Technology Commentary

Don MacVittie asks, 'Do you really need all the functionality of a platform, or will a single tool suffice?'

In this 3-part webinar series, Isovalent developers tell the story of how and why eBPF was created, how eBPF works and how Cilium was born.

The photos appeared on the web in late February. Taken with a smartphone, they were a bit washed out and a little blurry in places, but you could easily make out the name on the back of the mystery computing device. "Pluto Switch," it said.

For a decade, Google has been building the networking equipment that runs its online empire in secret. Today, it's raising the curtain.

What your vendor tells you about compression and deduplication capabilities may not be accurate. Learn why.

Findings show that code quality is better across the board and developers felt more confident, too.

Because they approach data from different perspectives, GraphQL can be a complementary technology to REST.

Unlock the power of real-time decision making with inference AI as we guide you through the complexities of model deployment, using the Gcore platform as your roadmap.

Lots of updates this week! First of all, my talk Is Software Engineering Real Engineering is now available online! It's the video version of the crossover...

AI can help you learn—but it needs to do a better job

Some time ago I wrote about video codecs and implementing GPU-accelerated video decoding in a DirectX application. The reason was that I found that the information may be out there, but it is diffi…

Deep dive into the problems video streaming sites face and how they can architect their infrastructure to manage the load.

Feature flagging and dynamic configuration tools are core to any software engineering team. They could be doing a much better job.

The barrier to entry has been creeping up steadily, and it's getting worse faster.

Paul Bakker, Java Platform at Netflix, Java Champion, and Co-Author of "Java 9 Modularity," presented How Netflix Really Uses Java at the 2023 QCon San Francisco conference. Bakker described the evolution of the architecture behind their movie application, introduced the GraphQL Federation, and described how Java is used at Netflix that includes plans to support JDK 21.

Learn why automation is indispensable for efficiently tackling complex and fast-paced incidents in today's digital landscape.

A simple introduction to an essential building block for differential privacy: how to select a value among many.

New Post: ADTs in TLA+ Using Abstract Data Types in TLA+. It's an adaptation of part of my TLAConf talk. It's also a lot more advanced than most of the...

First published February 2009. Some folks say, “But I can’t make big changes in small, safe steps.” I always, always can. Sometimes I can’t think of exactly how right now. Then I take bigger steps & if I fail, I figure out how. You don’t always have to take tiny steps, but they are always an option.

The Linux Foundation, BastionZero, and Docker believe OpenPubkey bolsters zero-trust passwordless authentication.

A real-time solution architecture using Redpanda and Aerospike to support millisecond latency bidding decisions.

Introduction Ever wondered what it’s like to intern as a software engineer at Slack? Picture yourself on the famous Ohana floor—the 61st floor of the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco— it is one of many privileges we had as interns. Not only did our experience with Slack’s Data Engineering team let us step onto the …