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Research for Practice: The DevOps Phenomenon
An executive crash course.
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Garbage Collection as a Joint Venture
A collaborative approach to reclaiming memory in heterogeneous software systems.
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Net Neutrality: Unexpected Solution to Blockchain Scaling
Cloud-delivery networks could dramatically improve blockchains' scalability, but clouds must be provably neutral first.
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Identity by Any Other Name
The complex cacophony of intertwined systems.
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CodeFlow: Improving the Code Review Process at Microsoft
A discussion with Jacek Czerwonka, Michaela Greiler, Christian Bird, Lucas Panjer, and Terry Coatta
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Using Remote Cache Service for Bazel
Save time by sharing and reusing build and test output.
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Research for Practice: Security for the Modern Age
Securely running processes that require the entire syscall interface.
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SQL Is No Excuse to Avoid DevOps
Automation and a little discipline allow better testing, shorter release cycles, and reduced business risk.
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Why SRE Documents Matter
How documentation enables SRE teams to manage new and existing services.
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Tracking and Controlling Microservice Dependencies
Dependency management is a crucial part of system and software design.
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The Mythos of Model Interpretability
In machine learning, the concept of interpretability is both important and slippery.
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Research for Practice: FPGAs in Datacenters
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.
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Consistently Eventual
For many data items, the work never settles on a value.
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Designing Cluster Schedulers for Internet-Scale Services
Embracing failures for improving availability.
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Thou Shalt Not Depend on Me
A look at JavaScript libraries in the wild.
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Canary Analysis Service
Automated canarying quickens development, improves production safety, and helps prevent outages.
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DevOps Delivers
The DevOps methodology has come of age in the past several years, and organizations are adopting key DevOps practices to transform their software practices.
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