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Cloud programming simplified: a Berkeley view on serverless computing Jonas et al., arXiv 2019 With thanks to Eoin Brazil who first pointed this paper out to me via Twitter…. Ten years ago Berkeley…

At AWS, we focus on solving problems for customers. Over the years, customer usage and dependencies on open source technologies have been steadily increasing; this is why we’ve long been committed to open source, and our pace of contributions to open source projects – both our own and others’ – continues to accelerate. When AWS […]

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As makers - developers, designers, and others who make - we come to work to solve challenging problems, requiring uninterrupted periods of time to deeply focus…

It was a meeting of the minds — three of the world’s most unconventional thinkers in a delightfully conventional setting. The glow of candlelight. The aroma of fresh oregano. And the sound of vigorous debate, mixed with occasional bursts of laughter, filled the room. It was a dinner party with an...

Not long ago, House of Cards came back for the fifth season, finally ending a long wait for binge watchers across the world who are…

Darwinian data structure selection Basios et al., FSE’18 GraphIt may have caught your attention for the success of its approach, but I suspect for many readers it’s not something you’ll be im…

The evolution of continuous experimentation in software product development Fabijan et al., ICSE’17 (Author personal version here) If you’ve been following along with the A/B testing re…

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Behind Closed Doors: What Shutting Your Door Says to Your Colleagues: Having an office is a dream—you can shut your d...