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Designing Instagram

High Scalability

Design a photo-sharing platform similar to Instagram where users can upload their photos and share it with their followers. High Level Design. FUN FACT : In this talk , Rodrigo Schmidt, director of engineering at Instagram talks about the different challenges they have faced in scaling the data infrastructure at Instagram.

Design 334
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To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

O'Reilly

It’s difficult to argue with David Collingridge’s influential thesis that attempting to predict the risks posed by new technologies is a fool’s errand. We ought to heed Collingridge’s warning that technology evolves in uncertain ways. It is a predictable economic risk.

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Sustainability Talks and Updates from AWS re:Invent 2023

Adrian Cockcroft

Peter deSantis does a Monday evening technology keynote that usually has most of the sustainability related content in it. SUS101: Sustainability innovation in AWS Global Infrastructure AWS is determined to make the cloud the cleanest and most energy-efficient way to run customers’ infrastructure and business.

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How Prepared is your IT Organization to Support the Rise in eHealth?

Tasktop

From electronic medical records (EMR) to tools for diagnosis, treatment and management, global healthcare has been adopting digital technologies to improve day-to-day operations and patient care for many years. Having the right systems and infrastructure to support medical professionals like this has never been more acutely felt.

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Rethinking the 'production' of data

All Things Distributed

Take the example of industrial manufacturing: in prototyping, drafts for technologically complex products are no longer physically produced; rather, their characteristics can be tested in a purely virtual fashion at every location across the globe by using simulations. The German startup SimScale makes use of this trend.

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Changing A Tire On A Moving Car (Or How To Improve Product Roadmaps)

Smashing Magazine

Especially if your technology stack has just been hacked and set up for ransom. Some companies may insert a design/research spike just before the epic kicks off but it always feels reactionary and ends up being a hack shortcut. You’ll need to pull over, stop the car, and get it fixed. Rarely is this the case, but it can happen.

Design 95
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How architecture evolves into strategy

O'Reilly Software

A look at the roles of architect and strategist, and how they help develop successful technology strategies for business. I'm offering an overview of my perspective on the field, which I hope is a unique and interesting take on it, in order to provide context for the work at hand: devising a winning technology strategy for your business.

Strategy 100