Drivetribe’s Modern Take on CQRS with Apache Flink
The Architecture And The Developer Experience Posted on Mar 9th, 2017 by Aris KoliopoulosThis is a guest post from Aris Koliopoulos, a senior software engineer at London-based Drivetribe.Drivetribe is...
View ArticleEmacs org-mode examples and cookbook
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View ArticlePushing Swift to the Server
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View ArticleA Study of MAC Address Randomization in Mobile Devices and When It Fails
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View ArticleWhy Trello Failed to Build a $1B Business
In 2011, Joel Spolsky launched his company Fog Creek’s new product at TechCrunch Disrupt called Trello. It looked a lot like a whiteboard with sticky notes translated into a web browser and an iPhone...
View ArticleThe Cloud’s Software: A Look Inside Backblaze
When most of us think about “the cloud,” we have an abstract idea that it’s computers in a data center somewhere – racks of blinking lights and lots of loud fans. There’s truth to that. Have a look...
View ArticleMirror grinding
Mirror grinding How do you turn a chunk of glass into a telescope mirror, with a surface accurate to a couple millionths of a millimeter ? And why do you wish to do so? Printer friendly version of...
View ArticleNomad Task Versioning
Lately I’ve been playing around with a lot of HashiCorp tools including Nomad, their solution to application scheduling. Despite its relative immaturity, there are a few things I really like about it:...
View ArticleUnplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips
By David Carkeet Admit it: You want to be the sole survivor of an airline disaster. You aren't looking for a disaster to happen, but if it does, you see yourself coming through it. I'm here to tell you...
View ArticleNeil Green's Response to “How to *never* complete anything”
The following is my response to Ewan Valentine’s blog post “How to never complete anything” that I discovered on Hacker News. Once again, I ask for people’s indulgence for posting a reply on my own...
View ArticleHow Drive.ai Is Mastering Autonomous Driving with Deep Learning
Among all of the self-driving startups working towards Level 4 autonomy (a self-driving system that doesn’t require human intervention in most scenarios), Mountain View, Calif.-based Drive.ai’s...
View ArticleHow to Scale PostgreSQL on AWS: Learnings from Citus Cloud
Citus is a distributed database that extends (not forks) PostgreSQL for large workloads. One challenge associated with building a distributed relational database (RDBMS) is that they require notable...
View ArticleAsk HN: How do you set prices?
Ask HN: How do you set prices?231 points by fnbr6 hours ago | hide | past | web | 86 comments | favoriteI'm helping a friend's startup figure out pricing for their products. What are some...
View ArticlePlanet Explorer Beta
Working to solve some of the world’s toughest social, humanitarian and environmental challenges? Let our data power your next breakthrough. Incorporate Planet’s frequent, high resolution satellite...
View ArticleFound: A Colossal Statue of Ramses II Hiding Under a Cairo Street
Head of the bust, pulled from the area of King Ramses II’s temple, at the ancient site of Heliopolis. Ibrahim Ramadan/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesSteadily, from the muddy ground of a modern Cairo...
View ArticleGoodbye Mac App Store
While Jettison and HistoryHound are still supported and sold on the St. Clair Software website, I’ve pulled them from the Mac App Store. The versions that were in the Mac App Store were older...
View ArticleJarvis – A Personal Assistant for Linux
README.mdPersonal Assistant for LinuxWhat is this?A simple personal assistant for Linux which works on terminal.How to use?Just clone the repository and run python main.pyPlease check requirements.txt...
View ArticleFBI Used Best Buy's Geek Squad to Increase Secret Public Surveillance
Recently unsealed records reveal a much more extensive secret relationship than previously known between the FBI and Best Buy's Geek Squad, including evidence the agency trained company technicians on...
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