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An Unbelievable Demo

Brendan Gregg

It was 2005, and I felt like I was in the eye of a hurricane. I'd seen some amazing technologies from Sun, but I'd never seen a developer on a world tour. Another difference was that there were few roles in Australia for engineers in 2005, unlike the US. You can't make this stuff up. But this would be no ordinary project.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

The answer can be found in the theory of economic rents, and in particular, in the kinds of rents that are collected by companies during different stages of the technology business cycle. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

This book is about the network, from fundamental limitations that affect performance to major innovations for building even more powerful browser applications. This book is about performance problems and the various technologies created to fight them. High Performance Browser Networking. Time is Money. The Art of SEO.

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A Year of Ongoing Excellence for Apica

Apica

When Apica appointed me as its CEO earlier this year, I was excited about the potential — the potential of our technology to help our customers, and also the potential of our company in the market. Since our founding in 2005, Apica has made steady progress as our tech has matured, our offerings have broadened, and our team has grown.

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The Return of the Frame Pointers

Brendan Gregg

2005-2023: The winter of broken profilers However, the change was then applied to x86-64 (64-bit) as well, which had sixteen registers and didn't benefit so much from a seventeenth. We may get there with future technologies I'll cover later. But I'd rather the cost be zero, of course!

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What Adrian Did Next?—?Part 3?—?eBay?—?2004 to 2007

Adrian Cockcroft

From a career point of view, I was looking for a change and decided to get out of the business of selling computers to big companies and figure out consumer oriented technology at eBay. It was a great opportunity to explore new technologies and broaden my experience.

Google 52
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5 Best WordPress Development Companies in India 2023

Official Blog - World Web Technology

World Web Technology World Web Technology is an India-based WordPress and WooCommerce Agency helping businesses to build their brands. They offer creative and effective web solutions using the most updated and advanced technology and tools. Details founded: 2005 employees: 200-250 hourly rates: $20- $25 clutch rating: 4.6 +91