System Architecture

GitHub recently introduced Artifact Attestations, a beta feature that enhances the security of Open Source software supply chains. By linking artifacts to their source code repositories and GitHub Actions, it ensures that artifacts are not built with malicious or unknown code or on potentially compromised devices.

A distributed systems toolkit

The advantages and disadvantages of a keeping data around, including a simple blog application example in PostgreSQL.

50 ways to index your tensor

XFaaS: Addressing Key Challenges in Serverless Computing

In computing, procedural generation is a method of creating data algorithmically as opposed to manually, typically through a combination of human-generated content and algorithms coupled with computer-generated randomness and processing power. In computer graphics, it is commonly used to create textures and 3D models. In video games, it is used to automatically create large amounts of content in a game. Depending on the implementation, advantages of procedural generation can include smaller file sizes, larger amounts of content, and randomness for less predictable gameplay. Procedural generation is a branch of media synthesis.

Schema.org Type: MusicRecording - A music recording (track), usually a single song.

Looking beyond the hype and explaining why microservices should nearly become extinct.

Discover the power of Tailcall's introspection capabilities in tackling the N+1 problem, a common performance issue in systems where a single downstream request triggers numerous upstream requests. Tailcall allows you to identify all instances of N+1 issues before starting your server, ensuring optimal performance and efficiency. Learn more about how Tailcall addresses this challenge and enhances your system's functionality.

Author: Alexey Makhotkin squadette@gmail.com. Introduction In this database design tutorial (~9000 words) I’m going to show how to design the database tables for a real-world project of substantial complexity. We’ll design a clone of Google Calendar. We will model as much as possible of the functionality that is directly related to the calendar. This series illustrates an approach explained in the book called “Database Design using Minimal Modeling”, scheduled to be released in Summer 2024.

I'm begging you: stop calling every 2 bit certificate vendor a "certificate authority"

MylifeBits is a lifetime store of everything. It is the fulfillment of Vannevar Bush’s 1945 Memex vision including full-text search, text & audio annotations, and hyperlinks. The book Total Recall (paperback title Your Life, Uploaded) is the culmination of our thoughts regarding MyLifebits and the larger CARPE research agenda. There are two parts to MyLifeBits: an experiment […]

In this blog, we go on an interactive journey to understand common queueing strategies for handling HTTP requests.

The Unicode block Variation Selectors contains the codepoints from U+FE00 to U+FE0F.

Mint defines workflows as a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of tasks, rather than as scripts on VMs. This difference is the key to Mint’s unmatched performance and developer experience.

What we cover here is what the “Deepfake maker” can make and obscure whether the content is original or AI-made.

As discussed in Components of engineering strategy, a complete engineering strategy has five components: explore, diagnose, refine (map & model), policy, and operation. However, it’s actually quite challenging to read a strategy document written that way. That’s an effective sequence for creating a strategy, but it’s a challenging sequence for those trying to quickly read and apply a strategy without necessarily wanting to understand the complete thinking behind each decision.

As cloud computing continues to evolve, businesses must adapt to harness the full potential of these developments.

With platform engineering at the helm, the future of cloud native development is poised for unprecedented growth and transformation.

Applied to the API landscape, a platform provides consistency for technology and workflows, which simplifies the developer experience for API consumers.

You might have heard of TLA+, but how do you use it for debugging? FizzBee is a new formal methods system that you can grasp in just a weekend.

DSNP establishes a shared social graph no longer dependent on a specific app or centralized platform.