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Dynamics of Change: Why Reactivity Matters
Tame the dynamics of change by centralizing each concern in its own module.
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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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Debugging Distributed Systems
ShiViz is a new distributed system debugging visualization tool.
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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 Hidden Dividends of Microservices
Microservices aren't for every company, and the journey isn't easy.
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Should You Upload or Ship Big Data to the Cloud?
The accepted wisdom does not always hold true.
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The Small Batches Principle
Reducing waste, encouraging experimentation, and making everyone happy.
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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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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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Schema.org: Evolution of Structured Data on the Web
Big data makes common schemas even more necessary.
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The Verification of a Distributed System
A practitioner's guide to increasing confidence in system correctness.
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Time Is an Illusion Lunchtime Doubly So
Ford Prefect to Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Non-Volatile Storage
Implications of the datacenter's shifting center.
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Immutability Changes Everything
We need it, we can afford it, and the time is now.
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