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Development

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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.

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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.

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AI Infrastructure

Featured in AI, ML & Data Engineering

Beyond Chatbots: Architecting Domain-Specific Generative AI for Operational Decision-Making

This article explores the use of domain-specific Generative AI, models that understand operational constraints, real-world dynamics, and business rules to generate executable strategies, not just text descriptions. These models require significantly smaller datasets and fewer parameters, making them cost-effective while enabling AI-driven core business decision intelligence at scale.

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Culture & Methods

Featured in Culture & Methods

Bringing a Product Mindset to an Infrastructure Platform Team

Stéphane Di Cesare discusses DKB's experience introducing a product mindset within their platform team, explaining their definition of a platform team, the rationale behind the shift, and their journey including challenges, goals, and key learnings around user value, platform definition, maturity models, and effective communication strategies for senior software developers and engineering leaders.

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DevOps

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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.

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DevOps

Real-Time Performance Analysis of Data-Processing Pipelines with Spring Cloud Data Flow, Micrometer

Christian Tzolov and Sabby Anandan demonstrate how to consistently produce structured metrics to Prometheus, and how to visualize them with dashboards such as Grafana.

Christian Tzolov Sabby Anandan
on Mar 04, 2020

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01:11:54
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Kafka Needs No Keeper

Colin McCabe talks about the ongoing effort to replace the use of Zookeeper in Kafka: why they want to do it and how it will work.

Colin McCabe
on Mar 03, 2020

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43:52
Culture & Methods

The System of Profound Knowledge

Ben Rockwood talks about the System of Profound Knowledge, a modern system that sets forth a pattern of thinking that the society is still trying to fully implement.

Ben Rockwood
on Mar 03, 2020

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51:11
Development

Helm 3: A Mariner's Delight

Lachlan Evenson talks through differences from the Helm of yore, tips for a successful rollout or upgrade, and opportunities to shape a project’s future.

Lachlan Evenson
on Mar 03, 2020

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49:38
DevOps

DevOps & Lean Thinking Panel

The panelists discuss the latest trends and processes in DevOps & Lean Thinking.

Cat Swetel Ben Rockwood Damon Edwards
on Mar 02, 2020

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44:37
Web Development

Declarative APIs in an Imperative World

Tilde Thurium explains problems the Atom Editor team came across when they started using React as their UI framework, as well as the solutions they came up with.

Tilde Thurium
on Mar 02, 2020

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40:16
Culture & Methods

Leadership at Every Level: Practices for Aligned Autonomy

Matthew Philip connects the philosophy of intent-based leadership with practices that enable one to realize the benefits of aligned autonomy, regardless of where it is found in the org chart.

Matthew Philip
on Mar 01, 2020

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58:34
Culture & Methods

Agile 18 Years Later

Jason Little explores patterns of the last 18 years using data from all 13 Version One State of Agile surveys and opinionates that Agile has evolved as any other set of ideas.

Jason Little
on Mar 01, 2020

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59:34
Culture & Methods

When Transformation Transforms You

Fernando Sánchez shares his experience taking a step forward and investing into the digital transformation of a fashion retailer.

Fernando Sánchez
on Mar 01, 2020

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43:02
Culture & Methods

Maps and Organization

Ramon van Alteren discusses the need to introduce and follow a doctrine when mapping an organization.

Ramon van Alteren
on Mar 01, 2020

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18:45
.NET

Have Your Pi and Eat It Too: .NET Core on Raspberry Pi

Cam Soper demonstrates the possibilities of .NET Core, including ASP.NET Core and Web API, on an IoT device.

Cam Soper
on Feb 28, 2020

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48:46
DevOps

Portable Pipelines

Carlos Leon enlists some of the best practices to make a pipeline portable from one tool to the other and make it testable from a local environment.

Carlos Leon
on Feb 28, 2020

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