Most web-based services begin as a collection of front-end application servers paired with databases used to manage data storage. As they grow, the databases are augmented with caches to store frequently-read pieces of data and improve site performance.
TechnologyWhen you have millions of products for sale and you have an algorithmic and dynamic pricing system for price changes on those products, what can possibly go wrong when advertising them?
A Gentle Introduction to Application Security - Paragon Initiative EnterpriThere's lots of different types of developers you're going to need to work with over the span of your career in the software business, but the one I want to talk about today is the kind you need when you're trying to build something new.
If You Haven't Done It Before, All Bets Are OffI've been on one side or the other of most approaches to managing software development: from hyper-detailed used of specs and flowcharts to variants of agile to not having any kind of planning or scheduling at all.
REST isn't what you think it is, and that's OKEveryone says they have a REST (or RESTful or REST-like) API. Twitter does, Facebook does, as does Twilio and Gowalla and even Google. However, by the actual, original definition, none of them are truly RESTful. But that’s OK, because your API shouldn’t be either.
We’re struggling to get traction with SSL because it’s still a “premium service”The web is going HTTPS only. In theory. The idea is that unless we encrypt all the transport things, we can have no confidence in the confidentiality, integrity or authenticity of the traffic and services we’re talking to.
Oracle blogger: No, you can't look at our code.Oracle blogger: No, you can't look at our code. (blogs.oracle.com) What an arrogance! They run their software on BILLIONS of devices and new vulnerabilities are discovered nearly daily, wether they want it or not.
The technology behind preview photosFirst impressions matter, whether you're on a first date, in a job interview, or just choosing new decorations for your house. Some of the first things you see when you visit someone's profile or page on Facebook are the pictures.
Router redirecting to unwanted Adobe Flash update malware site - Moon Virus?Bear with me, for now this will be a tiny post, a placeholder, but I am looking for feedback, ideas, comments and I will keep this post updated.
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.