System Architecture

Are you mixing up privacy, security, and anonymity? Don't worry, it's more common than you might think! In this week's video we break down each term, so you can make educated decisions on what tools are best for you.

A deep dive where we unexpectedly discover how WebSockets cost us $1M/year in AWS spend and the quest for an efficient high-bandwidth, low-latency IPC.

Weeknotes 330: Building on last week's claim for embodied intelligence in robotics, this week's topic is immersive living intelligence, triggered by the new Amy Webb trend report. And many more.

The other day a mechanical engineer introduced me to the Hierarchy of Controls (HoC), an important concept in workplace safety. 1 (source) To protect people from hazards, system designers should seek to use the most effective controls available. This means elimination over substitution, substitution over engineering controls, etc. Can we use the Hierarchy of Controls in software engineering? Software environments are different than physical environments, but maybe there are some ideas worth extracting.

WireGuard: fast, modern, secure VPN tunnel

Exploration of using mechanisms provided by Elixir/OTP to build LLM powered applications

If you want one terminal that can be used anywhere, then the arrival of Warp for Windows is good news. David Eastman kicks the tires.

Selecting the right base image is crucial for securing Java applications in containerized environments.

Get started with the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

QPS out, depth in. DeepSearch is the new norm. Find answers through read-search-reason loops. Learn what it is and how to build it.

My hottest take is that multi-agents are a broken concept and should be avoided at all cost. My only caveat is PID controllers; A multi agent system that does a 3-step process that looks something like **Plan, Act, Verify** in a loop. That can work. Everything else is a devious plan to sell dev tools.

Quote, reply, and converse across the open web.

We're the HOC, a tech startup revolutionizing computing with massively parallel runtimes and processors using our HVM runtime and Bend programming language.

Explore services vs monoliths tradeoffs—when to start with services, avoid mono-repos, and keep complexity in check. Practical tips for your next build.

Bridging ORCID into the Fediverse

Stories of visionaries from the past, present, & future of responsible tech, and the science fiction that inspired them. Available now from Apress.

Strengthening Digital Infrastructure and Open Source Ecosystems in the Public Interest

Der Prototype Fund unterstützt Entwickler*innen dabei, ihre Open-Source-Software mit gesellschaftlichem Mehrwert zu entwickeln.

Part 3: System Strategies and Architecture

Infrastructure as Code, but actually

With edge-native computing and multiregion, multicloud, multi-edge deployments, we’ve entered the age of the location-independent nomadic apps.

How decentralizing cloud software could solve privacy risks, eliminate vendor lock-in, and create new opportunities for innovation.

On Bloat Rob Pike Brighter Tech Commonwealth Bank September 30, 2024

Former EA engineer Jeaye Wilkerson goes all-in on developing jank, a new programming language that combines Clojure's interactive nature with native compilation and minimal runtime requirements.

Every new medium looks to what has come before for guidance. Web design has taken cues from centuries of typography and graphic design. Web development has borrowed metaphors and ideas from the world of architecture. Let's take a tour of some of the most influential ideas from architecture that have crossed over into the web, from pattern languages to responsive design. Together we'll uncover how to build resilient, performant, accessible and beautiful structures that work with the grain of the materials of the web.