Technology Commentary

Because they approach data from different perspectives, GraphQL can be a complementary technology to REST.

Unlock the power of real-time decision making with inference AI as we guide you through the complexities of model deployment, using the Gcore platform as your roadmap.

Lots of updates this week! First of all, my talk Is Software Engineering Real Engineering is now available online! It's the video version of the crossover...

AI can help you learn—but it needs to do a better job

Some time ago I wrote about video codecs and implementing GPU-accelerated video decoding in a DirectX application. The reason was that I found that the information may be out there, but it is diffi…

Deep dive into the problems video streaming sites face and how they can architect their infrastructure to manage the load.

Feature flagging and dynamic configuration tools are core to any software engineering team. They could be doing a much better job.

The barrier to entry has been creeping up steadily, and it's getting worse faster.

Paul Bakker, Java Platform at Netflix, Java Champion, and Co-Author of "Java 9 Modularity," presented How Netflix Really Uses Java at the 2023 QCon San Francisco conference. Bakker described the evolution of the architecture behind their movie application, introduced the GraphQL Federation, and described how Java is used at Netflix that includes plans to support JDK 21.

Learn why automation is indispensable for efficiently tackling complex and fast-paced incidents in today's digital landscape.

A simple introduction to an essential building block for differential privacy: how to select a value among many.

New Post: ADTs in TLA+ Using Abstract Data Types in TLA+. It's an adaptation of part of my TLAConf talk. It's also a lot more advanced than most of the...

First published February 2009. Some folks say, “But I can’t make big changes in small, safe steps.” I always, always can. Sometimes I can’t think of exactly how right now. Then I take bigger steps & if I fail, I figure out how. You don’t always have to take tiny steps, but they are always an option.

The Linux Foundation, BastionZero, and Docker believe OpenPubkey bolsters zero-trust passwordless authentication.

A real-time solution architecture using Redpanda and Aerospike to support millisecond latency bidding decisions.

Introduction Ever wondered what it’s like to intern as a software engineer at Slack? Picture yourself on the famous Ohana floor—the 61st floor of the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco— it is one of many privileges we had as interns. Not only did our experience with Slack’s Data Engineering team let us step onto the …

Hybrid work environments and the additional devices that employees must use to remain connected are straining networks like never before.

All that stuff about resilience, choice, and control? Yeah, we'll take them now please

Making the rounds for various podcast interviews, Adam Jacob is now laying out his vision for a tool that can transform DevOps. It's the product of years of development distilling what the 45-year-old software engineer has learned from a lifetime spent "building great tools for systems people."

You hear the phrase API platform a lot from vendors across the API space. It is just one of many phrases in the world of APIs that is more a funhouse of mirrors than actually a meaningful set of words we depend upon. Everyone wants to be a platform. At first glance, an API platform is an API-first way for delivering and maintaining the applications a company, organization, institution, or government agency needs to conduct business daily. However, due to the way venture capital fueled startups work today, an API platform has become a way of transferring value from operations by building on “their” platforms, rather than building and strengthening “your” platform as an enterprise organization.

Laugh-In creator George Schlatter finally gives his long-lost show Turn-On the official release it deserves. He loves that the internet noticed his white whale.

Your time matters. 1 hour of efficiency gain per day saves you 1 month per year. I’ll prove it to you: 1 hour per day x 5 days per week x 52 weeks = 260 hours saved per year 260 hours / 8 hours per day = 32.5 work days per year. That’s 1 month you could be closer to promotion, relaxing, or doing whatever the heck you want.