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Riak Core: Dynamo Building Blocks
Andy Gross discusses the design philosophy behind Riak based on Amazon Dynamo - Gossip Protocol, Consistent Hashing, Vector clocks, Read Repair, etc. -, overviewing its main features and architecture.
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Swarm Computing - Next Generation Clouds and the Role of SOA
Jürgen Kress discusses the current status and the future of cloud computing, and the role of SOA in creating a cloud computing infrastructure, plus some of the cloud offerings existing today.
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Savara - Formally Verifying SOA Designs Against Requirements
Steve Ross-Talbot presents Savara, comprising a set of tools enabling enterprise architects to validate various artifacts against other artifacts based on the “Testable Architecture” methodology.
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DSL Evolution for Groovy Developers
Peter Bell explains DSLs, how to approach writing one, and especially how to evolve one over time using "fixing the API", "backwards compatibility", "versioning" and "automated evolution/checking”.
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Securing the Social Web by Moving Beyond Client-Server Security
Tyler Close considers that the old client-server security model is no longer viable and a new security web model is needed, presenting tools and techniques to secure the social web apps of today.
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Scaling with MongoDB
Roger Bodamer provides advice on scaling out MongoDB using replica sets and auto-sharding, plus tips for database deployment and scaling use cases.
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Yes, SQL!
Uri Cohen presents the key characteristics of SQL and NoSQL databases and how to create a layer on top of distributed data stores in order to use SQL to query for data.
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Brownfield Software - Industrial Waste or Business Fertilizer?
Josh Graham addresses 10 myths related to working on legacy software, attempting to prove that one can make good use of legacy code without having to rewrite the entire thing.
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Searching Without Objectives
Kenneth O. Stanley considers that innovation is stifled when we are strictly following a high goal, and we would progress more when we are inclined to discovery rather than following an objective.
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Immutable Object vs. Unsynchronized State
Joshua Bennett discusses immutable objects, what they are good for, when they are recommended to be used and when are to be avoided.
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Developing Social-Ready Web Applications
Craig Walls discusses social web applications, how to integrate them, how to provide social data in a RESTful and secure way, introducing Spring Social, a framework for developing social web apps.
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RESTful SOA in the Real World
Sastry Malladi presents different ways used by the industry to implement a RESTful SOA, detailing how eBay did it in order to achieve performance, and what lessons can be taken from that.