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Unleashing Linux Power on Windows: Exploring the WSL Feature

DZone

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which unites the Windows and Linux operating systems, has completely changed how users and developers interact with these systems. Microsoft revolutionized the relationship between Windows and Linux when it introduced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) feature.

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What do you believe now that you didn't five years ago? Centralized wins. Decentralized loses.

High Scalability

Decentralized systems will continue to lose to centralized systems until there's a driver requiring decentralization to deliver a clearly superior consumer experience. For all the idealistic technical reasons I laid out long ago in Building Super Scalable Systems: Blade Runner Meets Autonomic Computing In The Ambient Cloud.

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Performance Testing at MongoDB

Alex Podelko

Evergreen Continuous Integration: Why We Reinvented The Wheel , blog post from July 27, 2016, explains why and how it was done. These two papers provide many more insights: Automated system performance testing at MongoDB , DBTest 2020 [ Video ]. First, to set up the scene, MongoDB has its own Continuous Integration.

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What is container orchestration?

Dynatrace

Containers enable developers to package microservices or applications with the libraries, configuration files, and dependencies needed to run on any infrastructure, regardless of the target system environment. This means organizations are increasingly using Kubernetes not just for running applications, but also as an operating system.

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New Metadata-Only Column Changes in SQL Server 2016

SQL Performance

Ultimately, tables are stored as a sequence of bytes with some metadata elsewhere in the system to describe what each of those bytes mean, and how they relate to each of the table's various columns. It requires only a few changes to system tables, and a minimal amount of logging. Improvements in SQL Server 2016.

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What the NIS2 Directive means for application security

Dynatrace

The Network and Information Systems 2 (NIS2) Directive, which goes into effect in Oct 2024, aims to enhance the security of network and information systems throughout the EU. NIS2 is an evolution of the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Security Directive, which has been in effect since 2016.

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Netflix Hack Day?—?November 2019

The Netflix TechBlog

By Adam Wang , Andy Swan , Raja Senapati , Shilpa Jois , Anjali Chablani , Deepa Krishnan , Vidya Sundaram , and Casey Wilms You can also check out highlights from our past events: May 2019 , November 2018 , March 2018 , August 2017 , January 2017 , May 2016 , November 2015 , March 2015 , February 2014 & August 2014.