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Development

Rebuilding Prime Video UI with Rust and WebAssembly

Alexandru Ene features details of a new UI SDK in Rust for Prime Video that targets living room devices.

All in development

Architecture & Design

Applying Flow Metrics to Design Resilient Microservices

Software design with resilience is an acknowledgement to the reality that everything fails. We put metrics in place to help us detect and resolve such problems and failures. Flow metrics, commonly used to measure how well teams deliver software, can be used to measure and improve system resilience.

AI Infrastructure

AI in the Age of Climate Change

Nischal HP discusses the critical role of data credibility in combating greenwashing and enabling effective climate action. He shares how technology can be used to create verifiable data on carbon sequestration, empowering farmers and corporations to participate in carbon markets.

All in ai-ml-data-eng

Culture & Methods

A Platform Engineering Journey: Copy and Paste Deployments to Full GitOps

Jemma Hussein Allen explains practical approaches to CI/CD, GitOps, and team collaboration, aimed at enhancing the software development lifecycle. She highlights the benefits of automation, the importance of clear responsibilities, and the positive impact of psychological safety on team performance and project outcomes.

All in culture-methods

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.