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Introducing Research For Practice
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.
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Bad Software Architecture Is a People Problem
When people don't work well together they make bad decisions.
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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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Nine Things I Didn't Know I Would Learn Being an Engineer Manager
Many of the skills aren't technical at all.
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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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Standing on Distributed Shoulders of Giants
Farsighted physicists of yore were danged smart!
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Borg, Omega, and Kubernetes
Lessons learned from three container-management systems over a decade.
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More Encryption Means Less Privacy
Retaining electronic privacy requires more political engagement.
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How SysAdmins Devalue Themselves
How to lose friends and alienate coworkers.
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A Purpose-Built Global Network: Google's Move to SDN
A discussion with Amin Vahdat, David Clark, and Jennifer Rexford.
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The Paradox of Autonomy and Recognition
Thoughts on trust and merit in software team culture.
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Automation Should Be Like Iron Man, Not Ultron
The "Leftover Principle" requires increasingly more highly skilled humans.
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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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Non-Volatile Storage
Implications of the datacenter's shifting center.
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How to De-Identify Your Data
Balancing statistical accuracy and subject privacy in large social-science datasets.
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Lean Software Development: Building and Shipping Two Versions
Catering to developers' strengths while still meeting team objectives.
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Dismantling the Barriers to Entry
We have to choose to build a Web that is accessible to everyone.
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