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In June, our friends at Testim surveyed end-to-end test automation. So, what were the results? Watch this webinar recording where Abstracta COO, Federico Toledo, joined Testim CEO Oren Rubin to uncover what developers, QA, and managers are saying about test automation. MORE
A couple of years ago, my first few days on a new web performance project were always slow going. So many false starts, tedious workflows, and a complete lack of efficiency really made it difficult for me to find momentum. MORE
Dynatrace news. DevOps seeks to accomplish smooth and efficient software creation, delivery, monitoring, and improvement by prioritizing agility and adaptability over rigid, stage-by-stage development. MORE
Redis is an advanced key-value store. In fact, it is the number one key value store and eighth most popular database in the world. It has high throughput and runs from memory, but also has the ability to persist data on disk. MORE
Incremental migrations are excellent for updating large legacy projects. Migrate a small piece at a time with lower risk then gradually do the rest MORE
The project is located on GitHub: [link]. Introduction. There are many tools in the world for analysis logs, but most of my colleagues used the simple text editor or “less” command in the terminal. MORE
Comparing two programming languages is similar to a comparison between two cars, where two different individuals may have different opinions on both of them. Well, as starters, computer programming languages have come a long way since their inception. Today, everything we dwell upon has to have a programming language behind it, easing away our troubles. Two great examples to support the same statement would be the following. MORE
Virtual consensus in Delos , Balakrishnan et al. Facebook, Inc. ), OSDI’2020. Before we dive into this paper, if you click on the link above and then download and open up the paper pdf you might notice the familiar red/orange splash of USENIX, and appreciate the fully open access. MORE
Today I’m happy to announce our plans to open a new AWS Region in Switzerland in the second half of 2022. MORE
Dynatrace news. As a leader in cloud infrastructure and platform services , the Google Cloud Platform is fast becoming an integral part of many enterprises’ cloud strategies. MORE
In this article, we will talk about the query tuning features that were announced with SQL Server 2019. Introduction Sometimes, tuning the queries can be a tough task for database developers or administrators. MORE
Introduction Troubleshooting using Wait Stats in SQL Server is an important perspective when it comes to managing databases. As a database professional, you might have come across situations, where your end-users are not happy with reports being slower. MORE
Júlio explains a machine learning algorithm to reduce the scope of load testing and get meaningful analysis from your data faster In this Quality Sense episode, Fede has. MORE
MySQL configuration variables are a set of server system variables used to configure the operation and behavior of the server. In this blog post, we will explain the differences in managing the configuration variables between MySQL 5.7 and MySQL 8.0. MORE
Dynatrace news. Optimal customer experience and faster time to market are key to a successful digital transformation of any enterprise. MORE
Hey, no power outages this week, so it's finally HighScalability time! Stunning: Tycho Crater Region with Colours by Alain Paillou. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Without your support on Patreon this Stuff won't happen. Know someone who could benefit from becoming one with the cloud? I wrote Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 just for them. On Amazon it has 189 mostly 5 star reviews. MORE
Netflix is known for its loosely coupled and highly scalable microservice architecture. Independent services allow for evolving at different paces and scaling independently. Yet they add complexity for use cases that span multiple services. MORE
Growing up in the Netherlands, American football was largely a foreign concept to me. My version of football was The Beautiful Game , or as most Americans know it, soccer. MORE
Agenda for This Article. Several words about Apache Kafka. How to start Kafka performance testing with JMeter + Pepper-Box plugin ? Is it possible to write samplers for JMeter on your own to provide Kafka performance testing? Pros and cons. W hen it is necessary to choose between the Pepper-Box plugin and your own Kafka load samplers for JMeter. Conclusion. Several Words About Apache Kafka. MORE
Two new technologies, BTF and CO-RE, are paving the way for BPF to become a billion dollar industry. MORE
How viewers are able to watch their favorite show on Netflix while the infrastructure self-recovers from a system failure By Manuel Correa , Arthur Gonigberg , and Daniel West Getting stuck in traffic is one of the most frustrating experiences for drivers around the world. MORE
SQL Server creates an optimized execution plan based on the available inputs such as statistics, indexes. By default, it chooses a cost-optimized execution plan and executes the query. Sometimes, we use SQL queries table hints to override the default mechanism. MORE
This article is the eighth part in a series about table expressions. So far I provided a background to table expressions, covered both the logical and optimization aspects of derived tables, the logical aspects of CTEs, and some of the optimization aspects of CTEs. MORE
We’ve been pretty vocal about Core Web Vitals since Google announced this initiative last spring. MORE
Introducing gnmi-gateway: a modular, distributed, and highly available service for modern network telemetry via OpenConfig and gNMI By: Colin McIntosh, Michael Costello Netflix runs its own content delivery network, Open Connect , which delivers all streaming traffic to our members. MORE
When I first stumbled on the idea of skeleton screens, thanks to Luke Wroblewski talking about them back in 2013 , I latched onto them pretty quickly. I have never been a fan of progress bars and spinners, and skeleton screens seemed like a smart step in the right direction. MORE
In this 36th article for SQL Server Always On series, we will explore various dynamic management views (DMV’s) for monitoring the AG replicas. MORE
API test is a significant part of a successful Continuous Integration/ DevOps practice. As per Google Trends , the interest in Web/ API services tests has been progressively growing over the few decades. According to SmartBear research over 3,372 software professionals in API test over 2019, 91 percent of participants either presently have, or thinking to have a formal API test procedure in place in the coming future. MORE
Who's Hiring? InterviewCamp.io has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. They break down interview prep into fundamental building blocks. Try out their platform. T riplebyte lets exceptional software engineers skip screening steps at hundreds of top tech companies like Apple, Dropbox, Mixpanel, and Instacart. Make your job search O (1), not O ( n ). Apply here. Need excellent people? Advertise your job here! Cool Products and Services. MORE
D Watson-Parris and NASA Worldview. As the COVID pandemic continues to sequester many of us to our homes, our everyday behaviors have come mostly to a collective halt. The immediate effects are obvious, as cities, roads, and public spaces have emptied. MORE
Dynatrace news. Kubernetes is the de-facto standard for container orchestration as it solves many problems, like distributing workloads across machines, achieving fault tolerance, and re-scheduling workloads when problems occur. MORE
Achieving 100 Gbps intrusion prevention on a single server , Zhao et al., OSDI’20. Papers-we-love is hosting a mini-event this Wednesday (18th) where I’ll be leading a panel discussion including one of the authors of today’s paper choice: Justine Sherry. Please do join us if you can. MORE
Dynatrace news. We are excited to announce that Dynatrace has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps), 2020 report. MORE
Application Performance Management (APM) is a maturing field, full of innovative vendors. Users of APM tools thus have a range Read More. The post Making the Switch to Apica Synthetic Monitoring appeared first on Apica. MORE
Dynatrace news. A digital experience is when a user has an interaction with a digital touchpoint provided by an organization. A digital touchpoint may be a mobile application, a website, a SmartTV app, an ATM, an airport check-in kiosk or similar. MORE
This is guest a post by Preetam Jinka , Senior Infrastructure Engineer at ShiftLeft. Originally published here. ShiftLeft NextGen Static Analysis (NG SAST) is a software-as-a-service static analysis solution that allows developers to scan every pull request for security issues. MORE
Who's Hiring? InterviewCamp.io has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. They break down interview prep into fundamental building blocks. Try out their platform. T riplebyte lets exceptional software engineers skip screening steps at hundreds of top tech companies like Apple, Dropbox, Mixpanel, and Instacart. Make your job search O (1), not O ( n ). Apply here. Need excellent people? Advertise your job here! Cool Products and Services. MORE
It's no secret code is a complicated thing to write, debug, and maintain which is necessary for high software quality. Moreover, high code complexity brings with it a higher level of code defects, making the code costlier to maintain. So, by reducing code complexity, we can reduce the number of bugs and defects, along with its lifetime cost. What exactly is complex code? How can we objectively assess how complex a piece of code is, whether that's an entire codebase or one small function? MORE
Scalegrid
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
MySQL configuration variables are a set of server system variables used to configure the operation and behavior of the server. In this blog post, we will explain the differences in managing the configuration variables between MySQL 5.7 and MySQL 8.0.
CSS Wizardry
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
A couple of years ago, my first few days on a new web performance project were always slow going. So many false starts, tedious workflows, and a complete lack of efficiency really made it difficult for me to find momentum.
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The Netflix TechBlog
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
How viewers are able to watch their favorite show on Netflix while the infrastructure self-recovers from a system failure By Manuel Correa , Arthur Gonigberg , and Daniel West Getting stuck in traffic is one of the most frustrating experiences for drivers around the world.
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Dynatrace news. DevOps seeks to accomplish smooth and efficient software creation, delivery, monitoring, and improvement by prioritizing agility and adaptability over rigid, stage-by-stage development.
High Scalability
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
This is guest a post by Preetam Jinka , Senior Infrastructure Engineer at ShiftLeft. Originally published here. ShiftLeft NextGen Static Analysis (NG SAST) is a software-as-a-service static analysis solution that allows developers to scan every pull request for security issues.
DZone
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Comparing two programming languages is similar to a comparison between two cars, where two different individuals may have different opinions on both of them. Well, as starters, computer programming languages have come a long way since their inception. Today, everything we dwell upon has to have a programming language behind it, easing away our troubles. Two great examples to support the same statement would be the following.
Scalegrid
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
Redis is an advanced key-value store. In fact, it is the number one key value store and eighth most popular database in the world. It has high throughput and runs from memory, but also has the ability to persist data on disk.
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The Netflix TechBlog
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Netflix is known for its loosely coupled and highly scalable microservice architecture. Independent services allow for evolving at different paces and scaling independently. Yet they add complexity for use cases that span multiple services.
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Dynatrace news. As a leader in cloud infrastructure and platform services , the Google Cloud Platform is fast becoming an integral part of many enterprises’ cloud strategies.
High Scalability
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Hey, no power outages this week, so it's finally HighScalability time! Stunning: Tycho Crater Region with Colours by Alain Paillou. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Without your support on Patreon this Stuff won't happen. Know someone who could benefit from becoming one with the cloud? I wrote Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 just for them. On Amazon it has 189 mostly 5 star reviews.
DZone
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Agenda for This Article. Several words about Apache Kafka. How to start Kafka performance testing with JMeter + Pepper-Box plugin ? Is it possible to write samplers for JMeter on your own to provide Kafka performance testing? Pros and cons. W hen it is necessary to choose between the Pepper-Box plugin and your own Kafka load samplers for JMeter. Conclusion. Several Words About Apache Kafka.
All Things Distributed
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Growing up in the Netherlands, American football was largely a foreign concept to me. My version of football was The Beautiful Game , or as most Americans know it, soccer.
The Morning Paper
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Virtual consensus in Delos , Balakrishnan et al. Facebook, Inc. ), OSDI’2020. Before we dive into this paper, if you click on the link above and then download and open up the paper pdf you might notice the familiar red/orange splash of USENIX, and appreciate the fully open access.
The Netflix TechBlog
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Introducing gnmi-gateway: a modular, distributed, and highly available service for modern network telemetry via OpenConfig and gNMI By: Colin McIntosh, Michael Costello Netflix runs its own content delivery network, Open Connect , which delivers all streaming traffic to our members.
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Dynatrace news. Optimal customer experience and faster time to market are key to a successful digital transformation of any enterprise.
SQL Performance
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
This article is the eighth part in a series about table expressions. So far I provided a background to table expressions, covered both the logical and optimization aspects of derived tables, the logical aspects of CTEs, and some of the optimization aspects of CTEs.
DZone
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
It's no secret code is a complicated thing to write, debug, and maintain which is necessary for high software quality. Moreover, high code complexity brings with it a higher level of code defects, making the code costlier to maintain. So, by reducing code complexity, we can reduce the number of bugs and defects, along with its lifetime cost. What exactly is complex code? How can we objectively assess how complex a piece of code is, whether that's an entire codebase or one small function?
All Things Distributed
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Today I’m happy to announce our plans to open a new AWS Region in Switzerland in the second half of 2022.
SQL Shack
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
In this 36th article for SQL Server Always On series, we will explore various dynamic management views (DMV’s) for monitoring the AG replicas.
Tim Kadlec
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
When I first stumbled on the idea of skeleton screens, thanks to Luke Wroblewski talking about them back in 2013 , I latched onto them pretty quickly. I have never been a fan of progress bars and spinners, and skeleton screens seemed like a smart step in the right direction.
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Dynatrace news. Kubernetes is the de-facto standard for container orchestration as it solves many problems, like distributing workloads across machines, achieving fault tolerance, and re-scheduling workloads when problems occur.
Apica
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Application Performance Management (APM) is a maturing field, full of innovative vendors. Users of APM tools thus have a range Read More. The post Making the Switch to Apica Synthetic Monitoring appeared first on Apica.
DZone
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
In June, our friends at Testim surveyed end-to-end test automation. So, what were the results? Watch this webinar recording where Abstracta COO, Federico Toledo, joined Testim CEO Oren Rubin to uncover what developers, QA, and managers are saying about test automation.
All Things Distributed
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
D Watson-Parris and NASA Worldview. As the COVID pandemic continues to sequester many of us to our homes, our everyday behaviors have come mostly to a collective halt. The immediate effects are obvious, as cities, roads, and public spaces have emptied.
SQL Shack
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
In this article, we will talk about the query tuning features that were announced with SQL Server 2019. Introduction Sometimes, tuning the queries can be a tough task for database developers or administrators.
High Scalability
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Who's Hiring? InterviewCamp.io has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. They break down interview prep into fundamental building blocks. Try out their platform. T riplebyte lets exceptional software engineers skip screening steps at hundreds of top tech companies like Apple, Dropbox, Mixpanel, and Instacart. Make your job search O (1), not O ( n ). Apply here. Need excellent people? Advertise your job here! Cool Products and Services.
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Dynatrace news. A digital experience is when a user has an interaction with a digital touchpoint provided by an organization. A digital touchpoint may be a mobile application, a website, a SmartTV app, an ATM, an airport check-in kiosk or similar.
Brendan Gregg
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Two new technologies, BTF and CO-RE, are paving the way for BPF to become a billion dollar industry.
DZone
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
The project is located on GitHub: [link]. Introduction. There are many tools in the world for analysis logs, but most of my colleagues used the simple text editor or “less” command in the terminal.
Abstracta
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Júlio explains a machine learning algorithm to reduce the scope of load testing and get meaningful analysis from your data faster In this Quality Sense episode, Fede has.
SQL Shack
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
Introduction Troubleshooting using Wait Stats in SQL Server is an important perspective when it comes to managing databases. As a database professional, you might have come across situations, where your end-users are not happy with reports being slower.
High Scalability
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Who's Hiring? InterviewCamp.io has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. They break down interview prep into fundamental building blocks. Try out their platform. T riplebyte lets exceptional software engineers skip screening steps at hundreds of top tech companies like Apple, Dropbox, Mixpanel, and Instacart. Make your job search O (1), not O ( n ). Apply here. Need excellent people? Advertise your job here! Cool Products and Services.
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Dynatrace news. We are excited to announce that Dynatrace has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps), 2020 report.
Speed Curve
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
We’ve been pretty vocal about Core Web Vitals since Google announced this initiative last spring.
DZone
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
API test is a significant part of a successful Continuous Integration/ DevOps practice. As per Google Trends , the interest in Web/ API services tests has been progressively growing over the few decades. According to SmartBear research over 3,372 software professionals in API test over 2019, 91 percent of participants either presently have, or thinking to have a formal API test procedure in place in the coming future.
Addy Osmani
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
Incremental migrations are excellent for updating large legacy projects. Migrate a small piece at a time with lower risk then gradually do the rest
SQL Shack
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
SQL Server creates an optimized execution plan based on the available inputs such as statistics, indexes. By default, it chooses a cost-optimized execution plan and executes the query. Sometimes, we use SQL queries table hints to override the default mechanism.
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