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Now That We Can Write Simultaneously, How Do We Use That to Our Advantage?
Word processors now make it possible for many authors to work on the same document concurrently. But what can they actually do?
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Small-Data Computing: Correct Calculator Arithmetic
Rounding errors are usually avoidable, and sometimes we can afford to avoid them.
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Research For Practice: Tracing and Debugging Distributed Systems; Programming By Examples
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The Debugging Mind-Set
Understanding the psychology of learning strategies leads to effective problem-solving skills.
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MongoDB's Javascript Fuzzer
The fuzzer is for those edge cases that your testing did not catch.
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Are You Load Balancing Wrong?
Anyone can use a load balancer. Using it properly is much more difficult.
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BBR: Congestion-Based Congestion Control
Measuring bottleneck bandwidth and round-trip propagation time.
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The Power of Babble
Expect to be constantly and pleasantly befuddled.
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Scaling Synchronization in Multicore Programs
Advanced synchronization methods can boost the performance of multicore software.
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Research For Practice: Distributed Consensus and Implications of NVM on Database Management Systems
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research for practitioners.
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Introducing Research For Practice
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The Singular Success of SQL
SQL has a brilliant future as a major figure in the pantheon of data representations.
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The Flame Graph
This visualization of software execution is a new necessity for performance profiling and debugging.
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More Encryption Means Less Privacy
Retaining electronic privacy requires more political engagement.
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Schema.org: Evolution of Structured Data on the Web
Big data makes common schemas even more necessary.
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