System Architecture

Organizations are increasingly turning to this relatively new field combining data science, decision theory and AI to augment and improve decision-making.

On the value of "scavenging" for paradigm adoption

The Dynix Automated Library System was a popular integrated library system, with a heyday from the mid-1980s to the late-1990s. It was used by libraries to replace the paper-based card catalog, and track lending of materials from the library to patrons.

Learn how to build cloud-native authorization systems with CI/CD, thorough testing, and precise modeling and implementation.

IPFS Gateway acts as a bridge between traditional HTTP clients and IPFS. Through the gateway, users can download files, directories and other IPLD data stored in IPFS as if they were stored in a traditional web server.

Learn why gateways are an important part of using IPFS in conjunction with the legacy web.

Learn about compute-over-data with content-addressed data on IPFS

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Jackson Annotations with Examples. n this article we will explore few important annotations like JsonProperty, JsonFormat, JsonIgnore, JsonIgnoreProperties, JsonPropertyOrder, JsonRawValue, JsonCreator, JsonRootName, JsonValue, JsonAnyGetter, JsonSetter, JsonGetter.

Metasurface arrays will portably link up base stations, cars, and drones

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A deeper dive into the new Haidra project, written by Haidra's lead developer.

We need to talk about this problem. Should Mastodon step up?

Hubble Network recently announced that it has achieved something many believed to be impossible: it established a Bluetooth connection directly to space, making it the first company...

The more you practice creating diagrams, the better you'll become at distilling complex systems into visual representations that everyone can understand.

Zanzibar: Google’s Consistent, Global Authorization System. An annotated copy of the original paper submitted to USENIX 2019.

Deep-dive into Zanzibar: Google's Global Authorization System. Understand its purpose, the developer's view, and its implementation.

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The skyrocketing SaaS industry demands dynamic and adaptable architectures to handle the influx of real-time data. Here’s how to build them.

By Francesco Bertolaccini You’ve reached computer programming nirvana. Your journey has led you down many paths, including believing that God wrote the universe in LISP, but now the truth is …

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A little while ago, we talked about the concept of timezones and the Moon. It’s a complicated issue, because on Earth, time is all about the Sun and our local relationship with it. The Moon a…

You might be under the impression that machine learning costs thousands of dollars to work with. That might be true in many cases, but there’s more to machine learning than you might think. F…

Neon reimagines Postgres storage by putting the WAL front and center, prioritizing the development workflow over mere data storage.

A few years ago, it was hard to imagine how AMD would have survived without re-entering the datacenter with its CPU and GPU compute engines. And now, it