The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 6, 2019

We are constantly innovating on video encoding technology at Netflix, and we have a lot of content to encode. Video encoding is what MezzFS was originally designed for and remains one of its canonical use cases, so we’ll focus on video encoding to describe the problem that MezzFS solves. What problem are we solving?

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O'Reilly

AUGUST 13, 2024

To borrow Henry Ford’s alleged words, it would be great at designing faster horses, if asked. But I don’t think an AI could ever design an automobile without having seen one first—or without having a human say “ Put a steam engine on a tricycle.” It’s hard to be innovative when all you know is React.

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All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Today Amazon Web Services takes another step on the continuous innovation path by announcing a new Amazon EC2 instance type: The Cluster GPU Instance. We believe that making these GPU resources available for everyone to use at low cost will drive new innovation in the application of highly parallel programming models. Comments ().

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O'Reilly

MARCH 11, 2025

When you can effectively consult a dozen experts anytime you like, it changes how companies organize, how we innovate and how each of us approaches learning and decision-making. This came home to me vividly when I read a paper that outlined how when ChatGPT was asked to design a website, it built one that included many dark patterns.

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All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Amazon's Dynamo whitepaper , a milestone that made me reflect on how much innovation has occurred in the area of databases over the last decade and a good reminder on why taking a customer obsessed approach to solving hard problems can have lasting impact beyond your original expectations.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 1, 2021

Increased time spent on innovation. By default or by design, different teams may deploy a combination of point solutions — specialized monitoring tools that capture the individual components of their application environment. Business benefits include: Improved developer and operational productivity. Better user experiences.

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All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

At Amazon, we have always focused on innovating on behalf of the customer. With online cluster resizing, our goal was to design a fully managed experience for cluster resharding, which would support both scale-out and scale-in and retain open source compatibility.

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Tech News Gather

JUNE 15, 2023

Through this app idea, one can prioritize the well-being of students with an app designed to support their mental health and foster a sense of mindfulness. In addition, it can also inculcate resources such as articles, podcasts, and breathing exercises to help users develop coping strategies and resilience.

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The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Is performance measurement designed to drive good practice, or confirm adherence to practice? Are annual reviews designed for personal development and advancement, or as a means of gathering structured data to rank order the workforce? Are the administrative systems an enabling mechanism for labor or a control mechanism over labor?

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Strategic Tech

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Nature of Evolution New innovations often become the platform for future innovations. Since then, Google Maps has become the foundation for many other innovations after being opened up to developers via APIs. Google Maps started life in 2005 as a desktop application for getting from point A to point B.

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The Agile Manager

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

A basic concept of wind energy systems, it is increasingly relevant in commercial building architecture: specifically, if wind velocity can be increased through building design, the potential power that a building can derive from wind energy is considerably greater. It is also an indicator of how effectively IT drives innovation.

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Alex Russell

AUGUST 30, 2021

Large projects like browser engines also exercise governance through a hierarchy of "OWNER bits," which explicitly name engineers empowered to permit changes in a section of the codebase. Developers can provide feedback from using features and lobby other browsers to adopt (or re-design) them.

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The Agile Manager

APRIL 28, 2008

Because capital is globally mobile, markets must innovate to remain competitive. Financial markets are innovating at a fast clip. Principle-based regulation posits that compliance with best practices is the best way to facilitate innovation while retaining transparency. Rules can't be written as quickly as markets evolve.

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Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 6, 2023

" By examining potential pain points and designing with empathy, you can create a product that addresses user needs and provides a seamless experience. This exercise helps uncover blind spots and promotes a more comprehensive understanding of the situation. This approach helps build trust and loyalty among your target audience.

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The Agile Manager

MARCH 31, 2017

I need calories after I run, a breakfast bar will do, I don't need a designer breakfast bar. Buying became an exercise in sourcing for the lowest unit cost any vendor was willing to supply for a particular skill-set. It's not a hotbed of innovation. In fact, it's usually bad news when it is a hotbed of innovation.

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The Agile Manager

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Platforms are conceptually popular with investors: in theory, a platform makes the mundane portions of a business efficient, scalable and adaptable, allowing a company to release the creative talents of its people to pursue growth and innovation. Employees will see replatforming as an exercise in re-creating software. Destiny awaits.

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Alex Russell

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The idea that preventing browser innovation is pro-user is particularly risible, leading to entirely avoidable catch-22 scenarios for developers and users. The nuances of careful security design are common casualties in FUD-slinging fights. Not draining other's bank accounts may be something of an exercise to the reader. ??.

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The Agile Manager

AUGUST 23, 2007

In the 1970s it spawned tremendous innovation in personal computing technology. From those innovations came products, solutions, and even categories that didn’t previously exist. Bright people were inventing and innovating, but nobody was there to monetise their work.

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O'Reilly

APRIL 15, 2025

Teams with thoughtfully designed data viewers iterate 10x faster than those without them. Their product manager, a learning design expert, would create detailed PowerPoint decks explaining pedagogical principles and example dialogues. The investment is minimal compared to the returns.

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Tasktop

JUNE 25, 2020

Replacing one-off paper-and-pen value stream mapping exercises, Tasktop Viz continuously measures the flow of work through the configured value streams. This is when the production capital of innovators starts taking over, and new lifestyles create demand for new products and services, new jobs and new skills.

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Tasktop

OCTOBER 30, 2019

He demonstrated how a more elegant functional design—combining immutability, purity, and duality of code and data—can save larger enterprises millions of dollars, as demonstrated by his previous work at Walmart. Auditors – a powerful asset to help you innovate . Just look at how ugly that service-oriented architecture is!”

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