In Work on what matters, I wrote about Hunter Walk’s idea of snacking: doing work that is easy to complete but low impact. The best story of my own snacking behaviors comes from my time at Stripe. I was focused on revamping the engineering organization’s approach to operating reliable software, and decided that it might also make sense to start an internal book club. It was, dear reader, not the right time to start a book club.

Microservices are frequently referred to as a variant or derivative of service-oriented architecture (SOA), if not essentially the same thing. While there

When Apple bought Dark Sky, it was apparent that the days for one of the best-designed, data-dense, and yet visually simple apps were numbered. It is a shame, considering Apple’s weather app …

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Hyperautomation may only be a buzzword, but automating business systems with AI is an important trend.

It’s imperative that we guarantee users freedom of movement across a diverse variety of worlds with a persistent digital identity.

Microprocessors are shaping up to be the crude oil of the 21st century..

As teams integrate ML/AI models into production systems running at-scale, they’re increasingly encountering a new obstacle: high GPU costs from running

The Postgres-compatible database and stream processor ingests data from multiple sources and delivers capabilities previously only found in batch-based systems.

Just like a veteran restaurant manager, developers must constantly scan our environment for cues of satisfaction and dissatisfaction.

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This post asks if we can remove Alpine from our PETAL stack. Can we do everything we need with just LiveView? Let's explore an area we can still improve.

It’s not difficult to see how distributed systems have enabled our connected, digital economy. But beware of the complexity.

In Critical Digital Services: An Under-Studied Safety-Critical Domain, John Allspaw asks: Critical digital services has yet to experience its “Three-Mile Island” event. Issuch an accident necessary…

The end of classical Computer Science is coming, and most of us are dinosaurs waiting for the meteor to hit.

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The internet’s file format has been diagnosed as “cringe,” but there are other threats to its existence.

Let’s take a look at how Apple has been so successful at making itself the default choice for many consumers.

Just as soon as the party invitation, funeral notice, or wedding announcement arrives, the familiar thoughts begin: Do I have to go? Will I be missed if I don’t? Is there any way to get out of this? Even when the summons comes from a close friend or beloved family member, there are often other […]

Cult-favorite Weatherscan TV service launched in 1999; hobbyists aim to keep it alive.

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While seemingly just a messaging app, WeChat is actually more of a portal, a platform, and even a mobile operating system depending on how you look at it. Much has been written about WeChat in the context of messaging app trends, but few outside of China really understand how it works -- and how it can pull off what for many companies (and countries) is still a far-off vision of a world managed entirely through our smartphones. Most notable, however, for anyone in the tech business is WeChat’s average revenue per user or ARPU, which is estimated to be at least $7 USD -- that’s 7X the ARPU of WhatsApp, the largest messaging platform in the world. How did WeChat do it? MORE

Video game development has become one of the toughest jobs in the world as developers are constantly trying to meet the demands of consumers.