Tag: Cloud and infrastructure
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Four hot startups aim to keep AI data centers cool
Posted on August 24, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length short
Data centers consume up to one-third of their energy for cooling, driving demand for innovative solutions. Direct-to-chip cooling, a emerging technology, uses cold plates to target heat sources directly on CPUs/GPUs, improving efficiency and sustainability. Traditional cooling relies on large chillers and water systems, while direct-to-chip cooling attaches cold plates to processors. These plates use liquid or advanced materials to absorb heat locally, reducing reliance on centralized cooling and lowering energy use. By Heather Clancy.
Tags business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure leadership-and-career software-engineering
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Amazon DocumentDB serverless: Auto-scaling database solution for variable workloads
Posted on August 16, 2025, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
The primary goal of Amazon DocumentDB Serverless is to simplify operational overhead and reduce costs for developers using DocumentDB, a MongoDB-compatible database service. AWS recently announced the general availability (GA) of Amazon DocumentDB Serverless, an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration for Amazon DocumentDB. However, it's important to note that while AWS markets it as "serverless," it aligns more with an auto-scaling model rather than a scale-to-zero model, which is a key differentiator often associated with true serverless offerings. By Steef-Jan Wiggers.
Tags architecture-and-apis product-and-design frontend-and-mobile data-and-analytics cloud-and-infrastructure
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Microservices for machine learning
Posted on August 7, 2025, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Learn how author scaled my ML-powered finance tracker by breaking a monolithic design into microservices for better performance, maintainability, and deployment. Author's finance tracker project started with a simple idea: automatically categorize bank transactions using a text classification model. Author trained a basic logistic regression model on my transaction history, wrapped it in a Flask API, and called it done. By Ramya Boorugula.
Tags architecture-and-apis ai-and-machine-learning data-and-analytics cloud-and-infrastructure leadership-and-career
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New Akka deployment options: elasticity on any infrastructure
Posted on July 25, 2025, Level advanced Resource Length medium
Akka's latest deployment options represent a significant evolution in distributed systems architecture, addressing long-standing challenges in transitioning from development to production environments. The introduction of self-managed nodes and self-hosted Platform regions extends Akka's "build once, deploy anywhere" philosophy while maintaining the framework's core technical advantages. By Tyler Jewell.
Tags architecture-and-apis devops-and-ci-cd cloud-and-infrastructure backend-development
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Apache Airflow for MLOPS and ETL - Description, benefits and examples
Posted on July 24, 2025, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Apache Airflow is a leading open-source tool for workflow orchestration, designed to manage complex tasks in Python. Developed by Airbnb and now part of the Apache Software Foundation, it's widely adopted for its flexibility and scalability in data engineering workflows. By Rost Glukhov.
Tags data-and-analytics cloud-and-infrastructure
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How to use rsnapshot for incremental backups on Raspberry Pi
Posted on July 22, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length short
After trying out several backup tools over the years, rsnapshot has proven to be one of the most reliable, and setting it up on a Raspberry Pi is easier than you might think. As you know, maintaining our Raspberry Pi infrastructure is crucial. Data loss can disrupt projects and impact efficiency, so we need a robust backup solution. The article highlights `rsnapshot`, a powerful open-source tool that provides an excellent way to automate incremental backups on our Pis. Let me show you how it all works. By Usman Qamar.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure security-and-privacy
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Linux surpasses 5% market share on US desktops for the first time
Posted on July 19, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length short
The rise in Linux desktop market share is significant, representing an evolving landscape for operating system technologies. This necessitates strategic considerations around platform support, security hardening, and potential integration opportunities. Understanding the drivers of this shift (privacy, open-source ethos, hardware compatibility) informs our long-term technology roadmap and investment decisions regarding containerization, virtualization, and cloud-native architectures. The increasing reliance on Linux-based systems also influences developer toolchains and deployment strategies. By Skye Jacobs.
Tags miscellaneous cloud-and-infrastructure leadership-and-career data-and-analytics
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Building a real-time video AI service with Google Gemini
Posted on July 16, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length long
The article describes the development of a real-time video AI service for a major global service provider, leveraging Google Gemini's Multimodal Live API and Akka's SDK. The team successfully built, deployed, and scaled the service to handle thousands of transactions per second, far exceeding customer requirements. Key components included video ingestion, augmentation, and conversational storage, all deployed within a private Akka environment provisioned in a Google VPC in just 2 hours. By Johan Andrén.
Tags architecture-and-apis backend-development ai-and-machine-learning product-and-design cloud-and-infrastructure
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DIY Docker volume drivers: What's missing
Posted on July 6, 2025, Level advanced Resource Length medium
This post explores the limitations of the current Docker volume plugin ecosystem, emphasizing the difficulty in finding unprivileged solutions. The author details their journey in creating a custom volume plugin as a way to address this limitation. By Adam Faris.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure devops-and-ci-cd product-and-design software-engineering
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Docker's best-kept secret: How observability saves developers' sanity
Posted on July 6, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Observability is crucial for managing the increasing complexity of modern distributed software systems, especially those built with Docker containers and microservices. Traditional monitoring often falls short, leading to slow troubleshooting and increased Mean Time To Resolution (MTTR). End-to-end observability, particularly through distributed tracing, provides deep insights into system behavior, enabling proactive detection of performance issues and improved reliability. By Aditya Gupta.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure devops-and-ci-cd how-to
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How to run GUI-based applications in Docker
Posted on July 4, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Docker is commonly used for server-side and command-line apps. However, with the right setup, you can also run GUI-based applications inside containers. These containers can include GUI libraries and display tools, which enable apps to run in a secure and isolated environment. Docker containers can run GUI applications by configuring display sharing with the host system. This approach packages applications with their dependencies while maintaining isolation, enabling consistent cross-platform deployment without cluttering the host system. By Anees Asghar.
Tags software-engineering cloud-and-infrastructure devops-and-ci-cd business-and-emerging-tech how-to
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Multimodal AI for IoT devices requires a new class of MCU
Posted on July 2, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length long
Context-aware computing enables ultra-low-power operation while maintaining high-performance AI capabilities when needed. The rise of AI-driven IoT devices is pushing the limits of today's microcontroller unit (MCU) landscape. While AI-powered perception applications—such as voice, facial recognition, object detection, and gesture control—are becoming essential in everything from smart home devices to industrial automation, the hardware available to support them is not keeping pace. By Todd Dust.
Tags software-engineering cloud-and-infrastructure ai-and-machine-learning security-and-privacy business-and-emerging-tech how-to