A collection of information about the PagerDuty incident response process. Not only how to prepare new employees for on-call responsibilities, but also how to handle major incidents, both in preparation and after-work.
Apache Geode — Performance is key. Consistency is a must.
Apache Geode is a distributed, in-memory database with strong data consistency, built to support transactional applications with low latency and high concurrency needs.
One of the medium-term possibilities we’re seriously considering forNTPsec is moving the entire codebase out of C into a language with nobuffer overrun...
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The seven stages of denial (that a robot will take your job)
From an excerpt of Kevin Kelly's recent book, The Inevitable, a list of the Seven Stages of Robot Replacement: 1. A robot/computer cannot possibly do the tasks I do. 2. [Later.] OK, it can do a lot of those tasks, but
In my role at Spirent as a senior product manager for automation, much of my time is concerned with our traffic generator products, their APIs, the surrounding languages and operating systems, and various pieces of supporting software. However, a new
Picos are a natural way to build microservices. This post presents the results of an experiment we ran to see how the new Pico Engine performs when placed under surge loading that simulates BYU's priority registration.
Luxury goods are only consumed when we've got enough. You shouldn't go shopping for a Birkin bag with your last dollar. It's easy to believe that kindness is like that. We …
What’s the best record an NFL team could have and still miss the playoffs?
The New England Patriots finished the regular season 14–2, earning the top seed in the AFC playoffs. There was never much doubt that the Pats, led by...
Architecture for the Apocalypse: NYC as a Heritage Site | Urbanist
As the seas rise, New York City’s future is in doubt. This proposal turns it into a heritage site with a large sand barrier and towering concrete wall.