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Data pipeline asset management with Dataflow

The Netflix TechBlog

any business logic code in a raw (e.g. see “data pipeline” Intro The problem of managing scheduled workflows and their assets is as old as the use of cron daemon in early Unix operating systems. The design of a cron job is simple, you take some system command, you pick the schedule to run it on and you are done.

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Can Language Models Replace Compilers?

O'Reilly

Kevlin Henney and I recently discussed whether automated code generation, using some future version of GitHub Copilot or the like, could ever replace higher-level languages. As coding assistants become more accurate, it seems likely to assume that they will eventually stop being “assistants” and take over the job of writing code.

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C++ safety, in context

Sutter's Mill

Many of the most damaging recent security breaches happened to code written in MSLs (e.g., recommend using instead of C++ ( example ), so by definition addressing these four would address the immediate NIST/NSA/CISA/etc. We can and do write “good” code and secure applications in C++. issues with C++.

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What is infrastructure monitoring and why is it mission-critical in the new normal?

Dynatrace

If you don’t have insight into the software and services that operate your business, you can’t efficiently run your business. This shift requires infrastructure monitoring to ensure all your components work together across applications, operating systems, storage, servers, virtualization, and more.

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Book Review: PostgreSQL 14 Internals by Egor Rogov

Percona

The illustrations are clear, and there are many reference pointers to the documentation or source code where needed. If you are new to the internals of PostgreSQL, this book, along with the source code and some caffeine, should give you a great start on the subject. Some of you may be asking, “PostgreSQL 14 ?

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Setting Up MongoDB SSL Encryption

Scalegrid

showcases its dedication to providing a secure environment on select operating systems like Ubuntu 22.04, RHEL 9, and Amazon Linux 2023. While we’re yet to run comprehensive tests, there is definite overhead due to using SSL. MongoDB’s embrace of FIPS mode with OpenSSL3, starting in version 6.0.7,

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Comments on timing short code sections on Intel processors

John McCalpin

When running a single user thread, you will often get the advertised single-core Turbo frequency, but if the operating system enables more cores to handle (even very short-lived) background processes, your frequency may drop unexpectedly. For simple loops, you can look at the assembly code and count instructions.

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