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Sustainability: Thoughts from a software engineer

Dynatrace

Platform engineers can set defaults for development teams, such as the number of replicas a service should have or whether it scales automatically. Select data centers intelligently Sending fewer bytes saves energy on the server, client, and any device in between.

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The Next Major Shift in Enterprise Software Engineering: From Platforms to “Platformless”

DZone

The evolution of enterprise software engineering has been marked by a series of "less" shifts — from client-server to web and mobile ("client-less"), data center to cloud ("data-center-less"), and app server to serverless.

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5 powerful use cases beyond debugging for Dynatrace Live Debugger

Dynatrace

Performance benchmarking Performance benchmarking is one of the unresolved mysteries of software engineering. Modern software practices are notorious for making code extremely hard to debug. Legacy servers pick up complexity and dependencies over time. In many ways, it’s more of an art than a science.

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Best PostgreSQL GUI [2024]

Scalegrid

Offering comprehensive access to files, software features, and the operating system in a more user-friendly manner to ensure control. Facilitating remote access to other computers or servers with easier navigation. Providing windows to streamline multitasking through programs and file structures.

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How It Works: SQL Server Lock Partitioning

SQL Server According to Bob

The partitioned memory and latch objects protect in-memory structures for short durations and can be sized according to available memory for SQL Server. Bob Dorr – Principal Software Engineer SQL Server. For example, a transaction could take out millions of key locks and remain active for minutes or even days.

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Designing Instagram

High Scalability

When the server receives a request for an action (post, like etc.) FUN FACT : In this talk , Dikang Gu, a software engineer at Instagram core infra team has mentioned about how they use Cassandra to serve critical usecases, high scalability requirements, and some pain points. High Level Design. Architecture.

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The state of site reliability engineering: SRE challenges and best practices in 2023

Dynatrace

Customer empathy is key to a fully optimized site reliability engineering practice Software engineering can often be an impersonal discipline. Thus, careful consideration of client needs is a crucial aspect of creating effective SLOs. This lack of clarity can lead to slowed remediation times and ineffective solutions.