The Pragmatic Engineer

APRIL 11, 2024

From Sella’s status page : “Following the installation of an update to the operating system and related firmware which led to an unstable situation. Still, I’m puzzled by how long the system has been down. If it was an update to Oracle, or to the operating system, then why not roll back the update?

Banking 220

Banking Utilities Database Engineering 220

Engineering at Meta

AUGUST 9, 2023

Explore is one of the largest recommendation systems on Instagram. Using more advanced machine learning models, like Two Towers neural networks, we’ve been able to make the Explore recommendation system even more scalable and flexible. locally popular media), which further contributes to system scalability.

Systems 98

Systems Media Algorithm Machine Learning 98

Pinterest Engineering

JANUARY 18, 2024

In particular, our machine learning powered ads ranking systems are trying to understand users’ engagement and conversion intent and promote the right ads to the right user at the right time. Specifically, such discrepancies unfold into the following scenarios: Bug-free scenario : Our ads ranking system is working bug-free.

Systems 96

Systems Machine Learning Data Mining Algorithm 96

Precisely

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Modern IT environments require comprehensive data for successful AIOps, that includes incorporating data from legacy systems like IBM i and IBM Z into ITOps platforms. AIOps presents enormous promise, but many organizations face hurdles in its implementation: Complex ecosystems made of multiple, fragmented systems that lack interoperability.

Systems 59

Systems IT Machine Learning Insurance 59

Snowflake

MAY 16, 2024

Our modern approach accelerates digital transformation, connects previously siloed systems, increases operational efficiencies, and can deliver better outcomes for constituents verifying digital credentials. Snowflake’s Data Cloud was crucial in utilizing data to capture real-time information and effectively allocate funds.

Education 81

Education Accessible Accessibility Recruitment 81

Data Engineering Podcast

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Summary Kafka has become a ubiquitous technology, offering a simple method for coordinating events and data across different systems. Support Data Engineering Podcast Summary Kafka has become a ubiquitous technology, offering a simple method for coordinating events and data across different systems.

Kafka 245

Kafka Data Lake High Quality Data SQL 245

The Pragmatic Engineer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With remote work, engineers spend more time on video calls, which utilizes laptop resources like CPU, memory, and more. With full-remote work, the risk is higher that someone other than the employee accesses the codebase. Full subscribers can access a list with links here. Remote work. Open source VS Code Server.

Cloud 258

Cloud Software Engineer Software Engineering Cloud Computing 258

Engineering at Meta

MARCH 12, 2024

We focused on building end-to-end AI systems with a major emphasis on researcher and developer experience and productivity. With this in mind, we built one cluster with a remote direct memory access (RDMA) over converged Ethernet (RoCE) network fabric solution based on the Arista 7800 with Wedge400 and Minipack2 OCP rack switches.

Building 145

Building Portfolio Utilities Data Storage 145

Data Engineering Weekly

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Privacy and access management within data infrastructure is not just a best practice; it's a necessity. Robust privacy and access management protocols are crucial for GDPR compliance, protecting sensitive information, and maintaining user trust. For example, GDPR and HIPAA require strict access controls to protect sensitive data.

Systems 67

Systems Engineering Data Warehouse Architecture 67

Engineering at Meta

APRIL 13, 2023

As this is rolled out, security-conscious users who utilize the verify security code page will notice this verification process occurs quickly and automatically. This system is a new service provided by WhatsApp that relies on public auditing to verify the end-to-end encryption status of personal conversations.

Utilities 144

Utilities Coding Database Accessibility 144

The Pragmatic Engineer

JUNE 13, 2023

But there’s no “one size fits all” strategy when it comes to deciding the right balance between utilizing the cloud and operating your infrastructure on-premises. What are the use cases where the company already utilizes public cloud? Agoda utilizes Akamai as its CDN vendor. Agoda in numbers Agoda lists 3.6M

Cloud 201

Cloud Database Utilities BI 201

Data Engineering Podcast

JUNE 16, 2024

What are the other systems that feed into and rely on the Trino/Iceberg service? what kinds of questions are you answering with table metadata what use case/team does that support comparative utility of iceberg REST catalog What are the shortcomings of Trino and Iceberg? Want to see Starburst in action? Want to see Starburst in action?

Data Lake 147

Data Lake High Quality Data Metadata Machine Learning 147

Netflix Tech

JUNE 1, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the methods we used to ensure a successful launch, including: How we tested the system Netflix technologies involved Best practices we developed Realistic Test Traffic Netflix traffic ebbs and flows throughout the day in a sinusoidal pattern. Basic with ads was launched worldwide on November 3rd.

Algorithm 139

Algorithm Metadata Kafka Systems 139

Cloudera

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The platform is loaded with over 30,000 files per day, from 95 systems across the bank. It hosts over 150 big data analytics sandboxes across the region with over 200 users utilizing the sandbox for data discovery. The policy-based framework also provides an efficient way to provide data access to end-users.

Medical 123

Medical Banking Telecommunication Government 123

Netflix Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

On Titus , our multi-tenant compute platform, a "noisy neighbor" refers to a container or system service that heavily utilizes the server's resources, causing performance degradation in adjacent containers. We usually focus on CPU utilization because it is our workload's most frequent source of noisy neighbor issues.

Utilities 104

Utilities Coding Programming Java 104

phData: Data Engineering

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The world we live in today presents larger datasets, more complex data, and diverse needs, all of which call for efficient, scalable data systems. These systems are built on open standards and offer immense analytical and transactional processing flexibility. These formats are transforming how organizations manage large datasets.

Architecture 52

Architecture Systems Data Lake Google Cloud 52

Monte Carlo

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

And this renewed focus on data quality is bringing much needed visibility into the health of technical systems. With the right knowledge summarization model, GenAI can save massive amounts of time for a team utilizing large, distributed data repositories on a daily basis.

Systems 64

Systems Building Retail Data Lake 64

Knowledge Hut

MAY 22, 2024

The CIA Triad is a common prototype that constructs the basis for the development of security systems. Confidentiality Confidentiality in information security assures that information is accessible only by authorized individuals. Simply put, it’s about maintaining access to data to block unauthorized disclosure.

IT 98

IT Banking Healthcare Finance 98

Knowledge Hut

JANUARY 18, 2024

Hackers, who generally are perceived as skilled people with bad intentions,  steal data and damage our systems. Exploiting digital systems and networks through unauthorized access to any account or computer is a typical explanation of hacking. What is Hacking? Among the most typical subjects of cyberattacks is email.

Certification 97

Certification Government Programming Language Accessibility 97

Engineering at Meta

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In our own tests, SPTP boasts comparable performance to PTP, but with significant improvements in CPU, memory, and network utilization. This leads to additional complexity and fragility in the system. There are additional protocol design side effects such as: An almost infinite Denial of Service Attack (DoS) amplification factor.

Utilities 125

Utilities Coding Designing Accessibility 125

Knowledge Hut

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Hence, data analyst utilizes most of their time doing EDA. A database is a structured data collection that is stored and accessed electronically. File systems can store small datasets, while computer clusters or cloud storage keeps larger datasets. While using Amazon SageMaker datasets are quick to access and load.

Data Science 98

Data Science Datasets Machine Learning Database Design 98

Cloudera

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The customer had a few primary reasons for the upgrade: Utilize existing hardware resources and avoid the expensive resources, time and cost of adding new hardware for migrations. . Attribute-based access control and SparkSQL fine-grained access control. Gateway-based SSO with Knox. Support for RangerKMS-KeyTrustee Integration.

Cloud 132

Cloud Kafka Professional Services Metadata 132

Tweag

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Provide those dependencies such that the build system can find them. Run the build system. However, there are some problems with step (4): The build is not properly isolated: it can (in theory) fetch arbitrary things from the network, access arbitrary files on the filesystem, and even modify other packages.

Project 144

Project Programming Language Building Systems 144

Knowledge Hut

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Voice Search Benefits: Improved User Experience Accessibility Hands-free Interaction Faster Search Results Examples: Integrating voice-enabled search boxes or chatbots on websites to allow users to perform voice-based searches. Utilizing machine learning algorithms to analyze user data and deliver personalized content recommendations.

Entertainment 105

Entertainment Machine Learning Utilities Google Cloud 105

Striim

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This can include any system or application that generates or collects data, such as: Behavioral Data: User behavior data that provides insights into how customers interact with your products or services. Conversely, in an ELT-based architecture, data is initially loaded into storage systems such as data lakes in its raw form.

Data Pipeline 98

Data Pipeline Designing Data Lake Data Warehouse 98

Knowledge Hut

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Integrity Checker The Integrity Checker aims to provide security for operating systems. The tool will ensure the integrity and security of system files by verifying their integrity against known hashes or checksums. Source code 2. Source code 3. Source code 2. Source code 3. Source code Cyber Security Projects for Beginners 1.

Coding 98

Coding Project Algorithm Utilities 98

Cloudera

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Figure 2: Moving application log data from Azure Event Hub to ADLS Gen2 and SIEM systems. Cloud applications can be configured to send their logs to a central Azure Event Hub from where CDF-PC flow deployments pick up the log files to curate the events for the SIEM system. Processing Streaming Data.

Cloud 116

Cloud Kafka AWS Data Ingestion 116

Knowledge Hut

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Ethical hacking is the practice of using hacking techniques to test the security of a computer system or network. Ethical hackers try to find ways to break into a system in order to find security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious hackers. What can an attacker see with this information?

Programming Language 98

Programming Language Certification SQL Programming 98

Towards Data Science

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Ideal for those new to data systems or language model applications, this project is structured into two segments: This initial article guides you through constructing a data pipeline utilizing Kafka for streaming, Airflow for orchestration, Spark for data transformation, and PostgreSQL for storage. You can also leave the port at 5432.

Kafka 70

Kafka Data Engineering Data Engineer PostgreSQL 70

Engineering at Meta

OCTOBER 15, 2024

AI has been at the core of the experiences Meta has been delivering to people and businesses for years, including AI modeling innovations to optimize and improve on features like Feed and our ads system. For example, Llama 3.1 405B , Meta’s largest model, is a dense transformer with 405B parameters and a context window of up to 128k tokens.

Deep Learning 129

Deep Learning Designing Architecture Systems 129

Netflix Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

We accomplish this by paving the path to: Accessing and processing media data (e.g. Media Access: Jasper In the early days of media ML efforts, it was very hard for researchers to access media data. Training Performance Media model training poses multiple system challenges in storage, network, and GPUs.

Media 119

Media Machine Learning Metadata Algorithm 119

Knowledge Hut

APRIL 29, 2024

Utilizing methods and procedures created to safeguard the data is essential for a successful digital revolution. The stakes are high in the banking and financial industry since substantial financial sums are at risk and the potential for significant economic upheaval if banks and other financial systems are compromised.

Banking 98

Banking Government Media Electronics 98

Knowledge Hut

MARCH 5, 2024

Cloud Computing is the latest technology that has made it easier for organizations to sort their data and give seamless access to their remote employees. This way, you can share a single physical source amongst multiple virtual applications, giving access to a set of customers. However, it can also be a combination of these resources.

Cloud Computing 90

Cloud Computing Technology Cloud Architecture 90

Netflix Tech

JUNE 7, 2021

Challenges The cloud network infrastructure that Netflix utilizes today consists of AWS services such as VPC, DirectConnect, VPC Peering, Transit Gateways, NAT Gateways, etc and Netflix owned devices. At much less than 1% of CPU and memory on the instance, this highly performant sidecar provides flow data at scale for network insight.

Transportation 131

Transportation AWS Cloud Metadata 131

Engineering at Meta

AUGUST 27, 2024

At Meta, we’ve been diligently working to incorporate privacy into different systems of our software stack over the past few years. A crucial aspect of purpose limitation is managing data as it flows across systems and services. These innovations mark a major milestone in our ongoing commitment to honoring user privacy.

Programming Language 118

Programming Language Coding Data Warehouse Systems 118

Netflix Tech

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

However, this category requires near-immediate access to the current count at low latencies, all while keeping infrastructure costs to a minimum. Failures in a distributed system are a given, and having the ability to safely retry requests enhances the reliability of the service.

Datasets 100

Datasets Computer Science Systems Kafka 100

Data Engineering Podcast

JANUARY 8, 2023

Part of this complexity is due to the transformation and orchestration of data living in disparate systems. Materialize breaks down those barriers with a true cloud-native streaming database - not simply a database that connects to streaming systems. SQL has traditionally been challenging to compose.

PostgreSQL 130

PostgreSQL Data Lake Data Warehouse BI 130