The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 20, 2019

The most important value of hack days is that they support a culture of innovation. By Abi Seshadri and Rachel Rivera You can also check out highlights from our past events: November 2018 , March 2018 , August 2017 , January 2017 , May 2016 , November 2015 , March 2015 , February 2014 & August 2014. Netflix Studio Hack Day?—?May

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Dynatrace

JULY 31, 2020

OpenTracing became a CNCF project back in 2016, with a goal of providing a vendor-agnostic specification for distributed tracing, offering developers the ability to trace a request from start to finish by instrumenting their code. Usually, competition is a good thing for end-users since it breeds innovation.

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Dynatrace

MARCH 13, 2024

NIS2 is an evolution of the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Security Directive, which has been in effect since 2016. The sheer volume of new critical vulnerabilities that teams must investigate to determine reporting can divert resources away from innovation. Simultaneously, there is a shortage of application security skills.

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All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Canada has set forth a bold innovation agenda grounded in entrepreneurship, scientific research, growing small and medium-sized businesses with a focus on environmentally friendly technologies, and the transition to a digital economy. in the coming year. The Canadian opportunity. AWS as your strategic cloud provider.

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng , Simon Ejdemyr , Stephanie Lane , Michael Lindon , and Colin McFarland This is the fifth post in a multi-part series on how Netflix uses A/B tests to inform decisions and continuously innovate on our products. Need to catch up? Have a look at Part 1 (Decision Making at Netflix), Part 2 (What is an A/B Test?),

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

However, it is still Day One, and a lot of innovation is underway in this world. The goal is that through the innovative work of students, Alexa users will experience novel, engaging conversational experiences. . Registration opened today and teams have until October 28, 2016 to submit their applications.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 15, 2021

OpenTracing became a CNCF project back in 2016, with the goal of providing a vendor-agnostic specification for distributed tracing, offering developers the ability to trace a request from start to finish by instrumenting their code. ” Usually, competition is a good thing for end-users since it breeds innovation. Read eBook now!

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The most important value of our Hack Days is that they support a culture of innovation. The goal is simple: experiment with new ideas/technologies, engage with colleagues across different disciplines, and have fun! We know even the silliest idea can spur something more. 2018 Netflix Hack Day?

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The most important value of our Hack Days is that they support a culture of innovation. The goal is simple: experiment with new ideas/technologies, engage with colleagues across different disciplines, and have fun! We know even the silliest idea can spur something more. 2018 Netflix Hack Day?

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DZone

MAY 23, 2019

Android now occupies the number one place in the global smartphone market, with a market share of 87% at the end of 2016. But the constant innovation that fuels this market has major problems in terms of the development and testing timelines. That means nine out of ten smartphones in the world run on Android.

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All Things Distributed

JUNE 20, 2017

Since then, AWS has added two more PoPs in Hong Kong, the latest in 2016. These companies include Cathay Pacific, CLSA, HSBC, Gibson Innovations, Kerry Logistics, Ocean Park, Next Digital, and TownGas. In 2008, AWS opened a point of presence (PoP) in Hong Kong to enable customers to serve content to their end users with low latency.

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CSS - Tricks

JANUARY 31, 2020

Every so often, the fruits of innovation bear fruit in the form of improvements to the foundational layers of the web. From 2016 (PDF warning) to 2019 , the average mobile download speed in the U.S. The post Innovation Can’t Keep the Web Fast appeared first on CSS-Tricks. has increased by 73%.

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All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We are also enabling some of the Nordics' most successful startups and gaming companies, such as: Bambora, Evolution Gaming, Hemnet, iZettle, KRY, LEO Innovation Lab, Lingit, Lunar Way, Mapillary, Mathem, Mojang, Paradox Interactive, Quinyx, Rovio, Supercell, Tidal, Trustpilot, Tink, and Vivino. Public sector.

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

One of my favorite parts of the week is being able to host three startup-focused sessions Thursday afternoon: The Startup Scene in 2016: a Visionary Panel [Thursday, 2:45PM]. AWS re:Invent is just over one week away—as I prepare to head to Vegas, I’m pumped up about the chance to interact with AWS-powered startups from around the world.

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Dynatrace

JULY 31, 2020

OpenTracing became a CNCF project back in 2016, with a goal of providing a vendor-agnostic specification for distributed tracing, offering developers the ability to trace a request from start to finish by instrumenting their code. As you can see, we now had two competing tracing frameworks , which were informally called “The Tracing Wars”.

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Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

Early years: Fueled by innovation and community-mindedness Initially, the lines weren’t so blurred, and certainly, they weren’t muddied. ” In those early years, the company reflected not only an innovative spirit but also a spirit of community-mindedness.

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Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

These are the bestsellers in the web performance field, including the good old Speed Up Your Site (2003) by Andy King; Steve Souders’ Even Faster Web Sites (2009) ; Ilya Grigorik’s High Performance Browser Networking (2013) ; Tammy Everts’ Time is Money (2016) ; and a handful of more recent publications. Time is Money.

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Testsigma

APRIL 27, 2020

Companies succeed due to their ability to innovate faster than their competitors. Innovative Mindset. As a result of this, there is huge scope to bring an innovative approach in resolving key issues. Here are a few reasons why DevOps is important for modern businesses: 1. Shorter Development Cycles.

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O'Reilly Software

APRIL 4, 2018

In 2016, Apache Spark introduced Structured Streaming , a new streaming engine based on the SparkSQL abstractions and runtime optimizations. He goes further to explain how the relational algebra behind SQL can be applied to streams of data when we add time into the algebra in what he calls “time-varying relations.”.

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Adrian Cockcroft

JANUARY 31, 2023

After a year or so, and a re-organization, eBay Research labs was formed by Eric Billingsley, and I joined to help recruit the team, including a good friend from Sun, Paul Strong , and build out the innovation programs. Many years later I re-wrote the simulator in Go and had some more fun with the concepts at Gophercon 2016.

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Alex Russell

MARCH 31, 2022

Vendors have a powerful incentive to "not break the web " Since cache sizes will be limited (more on that in a second), the predictable outcome will be slower library innovation. Instead of fostering innovation, the deck would be stacked against new and innovative tools that best use the underlying platform.

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O'Reilly

OCTOBER 29, 2019

We saw those feedback loops in 2016, we’ve been seeing them ever since, and we will certainly see them used in 2020. You’re like the man behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz : Nobody pays attention—unless a plucky heroine and a cowardly lion (et al) get involved.

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Enprowess

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Preact lacks innovation and essentially mimics React. React developers introduced Inferno in 2016 as an experiment to examine whether or not a library can improve the battery, performance, and UX of mobile apps. Preact only permits you to use ES6 class and stateless elements. Preact doesn’t care about the React propTypes.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Chaos engineering matured at organizations such as Netflix, and gave rise to technologies such as Gremlin (2016) , becoming more targeted and knowledge-based. Accelerates innovation. Thus, the tool Chaos Monkey was born. Increases resiliency and reliability. Advances collaboration. Improves customer satisfaction.

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O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Patents—exclusive, government-granted rights intended to encourage innovation—protect pharmaceutical companies from competition and allow them to charge high prices. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. What Is Economic Rent? For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

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SQL Performance

JULY 16, 2019

From 2007 until 2016, Intel was able to successfully execute their Tick-Tock release strategy, where they would introduce a new processor microarchitecture roughly every two years (a Tock release). Intel has been stuck at 14nm in the server space since the Broadwell release in Q4 of 2016. So, what has changed my mind?

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Testsigma

DECEMBER 8, 2019

It has been since 2016 that a major IT firm WIPRO has been pushing for the application of hyper-automation to all their processes in their own firm. IoT aims to greatly improve the lives of its users but such great innovations also come with great responsibilities.

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Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Follow him on Twitter @ RickByers and be sure to watch the video of his conversation at Chrome Dev Summit 2016 , where he discussed the ways Chrome is “improving predictability for developers.” .” He shares information about UX issues and the latest news from Chrome, with a web performance slant. ” Paul Calvano.

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Testsigma

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

From AI to ML, the shifting technology world is constantly innovating and making significant progress. billion in 2016. With all of these processes in place, cost optimization is also a high concern for organizations worldwide. Many changes are rendered through automated testing. Better and quicker services are urgently needed today.

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Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 4, 2018

I love the way he manages to wrangle disparate topics across science and history to show how much of innovation and advancement is non-linear. What I Read in 2016. Connections by James Burke 4 ⁄ 5 Burke’s Connections TV series is magnificent stuff. The book sets out to do the same thing and does a pretty good job. Past years.

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Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 30, 2016

A time where my waistline expands as I feast on mountains of holiday sweets and the list of books I want to the read expands just as quickly as everyone shares their favorite reads from 2016. Very well worth the read if for no other reason than to make us reconsider what passes as “innovation” in the west.

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