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Quantum computing’s potential is still far off, but quantum supremacy shows we’re on the right track

O'Reilly

We recently learned about a major breakthrough: Google says it has achieved “quantum supremacy” with a 53-qubit computer. Google performed a computation in a few minutes (3 minutes, 20 seconds to be precise ) that would have taken more than 10,000 years on the most powerful computers we currently have.

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A 5G future

O'Reilly

We’ve seen the reaction to news that Amazon’s Echo and Google Home send recordings of conversations back to the server. What if all of your documents were in Google Docs, all of your music was in your favorite streaming service? And we’re already seeing devices like smart thermostats and light bulbs being used for harassment.

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What is Serverless Architecture?

cdemi

Rapid Development - You can quickly deploy a function without having to worry about infrastructure resources and growth. Performance - Serverless Functions that are used less frequently may suffer from warmup response latency, where the infrastructure needs some time to deploy the function. Google: Google Cloud Functions.

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5 key areas for tech leaders to watch in 2020

O'Reilly

Software architecture, infrastructure, and operations are each changing rapidly. The shift to cloud native design is transforming both software architecture and infrastructure and operations. Also: infrastructure and operations is trending up, while DevOps is trending down. Coincidence?

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Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study)

Smashing Magazine

A website’s performance can make or break its success, yet in August 2020, despite many improvements we had previously made, such as implementing Server-Side Rendering (SSR), the ratio of Wix websites with good Google Core Web Vitals (CWV) scores was only 4%. Google search ranking. Large preview ). The Wix Challenge. Heavier websites.

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How to overcome the cloud observability wall

Dynatrace

You may be using serverless functions like AWS Lambda , Azure Functions , or Google Cloud Functions, or a container management service, such as Kubernetes. In contrast to modern software architecture, which uses distributed microservices, organizations historically structured their applications in a pattern known as “monolithic.”

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MLOps and DevOps: Why Data Makes It Different

O'Reilly

As with many burgeoning fields and disciplines, we don’t yet have a shared canonical infrastructure stack or best practices for developing and deploying data-intensive applications. What: The Modern Stack of ML Infrastructure. Adapted from the book Effective Data Science Infrastructure. Foundational Infrastructure Layers.

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