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Getting to Know Graal, the New Java JIT Compiler

Oracle have released Graal, a new JIT compiler for Java. For Java developers, Graal can be thought of as several separate but connected projects - it is a new JIT compiler for HotSpot, and also a new polyglot virtual machine, GraalVM. The initial release includes support for JVM bytecode and JavaScript with LLVM, Ruby and R in beta.

Ben Evans
on Jul 16, 2018
Emerging Technologies

Cats, Qubits, and Teleportation: The Spooky World of Quantum Computation Applications (Part 3)

The same factors which make quantum theory so startling also make quantum computers very difficult to implement in practice: quantum phenomena don't manifest themselves in everyday life. Given the cost, size, and physical delicacy of quantum computers, they're a perfect fit for the 'pay per use' cloud consumption model.

Holly Cummins
on Jul 14, 2018
Culture & Methods

Peer Reviews Either Sandbag or Propel Agile Development

Agile teams are hungry for feedback, but are they getting it fast enough? If your peer review process isn’t structured right, it could be dragging down your development. This article explains how your team can unlock the full potential of code and document reviews by employing a structured, but flexible process that accelerates development and fosters a culture of collaboration

Patrick Londa
on Jul 12, 2018
Mobile

Your Roadmap to an Open Mobile Application Development Strategy

This article explains why, in a fast-changing mobile app environment, organizations should aim for flexibility by using an open development infrastructure for their mobile app development. This infrastructure should support multiple deployment options, decouple the front-end and MBaaS infrastructure, enable task automation by using both cloud services and a low-code development approach.

Olivier Picciotto
on Jul 11, 2018
DevOps

How to Adopt a New Technology: Advice from Buoyant on Utilising a Service Mesh

When adding a new technology like a service mesh into your production stack, be mindful of the impact this will have on you and your colleagues. Be clear about what problem you are solving, and define appropriate acceptance criteria. Run experiments that attempt to show how a service mesh can make life better for the various stakeholders.

Thomas Rampelberg
on Jul 09, 2018
Emerging Technologies

Cats, Qubits, and Teleportation: The Spooky World of Quantum Algorithms (Part 2)

Quantum information theory really took off once people noticed that the computational complexity of quantum systems was actually a computational capacity, which could be applied to other problems, such as factorization, which is used within public key cryptography. This article explores quantum algorithms and their applicability.

Holly Cummins
on Jul 06, 2018
Emerging Technologies

Cats, Qubits, and Teleportation: The Spooky World of Quantum Computation (Part One)

By the time most of us reach adulthood, we know a few basic truths: cats cannot be simultaneously alive and dead; objects at opposite ends of the universe can’t affect each other; and computers operate on 0s and 1s, and that’s the most fundamental unit of information. The premise of quantum computation is that these truths are partially wrong.

Holly Cummins
on Jun 29, 2018
DevOps

Service Mesh: Promise or Peril?

Service meshes such as Istio, Linkerd, and Cilium are gaining increased visibility as companies adopt microservice architectures. The arguments for a service mesh are compelling: full-stack observability, transparent security, systems resilience, and more. But is a service mesh really the right solution for you? This article examines when a service mesh makes sense and when it might not.

Richard Li
on Jun 28, 2018
Mobile

App Architecture, iOS Application Design Patterns in Swift Review and Author Q&A

App Architecture, iOS Application Design Patterns in Swift by Chris Eidhof, Matt Gallagher, and Florian Kugler presents a number of architectures for iOS Swift applications, from the ubiquitous Model-View-Controller to a few more experimental ones. The book is accompanied by a set of videos that are available as a separate purchase and add a live-coding dimension to the book content.

Chris Eidhof Matt Gallagher Sergio De Simone Florian Kugler
on Jun 26, 2018
Architecture & Design

The C4 Model for Software Architecture

Software architecture diagrams can be a very useful communication tool, but many teams have scaled back on the creation of diagrams, and when diagrams are created, they are often confusing and unclear. The C4 model consists of a hierarchical set of software architecture diagrams for context, containers, components, and code.

Simon Brown
on Jun 25, 2018
Architecture & Design

The SOA Journey: from Understanding Business to Agile Architecture

If your monolith is tightly coupled and not cohesive, you could split it in order for a business to be more agile. There are a lot of wrong ways that you can do that. They result in the same tightly coupled and non-cohesive monolith, but which is distributed across a network. This article examines how you can align your technical services and business-capabilities.

Vadim Samokhin
on Jun 23, 2018
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Can People Trust the Automated Decisions Made by Algorithms?

The use of automated decision making is increasing. These algorithms can produce results that are incomprehensible, or socially undesirable. How can we determine the safety of algorithms in devices if we cannot understand them? Public fears about the inability to foresee adverse consequences has impeded technologies such as nuclear energy and genetically modified crops.

Michael Stiefel Michael Veale Andrew Burt Rebecca Wiliams
on Jun 21, 2018

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