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Monitoring Distributed Systems

Dotcom-Montior

With the rapid advancements in web application technologies, programming languages, cloud computing services, microservices, hybrid environments, etc., This complexity is “hidden” to the end user, like how an API (Application Programming Interface) operates, whether that is an actual user or another computer. Concurrency.

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How To Build Resilient JavaScript UIs

Smashing Magazine

Different browsers running on different platforms and hardware, respecting our user preferences and browsing modes (Safari Reader/ assistive technologies), being served to geo-locations with varying latency and intermittency increase the likeness of something not working as intended. More after jump! Responding to Errors.

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2024

Alex Russell

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. Predictably, they are over-represented in analytics and logs owing to wealth-related factors including superior network access and performance hysteresis."

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5 tips for architecting fast data applications

O'Reilly Software

A message-oriented implementation requires an efficient messaging backbone that facilitates the exchange of data in a reliable and secure way with the lowest latency possible. The low-level streaming implementations of the mentioned engines require specialized knowledge in order to program new applications.

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Declarative recursive computation on an RDBMS

The Morning Paper

SQL provides a declarative programming interface, below which the system itself can figure out the most effective execution plans based on data size and statistics, layout, compute hardware etc. Declarative recursive computation on an RDBMS… or, why you should use a database for distributed machine learing Jankov et al.,

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Hobson's Browser

Alex Russell

Hardware access APIs, notably: Geolocation. Standard tools, analytics packages, and feature availability dashboards do not make mention of IABs, and the largest WebView IAB promulgators (Facebook, Pinterest, Snap, etc.) Apple's WebKit framework is the only program on the system allowed to contain such a JIT. Web Bluetooth.

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Embrace event-driven computing: Amazon expands DynamoDB with streams, cross-region replication, and database triggers

All Things Distributed

In traditional database architectures, database engines often run a small search engine or data warehouse engines on the same hardware as the database. No matter which mechanism you choose to use, we make the stream data available to you instantly (latency in milliseconds) and how fast you want to apply the changes is up to you.

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