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A Day with Kotlin

Software Architecture

Null Safety One of the most common pitfalls of many programming languages including Java, is that accessing a null reference would result in a null reference exception. A Day with Kotlin was originally published in Software Architecture on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Another New Talk: Elements of Design

Sutter's Mill

In recent years, I’ve been spending a lot of my time leading design work in diverse areas ranging from general- and special-purpose library design, to systems software architecture, to programming language design and evolution, including participating in the crafting of various C++0x language and library features.

Design 40
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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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O’Reilly serverless survey 2019: Concerns, what works, and what to expect

O'Reilly

Given that Amazon’s AWS Lambda functions are only five years old this November, anyone with more than three years of experience is a very early adopter. That respondents are paying close attention to serverless reflects a software architecture “best practice:” the need to understand every approach, even those that don’t apply.