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WASI 0.2: Unlocking WebAssembly’s Promise Outside the Browser
The WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) Subgroup recently reached a significant milestone by voting to launch WASI 0.2, also known as WASI Preview 2. This exciting new WASI standard is based on the Wasm component model, allowing application developers to build software like LEGO bricks, where different components can be easily connected to create larger and more complex applications.
Great software is driven by a great developer experience
Driven by COVID-19, everything from digital transformation initiatives to customer expectations have accelerated. As consumers reflect on how much they have come to rely on websites and apps over the last 18 months, they have deep firsthand experience with how technology can make their lives simpler and easier.
The Gaga Dive, and other Super Bowl phenomenon
Because we power tens of thousands of websites, including top publishing, ecommerce, and SaaS companies, we can gather key insight into how people are engaging with brands online. The Super Bowl (or, as we refer to it internally: the Superb Owl, which is also a perennial search-term favorite) is one of the most-watched events in U.S. television, and presents a unique opportunity for companies to reach prospective customers through clever and well-placed advertising.
Meet the Expert: Tyler McMullen on Getting Started with Serverless
Why and how to integrate serverless into your architecture and development processes Sponsor Topic: Software Development What you'll learn Guest Schedule Serverless is a relatively nascent concept. Adoption is on the rise, but the promise of serverless remains elusive—as does a wide understanding of the different approaches to implementation. Although the benefits of serverless are clear, the question remains on where this new technology fits into your workflows and business processes.
Serverless at the edge will gain momentum in 2021
Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2021. Read them in this 13th annual VMblog.com series exclusive. By Tyler McMullen, CTO of Fastly The next generation of serverless functionality -- at the edge -- is designed to benefit not just developers - but end users, too. Edge serverless architectures combine the power of central cloud compute with the responsiveness of local apps.
Load Balancing is Impossible
InfoQ Homepage Presentations Load Balancing is Impossible View Presentation Speed: Summary Tyler McMullen discusses load balancing techniques and algorithms such as Randomized Least-conns, Join-Idle-Queue, and Load Interpretation. Load balancing perfectly may be impossible in the real world, but we can do better than “random,” “round-robin,” and naive “least-conns”. Bio Tyler McMullen is CTO at Fastly, where he’s responsible for the system architecture and leads the company’s technology vision.
Edge compute: The missing pieces
This is a keynote highlight from the O'Reilly Velocity Conference in London 2017. Watch the full version of this keynote on Safari. You can also see other highlights from the event.
Principles of globally distributed systems
Meet Tyler McMullen and attend his session "Building a skyscraper with Legos: The anatomy of a distributed system" at The O'Reilly Velocity Conference, taking place Oct. 1-4 in New York. Use code ORM20 to save 20% on your conference pass (Gold, Silver, and Bronze passes). This video was originally recorded in 2016 at the O'Reilly Velocity Conference in New York.
It Probably Works
Probabilistic algorithms exist to solve problems that are either impossible or unrealistic (too expensive, too time-consuming, etc.) to solve precisely. In an ideal world, you would never actually need to use probabilistic algorithms. To programmers who are not familiar with them, the idea can be positively nerve-wracking: "How do I know that it will actually work? What if it's inexplicably wrong? How can I debug it?
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