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Building High-Quality Software

DZone

nn> MonitoringnnWe (humans) are terrible at imagining all possible permutations of the system with billions and billions of possible states. You may think that you know how the system works. You may think that you know how the system works. In the best case, you know only how the system was designed to work.

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Understanding, detecting and localizing partial failures in large system software

The Morning Paper

Understanding, detecting and localizing partial failures in large system software , Lou et al., Partial failures ( gray failures ) occur when some but not all of the functionalities of a system are broken. Overall, our study reveals that partial failure is a common and severe problem in large software systems.

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What they don't tell you about migrating a message-based system to the cloud

Particular Software

Migrating a message-based system from on-premises to the cloud is a colossal undertaking. If you search for “how to migrate to the cloud”, there are reams of articles that encourage you to understand your system, evaluate cloud providers, choose the right messaging service, and manage security and compliance.

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Basis Path Testing in Software Testing

Testlodge

Basis path testing in software testing is a white box method where the tester examines the codebase to identify all possible paths that could be taken by the user to achieve their aims. When there are multiple options for a decision, each decision outcome should be exercised before moving on to the next decision.

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Migrating Critical Traffic At Scale with No Downtime?—?Part 1

The Netflix TechBlog

Behind the scenes, a myriad of systems and services are involved in orchestrating the product experience. These backend systems are consistently being evolved and optimized to meet and exceed customer and product expectations. This is particularly important for complex APIs that have many high cardinality inputs.

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Architecture of Max reHIT Workout

High Scalability

Max reHIT Workout is an exercise app that guides you through interval workouts. I'll just say I’m proud of how it turned out and if you want an optimal algorithm for exercising, you might like it. That's because there’s been very little evolution in software system architecture.

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Service level objectives: 5 SLOs to get started

Dynatrace

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, ensuring high-quality software is crucial for organizations to thrive. Service level objectives (SLOs) provide a powerful framework for measuring and maintaining software performance, reliability, and user satisfaction. But the pressure on CIOs to innovate faster comes at a cost.

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