Dispatches
writing
Thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, architecture, and the craft of building software.
192 essays and counting
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NoSQL Is Having Its Moment
MongoDB, Cassandra, and the database paradigm shift that is making relational purists uncomfortable
cloud
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The Linux Admin Life: RHEL in Production
What day-to-day Linux system administration actually looks like when real systems depend on you
cloudcareer
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Platform as a Service Goes Mainstream
Heroku and the rise of PaaS are changing how developers think about deploying applications
cloud
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OpenStack: The Open Source Cloud Revolution
Rackspace and NASA are building an open source cloud platform and it could change everything
cloud