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Amazon RDS costs are not fixed - they vary based on configuration and usage. Making informed configuration and governance decisions is key to optimizing costs. Graviton instances offer better price-performance for common databases, while storage costs can be reduced by decoupling performance from ca.. read more
This paper from 2008 proposes a shared-disk design over Amazon S3 for cloud-native databases, separating storage from compute. Clients write redo logs to Amazon SQS instead of directly to S3 to hide latency. The paper presents a blueprint for serverless databases before the term existed... read more
Have to manage Kubernetes in production but don’t feel confident about its many moving parts, complex architecture, and configurations? Here’s a selection of technical guides from experienced engineers for Kubernetes beginners looking to master this orchestration tool for running containerised apps efficiently and reliably.
A practical breakdown of the most common Spring Boot performance bottlenecks — and how we optimized our API from 3 seconds to 200 ms.
Microsoft's Project Silica encodes data in borosilicate glass using femtosecond lasers, offering long-term storage for up to 10,000 years. This method overcomes traditional storage limitations and is cost-effective, though write speed remains a challenge. The research phase is complete, but no product release has been announced.
California's Digital Age Assurance Act mandates operating systems to share users' age data with app developers via a real-time API by 2027. The law faces criticism for depending on self-reported ages, potentially affecting its efficacy.
AI hiring has split dev work into three camps:Apex Tier,Hybrid Middle, and a shrinkingAutomatable Tail. Demand now favorsAI orchestration,prompt engineering, fastcode reading, and platform roles likeplatform engineer,fleet supervisor, andAI QA. System shift:Organizations must rework career ladders, .. read more
A developer ditches the laptop and SSHs from an iPhone into an always-onMac Mini. The phone becomes a terminal and browser. The remote runs the dev server, theClaude Code/CodexCLI, hot reload, file watching, and pushes viaTailscale. Persistent sessions (tmux) keep AI agents and services alive across.. read more
