The Morning Paper

MARCH 22, 2020

So I’m pressing pause on The Morning Paper for a few weeks and calling an early ‘end of term’ there too. In case you missed it… A few selections from the term so far: Millions of tiny databases. At the moment my priority is to help any family, friends, and neighbours in need. Meaningful availability.

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Dynatrace

MARCH 11, 2024

But Williamson does not particularly like the term, “artificial intelligence (AI)”. He defined this term as the elasticity of rigor based on risk. Smart machines will rapidly accelerate the conversion, of course. Look, I’m an engineer,” Williamson said. Engineers… we make up words.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 10, 2024

The new Dynatrace partner compensation model is designed to align partner incentives with long-term customer success. Partners have reacted to the new Dynatrace economic model positively, seeing the mutually beneficial terms. This simplification nurtures transparency, trust, and stability with our partners.

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DZone

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In the previous articles, you learned about the virtual threads in Java 21 in terms of history, benefits , and pitfalls. In addition, you probably got inspired by how Quarkus can help you avoid the pitfalls but also understood how Quarkus has been integrating the virtual threads to Java libraries as many as possible continuously.

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Professor Beekums

OCTOBER 27, 2016

I often think about how to be more productive and making good progress on projects. My progress on creating lessons for professorbeekums.com has not been as fast as I’d like. I started setting daily goals for myself to change that. An example would be finishing 5 lesson steps.

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DZone

OCTOBER 25, 2023

IMPORTANT NOTE: eBPF is now a standalone term that doesn’t stand for anything. You'll see the term BPF in Linux source code, and you'll see BPF and eBPF used interchangeably in tooling and documentation. TLDR eBPF is a mechanism that makes the kernel dynamically programmable without modifying the source code.

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Our first talk was given by Aurelien Bibaut (with co-authors Nathan Kallus , Simon Ejdemyr and Michael Zhao ) in which we discussed how to confidently measure long-term outcomes using short term surrogates in the presence of bias.

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DZone

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Also known as SRE, the new activity puts a premium on monitoring, tracking bugs, and creating systems and automation that solve the problem in the long term. SRE practice fixes that by putting a premium on proactively monitoring problems and creating long-term solutions.

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DZone

JANUARY 8, 2024

Below, you will find a comparison of them in terms of: In this text, the final summary of my categories theory series, I will use my spotlight and take a closer look at the relations between all three previously described functional containers, namely: Functor, Monad, and Applicative.

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DZone

JUNE 21, 2023

While these terms are often used interchangeably, they represent distinct approaches to understanding and managing complex systems. In the ever-evolving world of DevOps , the ability to gain deep insights into system behavior, diagnose issues, and improve overall performance is one of the top priorities.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The word DevOps comes from the term development and operations. The development and operations team had their separate functions and objectives. As both teams worked separately, it led to long development hours, smaller batch releases, and unhappy customers. Both teams merged to bring uniformity to speed up the developmental process.

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DZone

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In simple terms, a Load Balancer is like the traffic cop of the internet. Hey there, I'm Roman, a Cloud Architect at Gart with over 15 years of experience. Today, I want to delve into the world of Load Balancers with you. Its main gig? Distributing incoming web traffic among multiple servers.

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DZone

JULY 20, 2023

Message queues and message brokers are two popular technologies used in messaging systems, but many people confuse or use the two terms interchangeably. In modern distributed computing systems, messaging has become an essential way of enabling different applications and systems to communicate with each other in a microservice architecture.

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Professor Beekums

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Many developers have one of two opinions about unit tests: they believe 100% of the code has to be covered by unit tests, or they believe 100% of the code has to be covered by unit tests but they have reasons for not writing any. It isn’t common to find people who dislike the idea of unit tests.

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Alex Russell

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Defining terms isn’t required among the proficient. Even in the midst of a quest to explain the layers of the web platform in terms of lower-level things we must not forget the value high-level, largely-declarative forms deliver. It also is what makes great works so difficult to translate.

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Speed Curve

JANUARY 29, 2024

What does this finding mean in web performance terms? Nielsen has stated that human responses to poor load times are based on two aspects of how our brains function: Our poor short-term memory – Information stored in short-term memory decays quickly. What is "flow" and what does it mean in terms of how we use the web?

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DZone

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the dynamic realm of modern software development and operations, terms such as Platform Engineering, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) are frequently used, sometimes interchangeably, often causing confusion among professionals entering or navigating these domains.

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DZone

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

“Kubernetes load balancer” is a pretty broad term that refers to multiple things. In this article, we will look at two types of load balancers: one used to expose Kubernetes services to the external world and another used by engineers to balance network traffic loads to those services.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2024

Therefore, it’s no surprise that generative AI is poised to have a massive impact by automating software development tasks today and in the near term, according to ESG’s data.

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DZone

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

DevOps DevOps is a widely used term with multiple interpretations. In this article, I’ll give a brief overview of AWS DevOps and Google SRE , examine when they work best, delve into potential pitfalls to avoid, and provide tips for maximizing the benefits of each.

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DZone

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Today, we will try to analyze both terms and see if we can see some differentiating factors between the two. The term "DevOps Engineer" strives to dim this divide between Dev and Ops conjointly and suggests that the best approach is to hire engineers who can be excellent coders as well as handle all the Ops functions.

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DZone

MAY 12, 2023

In layman’s terms, the presence status shows whether a particular client is currently online or offline. What Is the Real-Time Presence Platform? The presence status is a key feature to make the real-time platform engaging and interactive for the users ( clients ).

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DZone

JUNE 28, 2023

The term "shard" signifies a small fragment of a whole, aptly describing this method of breaking down a large database into smaller, more manageable pieces. Database sharding is a powerful technique employed to manage large databases more effectively.

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DZone

MARCH 24, 2023

We look at the two databases in terms of benchmark performance and user experience. This article compares QuestDB with one of the most popular databases on the market, MongoDB. Time-series data has gained popularity in recent years.

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DZone

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you are living in the same world as I am, you must have heard the latest coding buzzer termed “ microservices ”—a lifeline for developers and enterprise-scale businesses. Over the last few years, microservice architecture emerged to be on top of conventional SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).

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DZone

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Websites, apps, and web apps are the mediums through which one can showcase their products in front of potential customers (collectively termed as front-end ). Any company in the world needs to have an online presence to convey the value of its products or services.

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DZone

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

On the other hand, the cold path involves the batch processing of historical or less time-sensitive data, allowing for in-depth analysis, long-term trends identification, and comprehensive reporting, making it ideal for strategic planning and retrospective insights in data analytics workflows.

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DZone

JULY 22, 2022

If you are someone who likes to stay updated with technology, there's a high probability you have come across these two terms- API and EDI. Honestly, these two terms have recently been doing rounds in the big data world.

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DZone

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This is a mathematical term that originated in the early 20th century in number theory and came almost immediately to computer science as questions arose with resource optimization. What Is Big O?

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 18, 2024

The current challenges of explainable AI facing organizations Explainable AI can mean a few different things, so defining the term itself is challenging. The term can also point to a way of using an AI tool that upholds the tenets of AI transparency.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

New Relic has an ambitious long-term roadmap for a Pixie that better supports third-party tools, plugins, and very large Kubernetes clusters. Since Pixie's acquisition by New Relic in late 2020, there has been rapid growth in its features, scope, and vision. It does not end there.

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High Scalability

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

You have two kinds of fear: short term disaster and long term disaster. People who are building for a long term objective know that the short term limitations block them from long term success. The initial starting point of that new project will be lower than the return of the old project, but it will end higher.

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DZone

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The term “clean code” refers to a programming style that also prioritizes maintainability and scalability by following principles like clarity, simplicity, consistency, and modularity. By following these conventions, developers can quickly understand the structure and purpose of the code, which makes it easier to debug and maintain the code.

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DZone

MAY 1, 2023

This article explains why Deep data observability is different from shallow: deep data observability is truly comprehensive in terms of data sources, data formats, data granularity, validator configuration, cadence, and user focus.

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Innovation 192

DZone

MAY 24, 2023

The Common Misconception of 10x Dev If you google the term "10x developer", you'll get many results related to individual performance. Boosting other people's performance requires a different mindset and approach than boosting your individual performance. Check out the quotes from a few of the top results that I've got:

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DZone

MARCH 25, 2022

This means a product made with sacrifices on the quality aspect often turns out to be a shortsighted delivery strategy that ends up business and developers with the havoc of long-term troubles. Luckily, software testing has always emerged as a sustainable practice that has helped brands across the globe to yield technologies for life.

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DZone

MARCH 1, 2022

In order to enhance the level of a website in terms of compatibility, usability, responsiveness, robustness, scalability, performance, and functionality, the inclusion of cross-browser testing and responsive testing comes into perspective.

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