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Improving Video Encoding System Efficiency @Netflix

Susie Xia discusses the video encoding system used by Netflix, and the tools and techniques used to analyze performance and to improve the system efficiency.

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Architecture & Design

Pragmatic Performance - Tales from the Trenches

Ramesh Subramonian shares techniques used to improve the performance of an existing system.

Accelerating Deep Learning on the JVM with Apache Spark and NVIDIA GPUs

In this article, authors discuss how to use the combination of Deep Java Learning (DJL), Apache Spark v3, and NVIDIA GPU computing to simplify deep learning pipelines while improving performance and reducing costs. They also show the performance comparison of this solution with GPU vs CPU hardware, using Amazon EMR and NVIDIA RAPIDS Accelerator.

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Culture & Methods

How Workplace Culture Affects Workplace Performance

The culture of an organisation has a direct impact of the performance of the people in it. We have identified six drivers of culture in and provide advice on nurturing and improving them. The six drivers are: Perceived Value of People, Perceived Nature of Time, Safety and Security, Navigation by Grownups, The Bond of Collective Confidence, Perceived Value of Excellence and Beneficence

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DevOps

Using the Plan-Do-Check-Act Framework to Produce Performant and Highly Available Systems

The PDCA (plan-do-check-act) framework can be used to outline the performance, availability, and monitoring to enable teams to ensure performant and highly available applications. These include infrastructure design and setup, application architecture and design, coding, performance testing, and application monitoring.