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Hey, it's HighScalability time: It was a game of drones. If you like this sort of Stuff then please support me on Patreon. * Half a trillion: Apple’s cash machine; 4,000-5,000: collected data points per adult in US; 10 million: gallons of gas UPS saves turning
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This is guest post by Sergei Sheinin, creator of the 2DX Web UI Database Cluster Framework, a low latency big data cluster with in-memory noSQL DBMS Web Browser client. When I began working in the field of data management the disconnect between rigid structure of relational database tables and free
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This is a guest repost by Ken Fromm, a 3x tech co-founder — Vivid Studios, Loomia, and Iron.io. Here's Part 1. Job processing at scale at high concurrency across a distributed infrastructure is a complicated feat. There are many components involvement — servers and controllers to process and monitor
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Hey, it's HighScalability time: We live in interesting times. F/A-18 Super Hornets Launch drone swarm. If you like this sort of Stuff then please support me on Patreon. * 100 billion: words needed to train large networks; 73,653: hard drives at Backblaze; 300 GB hour: raw 4k
This is a guest post by Tony Branson. Performance, scalability, and HA are often used interchangeably, and any confusion about them can result in unrealistic metrics and deployment delays. It is important to invest your time and understand the differences among these three approaches before you invest your money in
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Who's Hiring? * GoCardless is building the payments network for the internet. We’re looking for DevOps Engineers to help scale our infrastructure so that the thousands of businesses using our service across Europe can take payments. You will be part of a small team that sets the direction
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This is a guest repost by Ken Fromm, a 3x tech co-founder — Vivid Studios, Loomia, and Iron.io. First I should mention that of course there are servers involved. I’m just using the term that popularly describes an approach and a set of technologies that abstracts job processing and
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Hey, it's HighScalability time: Tired of noisy drones? Use the same dedrone tech used at Davos. It's the future. If you like this sort of Stuff then please support me on Patreon. * 1+ trillion: messages Twitter handles per day; 695 million: Internet users in China; >
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Hey, it's HighScalability time: Absolutely. Do we agree that the cerebellum is amazingly beautiful? (@PeppeGanga) If you like this sort of Stuff then please support me on Patreon. * 900 GB: data stolen in Cellebrite hack; 99.24%: users identified by cross-browser fingerprinting; 72%: intend to migrate to a
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Who's Hiring? * Contentful is looking for a JavaScript BackEnd Engineer to join our team in their mission of getting new users - professional developers - started on our platform within the shortest time possible. We are a fun and diverse family of over 100 people from 35 nations
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After many days of rain one lane of this two lane road collapsed into the canyon. It's been out for a month and it will be many more months before it will be fixed. Thanks to Google maps way too many drivers take this once sleepy local road.
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Hey, it's HighScalability time: So you think you're early to market! The Man Who Invented VR Goggles 50 Years Too Soon If you like this sort of Stuff then please support me on Patreon. * 99.9: Percent PCs cheaper than in 1980; 300x20 miles: California megaflood;