Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. If a primary server fails, a backup server can take over and continue to serve requests.

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Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Apple Corporate is at fault, not Open Source engineers or the line managers who support them. An extension to Service Workers that enables browsers to present users with cached content when offline. This allows customisation and use of specialised features without custom, proprietary software for niche hardware.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

It was a battle of not only proprietary vs open source but also static vs dynamic. You could create and update blog posts, all content was straight HTML — open-source WYSIWYG editors weren’t available at the time, and Markdown didn’t come about until 2004. We can see all the bones of modern Jamstack CMSs here.

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Ecommerce Website Government Internet 139