System Architecture

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The veritable Kafka real-time data processing platform is replacing its distributed-system consensus engine for a snappier "real time" quorum-based controller, called KRaft.

Before embarking on an automation journey, consider making a concerted effort around these five focus areas to drive long-term success.

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

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System Initiative, a US company co-founded in 2019 by Chef inventor Adam Jacob along with ex-Chef Chief of Staff Mahir Lupinacci, has released a private beta of its first product, also called System Initiative, which lets developers simulate, validate and deploy cloud applications. In an introductory video Jacob described the product as “an intelligent automation […]

If the datacenter is the computer – and it certainly is for hundreds of companies comprising somewhere well north of half of server sales worldwide – then

System Initiative (SI) released a private beta of a platform to reimagine how DevOps processes are constructed and maintained.

I recently caught up with a pal who happens to be working at the center of the AI storm. This person is one of the very few folks in this industry whose point of view I explicitly trust: They&#8217…

DDEV, a Docker-based PHP development environments allows developers to set up their workspaces in minutes.

By planning how you are going to organize your data, you can improve performance, reduce errors and make analysis easier for everyone.

We have the tools to build a greener Internet, one app at a time.

At last you can pick a dedicated host to run your Amazonian workload

Home of the Matrix specification for decentralised communication

Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication

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Spreading out the load over cores.

Talk transcript on various patterns that slowly influence how teams deal with reliability, and highlight some of the key interactions and behaviors I keep finding work well in the organizations I've been part of.

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Integrating an infrastructure bill of materials with a traditional software bill of materials could redefine how we manage business applications.

Veilid Framework is a project by cDc and friends.

Both Erlang and Elixir offer developers unique ways to program always-available and highly concurrent systems, but sometimes developers need to choose one or the other. In this tutorial, we examine the Erlang vs. Elixir argument, exploring each language's strengths and possible limitations.

We dive into how local-first apps provide a better user experience while increasing resiliency and responsiveness and improving security.

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With fewer resources to manage than the cloud pioneers can offer, you get into that new cluster much faster.