The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 1, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the methods we used to ensure a successful launch, including: How we tested the system Netflix technologies involved Best practices we developed Realistic Test Traffic Netflix traffic ebbs and flows throughout the day in a sinusoidal pattern. Basic with ads was launched worldwide on November 3rd.

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O'Reilly

APRIL 25, 2023

This post is a brief commentary on Martin Fowler’s post, An Example of LLM Prompting for Programming. There’s a lot of excitement about how the GPT models and their successors will change programming. Writing these prompts requires significant expertise, both in the use of ChatGPT and in software development.

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DZone

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Reverse debugging is a debugging system that makes it possible to stop code execution and move backward (and forward) in the code’s history to discover the cause of failure in a program. It empowers developers to record program operations and then rewind and replay to check the program state for failures.

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O'Reilly

JANUARY 13, 2020

As we enter a new decade, we asked programming experts?—including However, wide adoption of this latest release hasn’t followed suit , with more than 80% of developers still on Java 8, according to this JetBrains survey. including several of our own O’Reilly authors and instructors?—for Does your function have side effects?

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The nirvana state of system uptime at peak loads is known as “five-nines availability.” In its pursuit, IT teams hover over system performance dashboards hoping their preparations will deliver five nines—or even four nines—availability. How can IT teams deliver system availability under peak loads that will satisfy customers?

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Dynatrace

JUNE 26, 2024

5 FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) is a government program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services for U.S. System Backup now requires the backup of privacy-related system documentation. FedRAMP Rev.5

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DZone

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of digital product development, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) have emerged as indispensable tools that not only connect systems but also play a pivotal role in shaping product roadmaps.

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DZone

JANUARY 12, 2022

With the advent of programming languages like Python, Ruby on Rails, etc., there is thinking amongst the developer community that the C language is losing relevance. Strikingly, C is still considered a dominant programming language for system programming as it provides optimized machine instructions for any type of provided input.

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DZone

MAY 19, 2022

Legacy Version Control Tools for Multi-Value Application Development. The legacy version control tools are specific to the multi-value programming controls BP libraries and DICT files on the PICK operating system environment. The developer is required to move their code changes through these staging environments.

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DZone

AUGUST 18, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern software development, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have emerged as crucial building blocks that enable seamless communication between different software systems, applications, and services.

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DZone

JANUARY 29, 2021

API Test is crucial for the software systems to function at high quality. Every app you build nowadays completely relies on Application Programming Interfaces. Application Programming Interface acts as the center level between the database and presentation layer in the software development procedure. What is API Test?

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DZone

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

As a Software Engineer, the mind is trained to seek optimizations in every aspect of development and ooze out every bit of available CPU Resource to deliver a performing application. This begins not only in designing the algorithm or coming out with efficient and robust architecture but right onto the choice of programming language.

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O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

That statement nicely summarizes what makes software development difficult. It’s not just memorizing the syntactic details of some programming language, or the many functions in some API, but understanding and managing the complexity of the problem you’re trying to solve. We’ve all seen this many times.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Configuration testing plays a critical part in the development life cycle by specifying the quality and portability of software. It helps to understand whether a program can be used on any operating system other than the one for which it was designed.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Interactive Learning Tools For Front-End Developers. Interactive Learning Tools For Front-End Developers. Over the last little while, I’ve been able to collect links to several interactive coding tools and apps that can help you supplement your skills in different areas of web development. Programming Languages , Codewars.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

On Titus , our multi-tenant compute platform, a "noisy neighbor" refers to a container or system service that heavily utilizes the server's resources, causing performance degradation in adjacent containers. kfuncs are kernel functions that can be called from eBPF programs.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 17, 2024

Kubernetes traces its roots back to Google’s internal Borg and Omega cluster management systems from the early 2000s. Kubernetes has since dominated the market, thanks to “effective evangelism and project governance, attentive development, and a committed community.”

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DZone

JANUARY 25, 2024

Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) is a programming technology designed for the Linux operating system (OS) kernel space, enabling developers to create efficient, secure, and non-intrusive programs.

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DZone

OCTOBER 11, 2022

These items are a combination of tech business news, development news and programming tools and techniques. Making Google’s CalDAV and CardDAV APIs available for everyone ( Google Developers Blog). Linux System Mining with Python ( Javalobby – The heart of the Java developer community). Java EE 7 is Final.

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Scalegrid

MARCH 4, 2019

We asked hundreds of developers, engineers, software architects, dev teams, and IT leaders at DeveloperWeek to discover the current NoSQL vs. SQL usage, most popular databases, important metrics to track, and their most time-consuming database management tasks. Wondering which databases are trending in 2019? SQL vs. NoSQL. SQL Databases.

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The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 29, 2019

Various software systems are needed to design, build, and operate this CDN infrastructure, and a significant number of them are written in Python. The configuration of these devices is controlled by several other systems including source of truth, application of configurations to devices, and back up.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 26, 2021

Traditional computing models rely on virtual or physical machines, where each instance includes a complete operating system, CPU cycles, and memory. There is no need to plan for extra resources, update operating systems, or install frameworks. The provider is essentially your system administrator. What is serverless computing?

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 8, 2021

There are a few important details worth unpacking around monolithic observability as it relates to these qualities: The nature of a monolithic application using a single programming language can ensure all code uses the exact same logging standards, location, and internal diagnostics. Just as the code is monolithic, so is the logging.

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Dynatrace

JULY 7, 2022

A microservices approach enables DevOps teams to develop an application as a suite of small services. Then, they can split these services into functional application programming interfaces (APIs), rather than shipping applications as one large, collective unit. But nothing is perfect — and microservices is no exception.

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O'Reilly

JULY 25, 2023

The inspiration (and title) for it comes from Mike Loukides’ Radar article on Real World Programming with ChatGPT , which shares a similar spirit of digging into the potential and limits of AI tools for more realistic end-to-end programming tasks. Setting the Stage: Who Am I and What Am I Trying to Build?

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DZone

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Kafka is an open-source stream ing software platform developed by the Apache Software Foundation, written in Scala and Java. And it is not a secret that Apache Kafka is becoming more widespread as a component to be selected for complex programming solutions. Several Words About Apache Kafka. Kafka provides three main functions:

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 25, 2023

Program staff depend on the reliable functioning of critical program systems and infrastructure to provide the best service delivery to the communities and citizens HHS serves, from newborn infants to persons requiring health services to our oldest citizens.

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Scalegrid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

PostgreSQL is the fourth most popular database management system in the world, and heavily used in all sizes of applications from small to large. I believe anyone who comes to programming after 2010 will tell you GUI tools increase their productivity over a CLI solution. Easier access to files, features, and the operating system.

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The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 28, 2021

Whether they worked at a manufacturer for very large industrial ventilation systems , or in finance, healthcare, or elsewhere in tech (big or small), most people on my team have unique paths to their current positions at Netflix. When I was growing up, I developed a strong interest in the space program.

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 8, 2024

Ransomware encrypts essential data, locking users out of systems and halting operations until a ransom is paid. Remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities, such as the Log4Shell incident in 2021, allow attackers to run malicious code on a remote system without requiring authentication or user interaction.

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Dynatrace

JULY 22, 2024

If you work in software development, SRE, or DevOps, you’ve likely heard the terms observability, telemetry, and tracing. These concepts are crucial for understanding how applications behave in production environments, and they’re an essential part of modern software development practices. What is OpenTelemetry?

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

A message queue is a form of middleware used in software development to enable communications between services, programs, and dissimilar components, such as operating systems and communication protocols. A message queue enables the smooth flow of information to make complex systems work. What is a message queue?

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

A message queue is a form of middleware used in software development to enable communications between services, programs, and dissimilar components, such as operating systems and communication protocols. A message queue enables the smooth flow of information to make complex systems work. What is a message queue?

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2021

How To Develop Your Business’ Technology Roadmap. How To Develop Your Business’ Technology Roadmap. As software developers, we’re usually right there with them. Agile” And “Fast” Are Not The Same In Software Development. Many people think an Agile approach to software development discards long-term planning.

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Scalegrid

MAY 2, 2019

Python is a powerful and flexible programming language used by millions of developers around the world to build their applications. It comes as no surprise that Python developers commonly leverage MongoDB hosting , the most popular NoSQL database , for their deployments due to its flexible nature and lack of schema requirements.

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DZone

MARCH 27, 2023

Apache Spark is an open-source distributed computing system designed for large-scale data processing. It was developed at the University of California, Berkeley's AMPLab, and is now maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.

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The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 1, 2021

Background The Media Cloud Engineering and Encoding Technologies teams at Netflix jointly operate a system to process incoming media files from our partners and studios to make them playable on all devices. The first generation of this system went live with the streaming launch in 2007. Productivity?—?Local Delivery?—?A

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