What I Learned About Going Fast at eBay and Google
Insights on accelerating development at tech giants through technology, people, and processes. Explores strategies for maintaining innovation and velocity in large-scale Internet operations.
Deep Dive into the Cloud Native Open Source with NetflixOSS
Explore NetflixOSS's cloud-native open source architecture, focusing on scalability, resilience, and microservices. Learn from Netflix's pioneering approach to building robust, distributed systems for streaming at scale.
Deep Dive into the Big Data Landscape
Explore the evolving Big Data landscape, including Hadoop, NoSQL, Spark, and SQL-based options. Learn about trends, tools, and technologies for solving complex data problems at scale.
A Retake on the Agile Manifesto
Experts revisit the Agile Manifesto, discussing its impact, evolution, and future of software development methodologies 13 years after its creation. Insights on agility vs. commercialized "Agile" solutions.
UX for Mobile
Explore visual processing, attention limits, and mobile device impact on cognition. Learn how brain quirks influence software design for small screens and our evolving relationship with technology.
Event Sourcing
Explore event sourcing's benefits, challenges, and applications in software architecture. Learn when to use it, common misconceptions, and how it can transform problem-solving approaches.
Sonic Pi - Teaching Kids with Music Programming
Explore how Sonic Pi uses music programming on Raspberry Pi to teach computer science concepts to students, blending creativity with coding for an engaging learning experience.
Responding in a Timely Manner
Explore design patterns and algorithms for building responsive systems that meet predictable response time guarantees, regardless of load or dataset size, even during burst traffic and partial failures.
Fitting the Model
Exploring SoundCloud's use of Cassandra's storage models for activity streams, emphasizing the importance of understanding database disk operations alongside data modeling.
Designing for Rapid Release
Explore architectural patterns for enabling rapid, frequent software releases, focusing on system design constraints and strategies to overcome them in pursuit of Continuous Delivery.
Disband the Deployment Army
Explore strategies to reduce deployment risks, improve system reliability, and achieve zero-downtime deployments. Learn to manage technical and compliance risks while optimizing operational practices.
100% Big Data - 0% Hadoop - 0% Java
Explore alternative approaches to handling large, unstructured data without Hadoop or Java. Learn practical tools and techniques for collecting, mining, storing, and provisioning big data efficiently.
Continuous Delivery - The Dirty Details
Explore continuous delivery's impact on software release cycles, version management, team structure, and risk mitigation. Learn practical takeaways from Etsy's experience to apply to your own engineering teams.
The Inner Workings of the Chakra Javascript Engine
Explore the architecture, design principles, and performance optimizations of Microsoft's Chakra Javascript engine used in Internet Explorer, including JIT compilation, security, and garbage collection.
Running Netflix on Cassandra in the Cloud
Explore Netflix's transition to cloud-based architecture using Cassandra, covering automation, scalability, and performance optimization techniques for large-scale distributed systems.
Multi-touch UI - A Touchy Subject
Exploring multi-touch UI trends, interaction models, and design considerations for various devices. Covers emerging technologies, user experience techniques, and challenges in gesture-based interfaces.
Mythbusting Modern Hardware to Gain Mechanical Sympathy
Demystifying modern hardware components for developers to optimize software performance, covering CPUs, memory, networking, and storage I/O.
Runaway Complexity in Big Data Systems and a Plan to Stop It
Explore strategies to combat complexity in big data systems, focusing on immutability, the Lambda Architecture, and a combination of batch and real-time processing for more efficient data management.
Playframework - Real Time Web for Java & the JVM
Explore Play framework's real-time web capabilities, reactive programming model, and scalable architecture for building modern Java applications on the JVM.
Support Offline Mobile Web Apps with HTML5 APIs
Explore HTML5 APIs for offline mobile web app functionality, including AppCache, Web Storage, Web SQL, and IndexedDB, to enable seamless user interaction without network connectivity.
Webs of Data
Explore the potential of connected information beyond traditional web applications, and learn how emerging technologies are reshaping data integration and global identity.