Apple Completes Migration of Key Ecosystem Service to Swift, Gains 40% Performance Uplift

Apple has migrated its global Password Monitoring service from Java to Swift, achieving a 40% increase in throughput and significantly reducing memory usage—freeing up nearly 50% of previously allocat

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Being Functionless: How to Develop a Serverless Mindset to Write Less Code!

The rise of serverless technology and Function as a Service (FaaS) transformed cloud computing but requires a shift in mindset to avoid complexity and optimize efficiency.

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1BRC–Nerd Sniping the Java Community

Gunnar Morling discusses some of the tricks employed by the fastest solutions for processing a 13 GB input file within less than two seconds through parallelization and efficient memory access.

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Slack Combines ASTs with Large Language Models to Automatically Convert 80% of 15,000 Unit Tests

Slack's engineering team recently published how it used a large language model (LLM) to automatically convert 15,000 unit and integration tests from Enzyme to React Testing Library (RTL). By combining

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Uber Migrates 1 Trillion Records from DynamoDB to LedgerStore to Save $6 Million Annually

Uber migrated all its payment transaction data from DynamoDB and blob storage into a new long-term solution, a purpose-built data store named LedgerStore. The company was looking for cost savings and

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I've been talking about App & Architecture Modernization, Service Blueprints, etc, but I've not been very good at writing about it. Thanks to my good friends @crichardson and @diana I plan to!

Here’s my first post:

https://domainanalysis.io/p/application-and-architecture-modernization

#architecture_design modernization #software_design

Application and Architecture Modernization - Where do we Start?

Hint: Start with the user and the user needs

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QCon London: Meta Used Monolithic Architecture to Ship Threads in Only Five Months

Zahan Malkani talked during QCon London 2024 about Meta’s journey from identifying the opportunity in the market to shipping the Threads application only five months later. The company leveraged Insta

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NIST 800-207A: Implementing Zero Trust Architecture

Zack Butcher discusses the forthcoming Special Publication 800-207A on a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) model for access control in cloud native applications in multi-location environments.

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How Netflix Really Uses Java

Paul Bakker discusses Netflix’s use of Java, emphasizing the use of microservices, RxJava, Hystrix and Spring Cloud.

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Why the Serverless Revolution Has Stalled

Are traditional servers dead? Far from it. This article looks at why, despite serverless models finding great utility in specific circumstances, there's a barrier to more widespread adoption.

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