Tag: Data and analytics
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How to enable HSTS for enhanced web security in Apache
Posted on May 13, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a web security policy mechanism that helps to protect websites against protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking. It allows web servers to declare that web browsers (or other complying user agents) should interact with it using only secure HTTPS connections, and never via the insecure HTTP protocol. This article will guide you on how to implement and optimize HSTS in Apache for improved web security. By Rahul.
Tags product-and-design security-and-privacy frontend-and-mobile data-and-analytics
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12 best & most unique search engines to try in 2023
Posted on May 8, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Although Google is by far the most popular search engine, it's certainly not the only search engine. Different search engines have different audience demographics. And different pros and cons. By Vlado Pavlik.
Tags data-and-analytics business-and-emerging-tech miscellaneous ai-and-machine-learning leadership-and-career
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A serverless query engine from spare parts
Posted on May 7, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
An open-source implementation of a Data Lake with DuckDB and AWS Lambdas. In this post we will show how to build a simple end-to-end application in the cloud on a serverless infrastructure. The purpose is simple: we want to show that we can develop directly against the cloud while minimizing the cognitive overhead of designing and building infrastructure. By Ciro Greco.
Tags data-and-analytics architecture-and-apis cloud-and-infrastructure
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Introducing storage on Vercel
Posted on May 6, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length short
Vercel KV, Vercel Postgres, Vercel Blob, and Vercel Edge Config are now available. Driven by the need for both performance and personalization, frameworks are becoming server-first and edge-first. By vercel.com.
Tags product-and-design frontend-and-mobile architecture-and-apis data-and-analytics
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Distributed cloud-native graph database with NebulaGraph Docker extension
Posted on May 4, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Graph databases have become a popular solution for storing and querying complex relationships between data. As the amount of graph data grows and the need for high concurrency increases, a distributed graph database is essential to handle the scale. Finding a distributed graph database that automatically shards the data, while allowing businesses to scale from small to trillion-edge-level without changing the underlying storage, architecture of the service, or application code, however, can be a challenge. By Wey Gu and Ajeet Singh Raina.
Tags product-and-design devops-and-ci-cd leadership-and-career data-and-analytics
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Moving beyond Google: Why ChatGPT is the search engine of the future
Posted on April 26, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
I was thrilled when my school announced its new 1-to-1 technology program in my first year of teaching, a decade ago. This announcement meant that each of our students would now have a school-issued laptop in the classroom. Not only was it a welcome transition from traditional paper-based learning, but it also meant that I would be relieved from my daily tussles with the copy machine. By Zak Cohen
Tags miscellaneous data-and-analytics business-and-emerging-tech leadership-and-career
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Organoid intelligence: Computing on the brain
Posted on April 25, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length short
Small spheres of neurons show promise for drug testing and computation. In parallel with recent developments in machine learning like GPT-4, a group of scientists has recently proposed the use of neural tissue itself, carefully grown to re-create the structures of the animal brain, as a computational substrate. By Michael Nolan.
Tags miscellaneous data-and-analytics business-and-emerging-tech
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Simplified data pipelines with Pulsar transformation functions
Posted on April 24, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
They provide a low-code way to develop basic processing and routing of data using existing Pulsar features. Using functions in the cloud is a very efficient way of creating iterable workflows that can transform data, analyze source code, make platform configurations, and do many other useful jobs. As you develop a function you will quickly realize a need for a solid foundation of utilities and formatting. By Christophe Bornet.
Tags product-and-design data-and-analytics
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Igniting IBM Ecosystem with New IBM z16 and IBM LinuxONE 4 single frame and rack mount options
Posted on April 20, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
At IBM, we obsess over what our clients need—not just to meet today's business challenges, but what will help them capitalize on future opportunities. By Tina Tarquinio, VP, Product Management, IBM Z and LinuxONE.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure data-and-analytics leadership-and-career
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Comparing Avro vs Protobuf for data serialization
Posted on April 18, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length short
Data serialization is a crucial aspect of modern distributed systems because it enables the efficient communication and storage of structured data. In this article, we will discuss two popular serialization formats: Avro and Protocol Buffers, Protobuf for short, and compare their strengths and weaknesses to help you make an informed decision about which one to use in your projects. By Daniel Selans.
Tags backend-development data-and-analytics product-and-design
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Using Vulcan codecs with Kafka Java APIs
Posted on April 17, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
For those that aren't familiar, Vulcan is a functional Avro encoding library that uses the official Apache Avro library under the hood. The difference between this and the official Avro build plugins approach is that the types are defined in plain Scala. Then the Avro schema is generated from those instead of defining the Avro schema and getting code generated at compile time that adheres to that schema. By César Enrique.
Tags data-and-analytics backend-development product-and-design
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Eying efficiency: This is data's opportunity
Posted on April 13, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Data is the biggest value driver for businesses bringing positive change and enabling near term efficiency. Maintaining an eye on the future is so important to businesses - and it's why data leadership is of rising value. Although currently there's a great deal of economic uncertainty, the data community should feel optimistic; this is the opportunity to demonstrate business value, benefit colleagues and play a role in efficiency and sustainability initiatives. By Danielle McConville.
Tags data-and-analytics leadership-and-career how-to ai-and-machine-learning