BT

InfoQ Software Architects' Newsletter

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect.

View an example

We protect your privacy.

Facilitating the Spread of Knowledge and Innovation in Professional Software Development

Write for InfoQ

Logo - Back to homepage

News Articles Presentations Podcasts Guides

Topics

Development

Featured in Development

How to Compute Without Looking: A Sneak Peek into Secure Multi-Party Computation

This article shows how you can compute a function across multiple parties that do not trust each other without forcing them to share their individual inputs. This technique can be used to split secrets among parties, perform logical operations, or count votes in a way that ensures data privacy is preserved.

All in development

Architecture & Design

Featured in Architecture & Design

OpenSearch Cluster Topologies for Cost Saving Autoscaling

Amitai Stern discusses cost-saving autoscaling topologies for OpenSearch. He explains the inherent challenges in autoscaling unstructured data systems like OpenSearch and Elasticsearch, using analogies to illustrate the complexities beyond simply adding nodes. He shares architectural patterns (burst indexes, burst clusters) to optimize resource utilization and handle fluctuating loads effectively.

All in architecture-design

AI Infrastructure

Featured in AI, ML & Data Engineering

Navigating LLM Deployment: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

Meryem Arik shares best practices for self-hosting LLMs in corporate environments, highlighting the importance of cost efficiency and performance optimization. She details quantized models, batching, and workload optimizations to improve LLM serving. Insights cover model selection and infrastructure consolidation, emphasizing the differences between enterprise and large-scale AI lab deployments.

All in ai-ml-data-eng

Culture & Methods

Featured in Culture & Methods

Making Change Stick: Lessons Learned From Helping Teams Improve at the Co-Op

Neil Vass discusses Co-op's unique 180-year history and its impact on modern software development practices within the organization. He explains the evolution of Co-op Digital, from its early adoption of agile principles inspired by GDS to its current challenges in scaling and sustaining effective ways of working across diverse teams.

All in culture-methods

DevOps

Featured in DevOps

Checklist for Kubernetes in Production: Best Practices for SREs

This article provides SREs with a checklist for managing Kubernetes in production environments. It identifies common challenges including resource management, workload placement, high availability, health probes, storage, monitoring, and cost optimization. By implementing consistent GitOps automation across these areas, teams can significantly reduce complexity, and prevent downtime.

All in devops

Events

Helpful links

Choose your language

Discover emerging trends, insights, and real-world best practices in software development & tech leadership. Join now.

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston

Learn how senior software developers are solving the challenges you face. Register now with early bird tickets.

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich

Learn practical solutions to today's most pressing software challenges. Register now with early bird tickets.

QCon San Francisco

Explore insights, real-world best practices and solutions in software development & leadership. Register now.

InfoQ Homepage Interviews Tom Limoncelli on DevOps and Automation

Tom Limoncelli on DevOps and Automation

Download

21:59

Bio

Tom is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and system administrator. His new book, The Practice of Cloud System Administration, (http://the-cloud-book.com) launched last year. He works in New York City at Stack Exchange, home of ServerFault.com and StackOverflow.com. Previously he's worked at small and large companies including Google, Bell Labs / Lucent, AT&T.

About the conference

Software is Changing the World. QCon empowers software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the developer community. A practitioner-driven conference, QCon is designed for technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers who influence innovation in their teams.

Sep 25, 2015

Interview with

Tom Limoncelli

by

Barry Burd

BT