for participation ends on March 2nd 23:59 SGT! Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

Percona

AUGUST 18, 2023

The original motivation for FB was due to different hardware generations, especially between regions/data centers. And I agree that in the modern age of cloud and huge flash storage, the vast majority of companies will never need to consider doing this in prod, but there is always a chance of its need. AFAIK Facebook does this.

Programming 84

Programming Servers Database Hardware 84

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

SREcon 2023 CFP Tech moves fast, however, and I have little time to reflect on 2022 when there's 2023 to plan! I'm now program co-chair for SREcon 2023 APAC, and our 2023 conference is June 14-16 in Singapore. It was a great privilege. The call for participation ends on March 2nd 23:59 SGT! Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Percona

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This blog was originally published in January 2021 and updated in November of 2023. MySQL backups play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity of your data, providing defense against various unforeseen calamities, hardware malfunctions, data loss, corruption, and inadvertent deletions. Why Do MySQL Backups Matter?

Best Practices 77

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 77

O'Reilly

JANUARY 16, 2024

Here’s what I did: In December 2023 I installed the official ChatGPT iOS app from OpenAI on my iPhone and used its voice input mode to hold several hour-long conversations with it while driving long-distance on California highways. software” rather than “hardware” in our brains).

Entertainment 76

Entertainment Internet Internet Design 76

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

This post was originally published in July 2018 and was updated in July 2023. Understanding DBaaS DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. What are the differences between Aurora and RDS? How do I choose which one to use?

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

This blog was originally published in August 2018 and was updated in May 2023. Key areas include: Configuration parameter tuning : This tuning involves altering variables such as memory allocation, disk I/O settings, and concurrent connections based on specific hardware and requirements.

Tuning 52

Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Generative AI has been the biggest technology story of 2023. As of November 2023: Two-thirds (67%) of our survey respondents report that their companies are using generative AI. 16% of respondents working with AI are using open source models. Late in 2023, we suspect that relatively few companies have a policy.

Open Source 112

Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 112