The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 10, 2020

by Damir Svrtan and Sergii Makagon As the production of Netflix Originals grows each year, so does our need to build apps that enable efficiency throughout the entire creative process. We treat it as an input for our system. At the beginning of a project, we have the least amount of information about the system we are building.

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Software Architecture

AUGUST 24, 2017

Redis can also be used as a messaging system such as pubsub. Memcached cannot be used as a pubsub system. Memcached is more memory efficient than Redis. Redis is more memory efficient only after you use hashes. Memcached supports only string data type which is ideal for storing read-only data.

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Scalegrid

JUNE 7, 2024

In this article, we will explore what RabbitMQ is, its mechanisms to facilitate message queueing, its role within software architectures, and the tangible benefits it delivers in real-world scenarios. Additionally, the low coupling between sender and receiver applications allows for greater flexibility and scalability in the system.

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Scalegrid

JUNE 28, 2024

Key Takeaways RabbitMQ is an open-source message broker facilitating seamless data exchange across diverse systems. RabbitMQ’s versatile use cases range from web application backend services and distributed systems to PDF processing. RabbitMQ enables a level of orchestration that simplifies the complexity of distributed systems.

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DZone

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

nn> MonitoringnnWe (humans) are terrible at imagining all possible permutations of the system with billions and billions of possible states. You may think that you know how the system works. You may think that you know how the system works. In the best case, you know only how the system was designed to work.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JULY 12, 2019

Gatekeeper is the system at Netflix responsible for evaluating the “liveness” of videos and assets on the site. Gatekeeper accomplishes its prescribed task by aggregating data from multiple upstream systems, applying some business logic, then producing an output detailing the status of each video in each country.

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All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Modern CPUs strongly favor lower latency of operations with clock cycles in the nanoseconds and we have built general purpose software architectures that can exploit these low latencies very well. All Things Distributed. Comments ().

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O'Reilly

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The applications must be integrated to the surrounding business systems so ideas can be tested and validated in the real world in a controlled manner. Today, a number of cloud-based, auto-scaling systems are easily available, such as AWS Batch. There are countless systems that can perform this task for small DAGs on a single server.

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Strategic Tech

DECEMBER 2, 2018

To address this challenge, I’d like to introduce you to the concept of Alignment Efficiency. I’ll show you some example scenarios to help you understand this concept, and I’ll demonstrate sociotechnical architecture patterns you can apply in your organisation to optimise your alignment efficiency. Aligned Autonomy ?—?which

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O'Reilly

MAY 19, 2020

Software engineers represent the largest cohort, comprising almost 20% of all respondents (see Figure 1 ). Technical leads and architects (about 11%) are next, followed by software and systems architects (9+%). For the sample as a whole, most respondents (approximately 60%) occupy technical positions. 3 But which cloud?

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Strategic Tech

JUNE 23, 2018

Loosely-coupled teams enabled by loosely-coupled software architecture is one of the strongest predictors of continuous delivery performance and organizational scaling. Decoupling Streams of Work Our goal when designing systems is to maximise the speed of delivery and value of the work we deliver.

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O'Reilly Software

APRIL 4, 2018

Here are five considerations every software architect and developer needs to take into account when setting the architectural foundations for a fast data platform. Are there inherent time relationships in the messages that need to be preserved as they travel across the system? Determine requirements first. At least once?

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ScaleOut Software

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Real-Time Digital Twins Can Add Important New Capabilities to Telematics Systems and Eliminate Scalability Bottlenecks. Rapid advances in the telematics industry have dramatically boosted the efficiency of vehicle fleets and have found wide ranging applications from long haul transport to usage-based insurance.

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O'Reilly Software

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Technology systems are difficult to wrangle. Our systems grow in accidental complexity and complication over time. Architecture begins when someone has a nontrivial problem to be solved. The product management team states what must be done to solve the problem, and the architect describes how to realize that vision in a system.

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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. System Role What is the role of a component in the system. I hope you find these variables useful.

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Strategic Tech

JUNE 4, 2019

One of the key decisions we need to make in software architecture and in our organisations is when and where to create shared services and organise teams to build them. Take a look at the following checklist and the example patterns and I’m sure you’re more likely to architect better systems in the future.

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Strategic Tech

DECEMBER 12, 2019

If someone from a different culture with a different naming convention cannot be served by a system, it’s not good business or publicity. It acts as a collaboration tool to balance the need for business correctness, user experience, and technical efficiency. I actually saw Gojko’s talk live at NDC OSLO in 2018. the transaction?—?will

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cdemi

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Serverless systems are still in their infancy. There will be many advances in the field over the coming years and it will be fascinating to see how they fit into our architectural toolkit. Cost - Serverless Computing is more cost-efficient than having a fixed quantity of servers. Advantages and Disadvantages of Serverless.

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Tasktop

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Over the course of days she follows the flow of that ticket through departmental silos and multiple tracking systems. However, architectures have typically evolved around technology stacks and internal company silos. This is the journey to locality and simplicity across your software architecture and your organization.

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Strategic Tech

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The system needs to be highly reliable because even just a little downtime can alienate loyal customers. Two particularly relevant patterns are Efficiency Enables Evolution and Higher Order Systems Create New Sources of Worth. On the contrary, established product teams have a successful product with a paying customer base.

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