System Architecture

Companies have been working for years to pull together block, file, and object storage under a single umbrella, giving enterprises that are at times

Mitigating security issues in microservices and APIs requires putting strong authentication mechanisms in place.

Layer 2 Data Link connectivity provides low latency while Layer 3 Network Link offers greater scalability. Which is the right one for your workloads? Nokia has some answers.

A look at what decentralized identity is and how companies should prepare for the change it will usher in.

Why use it? How does it work?

Google Authenticator now syncs one-time codes with your account, so you're not stuck if you lose your device..

Programming isn't about mindlessly typing away on a keyboard. There is an aesthetic quality that comes with approaching a problem.

This paper by Henrik Thovtrup and Jakob Nielsen illustrates how user interface standards can be hard to use for developers. Two experiments demonstrate that compliance with standards is limited in both laboratory and corporate settings.

IBM Documentation.

IBM Documentation.

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Who are you, or rather, who does the algorithm think you are? If we form our identities by the information we receive, it is uncertain how much of who we are is constituted by an algorithm. Do algorithms determine what we find meaningful?

API calls require authorization. How do you select the best authorization mechanism? This post lists the different authorization options and answers which mechanism is the best!

Want to make sure you're not taking money from criminals? There's an API for it.

It’s tempting to stuff time series data into the familiar Postgres or MySQL database, but that’s a bad idea for many reasons.

The future of the internet. Who's working on improving protocols, systems, and tools? What is IPFS and why is it important? How does it affect security?

A repository of reviews and analysis of the architecture of open source systems

In Age of Empires the time to complete each simulation step varies greatly: the rendering time changes if the user is watching units, scrolling, or sitting over

The age of 5G is here. And with it, comes a techno-fuelled promise to change how we talk, work, and live.

Did you know that ground stations transmit signals to satellites 22,236 miles above the equator in geostationary orbits, and that those signals are then beamed down to the entire North American subcontinent? Satellite radios today serve hundreds of channels across 9,540,000 square miles. Unless you’re working at a secret military facility, deep underground, you can …

As stated in my last post Storm in a teapot, DataPortability.org has started a DIY project of the month on rel=me. First off, a bit of background about rel=me (rel is short for relationship), XFN, …