As Twitter has moved from a monolithic to a distributed architecture, our scalability has increased dramatically. Because of this, the overall complexity of systems and their interactions has also escalated. This decomposition has led to Twitter managing hundreds of services across our datacenters.
The Man Who Would Build a Computer the Size of the Entire InternetGoogle runs its web empire on computers the size of warehouses.
Should you build it if nobody comes?Not long ago I received an E-mail from an energetic and talented developer who was tackling an ambitious software project. He asked if I had any advice to pass along. It all came flooding back. The daydreams. Springing out of bed in the dead of night because an idea can't wait.
The Big Calculator Gone CrazyIn this article I'm going to discuss a problem few people think of. Computer simulation of various processes becomes more and more widespread.
Why I don’t use a Parser GeneratorParser generators, like ANTLR or Bison, seem like great tools. Yet when I have to write a parser I now tend to steer clear of them, resorting to writing one manually. When I posted my first entry about Cloverleaf I was asked why I don’t use these tools.
NSA: Possibly breaking US laws, but still bound by laws of computational complexityUpdate (Sept. 9): Reading more about these things, and talking to friends who are experts in applied cryptography, has caused me to do the unthinkable, and change my mind somewhat.
for-GET/know-your-http-well · GitHubHTTP headers, media types, methods, relations and status codes, all summarized and linking to their specification. Just take a look at ./json/*.json.
Homegrown DevOps Tools at Stack ExchangeA lot of tools available in IT/Sysadmin/Ops/DevOps are disappointing: They don’t fit your environment. They lack features or our designed for a different sort of environment (i.
Easy 6502In this tiny ebook I’m going to show you how to get started writing 6502 assembly language. The 6502 processor was massive in the seventies and eighties, powering famous computers like the BBC Micro, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Apple II, and the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Putting Absolutely Everything in Version ControlContinuous delivery is the natural extension of continuous integration (CI). While the latter aims at running builds after each check-in to provide developers with immediate feedback, continuous delivery has a more sweeping goal.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.