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Hey, it's HighScalability time: A complete and accurate demonstration of the internals of a software system.If you like this sort of Stuff then please support me on Patreon. * 79: podcasts for developers; 100 million: daily voice calls made on WhatsApp; 2,000; cars Tesla builds each week;
Strategy
There’s a war between two visions of how the ubiquitous AI assisted future will be rendered: on the cloud or on the device. And as with any great drama it helps the story along if we have two archetypal antagonists. On the cloud side we have Google. On the
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Hey, it's HighScalability time: You've seen the Netflix Death Star microservices map. Here's a map of microbes conversing on your skin.If you like this sort of Stuff then please support me on Patreon. * 4281: # of unread articles in my HackerNews feed; 23%: of
Example
This article will touch upon how Kraken.io built and scaled an image optimization platform which serves millions of requests per day, with the goal of maintaining high performance at all times while keeping costs as low as possible. We present our infrastructure as it is in its current state
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Who's Hiring? IT Security Engineering. At Gusto we are on a mission to create a world where work empowers a better life. As Gusto's IT Security Engineer you'll shape the future of IT security and compliance. We're looking for a strong IT
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Who's Hiring? Site Reliability Engineer Manager. We at Spotify are looking for an engineering leader (Chapter Lead) to manage the NYC part of the Site Reliability Engineering team. This team works with the infrastructure that powers the music service used by millions of users, built by hundreds of
Book
This is a guest post from Vlad Mihalcea the author of the High-Performance Java Persistence book, on the notion of performance and scalability in enterprise systems. An enterprise application needs to store and retrieve as much data and as fast as possible. In application performance management, the two most important
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Well, not exactly Fishin', but I'll be on a month long vacation starting today. I won't be posting (much) new content, so we'll all have a break. Disappointing, I know. Please use this time for quiet contemplation and other inappropriate activities. See you
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Hey, it's HighScalability time: The Universe in one image (Pablo Budassi). Imagine an ancient being leaning over, desperately scrying to figure out what they have wrought.If you like this sort of Stuff then please consider offering your support on Patreon. * 50 minutes: Facebook daily average use; 1.
Web Design
With conversion optimization on the rise, it is a great idea to look into case studies which help you learn and adopt them to your personal needs positively. To find the material on conversion optimization you need from case studies, here are some few pointers: * Find out which case studies
cloud
Where’s the magic? [Amazon] The databasing and streaming and syncing infrastructure we build on is pretty slick, but that’s not the secret. The management tools are nifty, too; but that’s not it either. It’s