Conflict-free replicated data types (or “CRDTs”) are inspiring the creation of more collaborative applications and improving the experience of users of distributed systems. In this post, we will explore how these data structures can be used to achieve a consistent, total ordering of events across many peers.
Read moreIf you’re working in distributed systems, having a good terminal setup is pretty important! On MacOS iTerm2 is a popular choice. It has tabs, autocomplete, a built-in password manager and a fantastic screen splitting feature. If however you’re like me and aren’t using a Mac it can be difficult to find a replacement that fits your needs. Tmux is here to help!
Read moreOnce you become an AI/ML practitioner, you quickly realize that the machine learning work is often the least challenging step in the pipeline. So what’s still really, really hard? Getting good data! In this post, we’ll explore why that is and introduce a new open source tool for data curation, Baleen.
Read moreDeveloping applications for global users usually requires an internationalization (i18n) process that translates contents or user messages into different languages. Given how manual these process tend to be, the more we can automate the better – for our sanity, for our wallets, and for our users. That’s where Rumi comes in!
Read moreIn the age of microservices and containerized applications, software is less monolithic and more interdependent. How do we write tests which account for this new reality? One common strategy is to create mocks for services. In this post, we’ll explore some of the challenges with testing in Go and dive into some concrete examples where creating mocks can help alleviate these problems.
Read moreIf you want to build a robust machine learning model, the most important ingredient is data – but keep in mind that tuning your model will rely on devising a systematic way to store and query that data! In this post, we explore a project to understand a large dataset of Amazon reviews and predict start ratings using open source sentiment analyzers and the MongoDB ecosystem.
Read moreStars, forks, likes, upvotes, downloads. In a world where user metrics rule, why don’t more technical projects translate their docs to reach more global users?
Read moreImagine you have a new engineer joining your team and you need to provide passwords for access to critical systems. Or you need to send a sensitive file to a client. Or you need to share encryption keys with a team member. What do you do?
Read moreData privacy regulations are gaining traction domestically and internationally. Business and tech leaders would do well to take notice and re-consider their approach to privacy.
Read moreThere’s no doubt public cloud providers have transformed the technology landscape; in this post we retrace the evolution of the cloud to gather clues into where the industry is headed next.
Read moreThe things we make are not user-friendly by accident; we have to make them that way.
Read moreSecurity is by definition an inconvenience. At the very least, it’s about making access to data as challenging as possible for the baddies, conveniently measured in computation time.
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