The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 4, 2019

Traditionally it has been the responsibility of the operating system’s task scheduler to mitigate this performance isolation problem. Its goal is to assign running processes to time slices of the CPU in a “fair” way. In this way a user-space process defines a “fence” within which CFS operates for each container.

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Brendan Gregg

JULY 21, 2024

Windows computers around the world encountered blue-screens-of-death and boot loops, causing outages for hospitals, airlines, banks, grocery stores, media broadcasters, and more. This was caused by a config update by a security company for their widely used product that included a kernel driver on Windows systems.

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Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

If you’re considering a database management system, understanding these benefits is crucial. Despite initial investment costs, DBMS presents long-term savings and improved efficiency through automated processes, efficient query optimizations, and scalability, contributing to enhanced decision-making and end-user productivity.

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Speed Curve

MARCH 17, 2025

Downtime makes headlines: 2015 – 12-hour Apple outage cost the company $25 million 2016 – 5-hour outage caused an estimated loss of $150 million for Delta Airlines 2019 – 14-hour outage cost Facebook an estimated $90 million It's easy to see why these stories capture our attention. These are big numbers!

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Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The right tools at the right time, help streamline the design process. Their design tools database features tools for everything from UI design and prototyping, to user flow and handoff, design systems and versioning. User experience research is a crucial component of the human-centered design process. Happy connecting!

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

This data would be collated and authored in a Web Content Management System (WCMS) by a content editor. Moving to a headless CMS is not an easy decision and the selection process should not be taken lightly. Working for a major airline not even a decade ago, I can remember trying to model content for mobile devices (yes!

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Particular Software

APRIL 3, 2023

Did you ever stop to think about all the software systems involved in tracking your luggage on your journey? From the moment you drop it off at your departure airport to the moment you breathe that sigh of relief as it shows up on the baggage carousel is a complex story of messaging and system integrations.

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Percona

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Unrestricted connection settings: Leaving connection settings, such as max_connections and per-user limits, wide open exposes the system to malicious Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. These attacks can rapidly consume available connections, leaving legitimate users unable to connect and disrupting system functionality.

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ScaleOut Software

JANUARY 28, 2021

Getting the COVID-19 crisis under control requires that we put in place an effective process for vaccine distribution so that the country can get to herd immunity as fast as possible. Avoiding the complexity and delay required to build custom information management systems that can provide this information.

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

One story from the Middle East I particularly like is flydubai, the leading low-cost airline in the region. The BIPA has moved their Learning Management System to AWS, reducing costs by over 90%. flydubai chose to build their online check-in platform on AWS and went from design to production in four months.

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O'Reilly Software

MARCH 28, 2018

He spoke of an airline that has microservices for travel services, customer profile data, flight information, and other elements of their workflow. The low-code application environment can tap microservices to digitize a process that previously was done manually, such as submitting expenses or getting travel approval.

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ScaleOut Software

JULY 11, 2020

It also adds human judgment to the process so that the chain of contacts captures only potentially risky interactions. However, it imposes the burden that everyone participates in a common tracing system and consistently makes the effort to log interactions.

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ScaleOut Software

JULY 11, 2020

It also adds human judgment to the process so that the chain of contacts captures only potentially risky interactions. However, it imposes the burden that everyone participates in a common tracing system and consistently makes the effort to log interactions.

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ScaleOut Software

JULY 11, 2020

It also adds human judgment to the process so that the chain of contacts captures only potentially risky interactions. However, it imposes the burden that everyone participates in a common tracing system and consistently makes the effort to log interactions.

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Testlodge

MARCH 28, 2018

Every software system is subject to a disaster, and these events can have a massive impact on the business. Recovery testing involves measuring and determining the following: How long does it take for your system to resume normal operations? What percentage of scenarios can your system successfully recover from?

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

And thirdly, an "algorithmic revolution" has taken place, meaning it is now possible to train trillions of algorithms simultaneously, making the whole machine learning process much faster. Today we can predict precisely how many shirts in a certain size and color will be sold on a defined day.

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Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 20, 2019

Specialisation could be around products, business process, or technologies. One way to create a Spotify model inspired engineering organisation is to organise long-lived squads by retail business process hubs - i.e. specialisation around business process. Airline crew pairing and composition problem is an area of deep research.

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Adrian Cockcroft

MARCH 17, 2020

Picture taken by Adrian March 17, 2020 A resilient system continues to operate successfully in the presence of failures. The system needs to maintain a safety margin that is capable of absorbing failure via defense in depth, and failure modes need to be prioritized to take care of the most likely and highest impact risks.

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Tech News Gather

JUNE 4, 2023

Streamlined Booking and Reservation Process: A well-developed travel app can simplify the booking and reservation process. This streamlined process enhances customer satisfaction and increases the likelihood of repeat bookings. They can deliver relevant information about airline delays and gate changes.

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The Agile Manager

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

M&A is a great process for creating fees for bankers, and for destroying the value held by shareholders." -- John Authers, writing in the Financial Times Industries tend to go through waves of deal-making. Obviously, we don't want to pay to maintain multiple e-Commerce sites or pay licensing fees for multiple ERP systems.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

However, consumers often prioritize availability in many systems. Furthermore, there are many recognized standards to measure the availability of a service or system, and the most common one is to measure it as a percentage."Five minutes of downtime per year, which means the system is almost always operational.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

However, consumers often prioritize availability in many systems. Furthermore, there are many recognized standards to measure the availability of a service or system, and the most common one is to measure it as a percentage."Five minutes of downtime per year, which means the system is almost always operational.

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The Agile Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In the process, it siphons market share by shifting market participants from one activity to another. Two significant factors stand out when considering this question: the state of evolution of the (would-be) disruptive tech, and the extent to which it is genuinely disruptive. Let's look at the latter part - the extent of disruption - first.

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Tasktop

AUGUST 12, 2022

Integrations between internal and external systems belonging to clients or suppliers . API integrations are connections between two or more applications that let those systems exchange data. . Developers build connectors, which establish a pattern of communication between two systems via their APIs. . Low upfront cost

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The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Wireless attacks on aircraft instrument landing systems Sathaye et al., Today’s paper is a good reminder of just how important it is becoming to consider cyber threat models in what are primary physical systems, especially if you happen to be flying on an aeroplane – which I am right now as I write this! A quick primer on ILS.

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