The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

see “data pipeline” Intro The problem of managing scheduled workflows and their assets is as old as the use of cron daemon in early Unix operating systems. The design of a cron job is simple, you take some system command, you pick the schedule to run it on and you are done. Manually constructed continuous delivery system.

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The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Due to its popularity, the number of workflows managed by the system has grown exponentially. The scheduler on-call has to closely monitor the system during non-business hours. As the usage increased, we had to vertically scale the system to keep up and were approaching AWS instance type limits.

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“It’s kind of wild that we expect more transparency from a nonbiodegradable snack than we do from the software that runs our organizations, our critical infrastructure, and our national security systems.” After pushing for a faster timeline, the White House told the government it had 60 days to issue a minimum definition of SBOMs.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers. Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers. When a company’s digital representation lacks a dedicated UX/UI design team, it can be hard to produce something that stands out from the crowd. That happens when your app/website/system is efficient. Nataliya Sambir.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

From Good To Great In Dashboard Design: Research, Decluttering And Data Viz. From Good To Great In Dashboard Design: Research, Decluttering And Data Viz. Tossing out suboptimal parts of our design can be a daunting task, especially after you’ve invested hours of work into it. Definition. Design Validation.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In this post, we dive deep into how Netflix’s KV abstraction works, the architectural principles guiding its design, the challenges we faced in scaling diverse use cases, and the technical innovations that have allowed us to achieve the performance and reliability required by Netflix’s global operations.

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Thanks to the Netflix internal lineage system (built by Girish Lingappa ) Dataflow migration can then help you identify downstream usage of the table in question. Workflow Definitions Below you can see a typical file structure of a sample workflow package written in SparkSQL. ??? backfill.sch.yaml ??? daily.sch.yaml ???

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DZone

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The system could work efficiently with a specific number of concurrent users; however, it may get dysfunctional with extra loads during peak traffic. For example, the gaming app has to present definite actions to bring the right experience. Confirming scalability, dependability, stability, and speed of the app is crucial.

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O'Reilly

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Although I agree that designing good prompts for AI is an important skill, Agarwal overstates his case. This definition is essentially interactive. This is probably the definition that Agarwal has in mind. Designing and writing software systems that generate prompts automatically.

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Strategic Tech

MAY 24, 2019

Over the past few years I have focused much of my learning and work choices around learning about the design of sociotechnical systems?—?how how to design software architectures and organise teams around them. As part of good design, we should consider the effects of changing all of these variables.

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The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 1, 2022

This article gives an overview of the system. Data Mesh Overview A New Definition Of Data Mesh Previously, we defined Data Mesh as a fully managed, streaming data pipeline product used for enabling Change Data Capture (CDC) use cases. This design enables us to reuse and share data as much as possible.

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DZone

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

This begins not only in designing the algorithm or coming out with efficient and robust architecture but right onto the choice of programming language. But these are definitely ruled out for enterprise applications due to the complexity in development, maintainability, need for object orientation, and interoperability.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 13, 2023

Migrating Critical Traffic At Scale with No Downtime — Part 2 Shyam Gala , Javier Fernandez-Ivern , Anup Rokkam Pratap , Devang Shah Picture yourself enthralled by the latest episode of your beloved Netflix series, delighting in an uninterrupted, high-definition streaming experience. This is where large-scale system migrations come into play.

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Strategic Tech

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Domain-Driven Design is an approach to designing systems, usually software, that emphasises creating a common language between domain experts and system builders. However, some concepts in DDD do not have a clear definition and are highly implicit. This definition of a domain is very fuzzy.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. I recently wrote a blog post for a web designer client about page speed and why it matters. However, their focus has always been on making a great-looking and effective design. Suzanne Scacca.

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Dynatrace

JULY 22, 2020

Kubernetes can be a confounding platform for system architects. Microservice design principles force people to think along a spectrum of loose coupling. Introduces the Dynatrace long-term design pattern for full-stack observability, described below. Dynatrace news. Automated rollout of application observability.

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Strategic Tech

JULY 22, 2019

How do we break a large system into smaller, more manageable modular components? In Domain-Driven Design, a large system is decomposed into bounded contexts , which become natural boundaries in code as microservices and as teams in the organisation. 30 minutes) Bounded Context Design Canvas (min.

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Dynatrace

JULY 20, 2022

Kubernetes resource adoption —Act on external, holistic, and customer-centric behavior observations—rather than on only internal parameters—and automatically roll out Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to designated environments. Once the problem is fixed, Dynatrace Davis AI closes the problem.

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DZone

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

If you start catching bugs early, it will save you tons of time fixing them later.nn> Design reviewnnIt’s a very powerful tool when used in a good way. I really like what one of the smartest people with whom I worked said: “A good design is a design where you can see the code”. You may think that you know how the system works.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 6, 2023

Thair elaborated on the concept of “designing for operations” with a car analogy. That’s not good design for Ops,” he said. From the foundational Dynatrace platform to today, “We’ve gone from systems thinking to holistic thinking.” One of the main roadblocks that arises with a broader definition for DevOps is responsibility.

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VoltDB

APRIL 2, 2024

Acid transactions, ACID properties, and the CAP theorem are two important concepts in data management and distributed systems. The value of ACID transactions is argued in the seminal Google F1 paper : The system must provide ACID transactions, and must always present applications with consistent and correct data. What is CAP?

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Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

PostgreSQL is a free and open source object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) that has existed since the mid-1990s. Over the years, it has evolved into a robust and feature-rich database that offers several advantages over other database management systems. Reliability PostgreSQL is known for its reliability and stability.

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Particular Software

JUNE 28, 2021

Each RESTful endpoint is that developer’s definition of what REST means, which is different from what every other developer thinks REST means. From Udi Dahan's free Distributed Systems Design Fundamentals video course Semantic interoperability The true challenge of non-homogenous networks lies in semantic interoperability.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 14, 2023

“The historical definition of observability is transforming,” Clayton said. This digital transformation journey requires AI-powered answers and intelligent automation that legacy systems can’t deliver. 2023: The “Year of the Partner” The event started strong with some words from Ken Clayton, SVP, Channels, Dynatrace.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Since then, the video pipeline has undergone substantial improvements and broad expansions: Starting with Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) at Standard-Definitions , we expanded the encoding pipeline to 4K and High Dynamic Range (HDR) which enabled support for our premium offering. This introductory blog focuses on an overview of our journey.

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High Scalability

JULY 18, 2022

Wynter is looking for system administrators, engineers, and developers to join its research panel. If you have experience in hosting and with the WordPress stack, have worked with Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, and cutting-edge technologies, such Ansible and LXC, you should definitely check us out and apply here !

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High Scalability

MAY 4, 2022

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High Scalability

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

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High Scalability

JUNE 10, 2022

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Percona

JULY 25, 2023

So, given a table_id, how do you get the table schema/definition? After the “data dictionary” (DD) engine and DD cache are initialized on a server, the Storage Engines can ask for a table definition. Old design (until Percona XtraBackup 8.0.33-27): New design (from Percona XtraBackup 8.0.33-28) ibd > t1.sdi

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High Scalability

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Wynter is looking for system administrators, engineers, and developers to join its research panel. If you have experience in hosting and with the WordPress stack, have worked with Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, and cutting-edge technologies, such Ansible and LXC, you should definitely check us out and apply here ! Who's Hiring?

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Strategic Tech

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Team Topologies has significantly advanced the discussion on organisation design for technology companies. We need a model that describes the different elements of a system that a team could own. I’m not precious about any of the definition used in this article.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 15, 2021

The fact is, Reliability and Resiliency must be rooted in the architecture of a distributed system. The final status update was at 6:54PM PDT with a very detailed description of the temperature rise that caused the shutdown initially, followed by the fire suppression system dispersing some chemicals which prolonged the full recovery process.

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High Scalability

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Wynter is looking for system administrators, engineers, and developers to join its research panel. If you have experience in hosting and with the WordPress stack, have worked with Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, and cutting-edge technologies, such Ansible and LXC, you should definitely check us out and apply here ! Who's Hiring?

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Dynatrace

APRIL 10, 2023

But “the benefits are definitely worth the effort, provided you do it in a strategic way,” Bollampally said. Such testing is critical to identifying customer shopping patterns that inform decisions about application design and user experience. But it also introduces processing overhead that can drag down performance.

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High Scalability

AUGUST 24, 2021

If you have experience in hosting and with the WordPress stack, have worked with Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, and cutting-edge technologies, such Ansible and LXC, you should definitely check us out and apply here ! has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week.

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High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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