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A Walk along the Complexity-Performance Curve
Richard Startin explores the relationship between complexity and performance through the lens of recent improvements to the Java String class, visiting continuous profiling and some assembly code.
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Borderless Cloud: Designing, Implementing, and Securing Apps across Multiple Clouds
Adora Nwodo explores the complexities of seamlessly integrating multiple clouds into an application's architecture, deployment processes, and CI/CD pipelines.
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Powering User Experiences with Streaming Dataflow
Alana Marzoev discusses the fundamentals of streaming dataflow and the architecture of ReadySet, a streaming dataflow system designed specifically for operational workloads.
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Practical Benchmarking: How to Detect Performance Changes in Noisy Results
Matt Fleming provides tips for understanding noise, where it comes, and techniques for fighting it, plus some anecdotes and real-life examples from the world of open-source.
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Navigators: Decentralizing Decisions and Empowering ICs at Carta
Shawna Martell and Dan Fike discuss why Carta started the Navigators program, how they formed their initial group, what they’ve learned so far, and how to leverage a similar program.
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A Zero Trust Future for Applications: Practical Implementation and Pitfalls
Ashish Rajan shares a practical guide to working on zero trust, exploring where it fails before it starts and where engineers should see quick wins. Surprisingly, the answer is not really DevSecOps.
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Flawed ML Security: Mitigating Security Vulnerabilities in Data & Machine Learning Infrastructure with MLSecOps
Adrian Gonzalez-Martin introduces the motivations and the importance of security in data & ML infrastructure through a set of practical examples showcasing "Flawed Machine Learning Security".
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Small Actions, Big Impact: Catalyzing Change in Groups
Eb Ikonne discusses expanding informal authority within groups and organizations, how small actions at the individual level can liberate team members, and fostering high-performing work environments.
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Lessons Learned in the Financial Market about Performance and Observability in Front-End Projects
Jessica Felix discusses how to navigate the intricate balance between performance and observability, and the challenges of maintaining equilibrium.
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Efficient DevSecOps Workflows with a Little Help from AI
Michael Friedrich tells a story about experienced pain points, wasted hours debugging and solving, and learning how a little help from AI makes DevSecOps workflows efficient again.
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Unveiling the Tech Underpinning FinTech's Revolution
Wojtek Ptak, Andrzej Grzesik discuss how to avoid wasting time, problems of scaling architecture, imposing constraints and restrictions, and practical tips for increasing collaboration and ownership.
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Zero Waste, Radical Magic, and Italian Graft – Quarkus Efficiency Secrets
Holly Cummins discusses some of the technical underpinnings of Quarkus’s efficiency, providing advice for those using or considering Quarkus.