January, 2016

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Designing Schemaless, Uber Engineering’s Scalable Datastore Using MySQL

Uber Engineering

By Jakob Holdgaard Thomsen. The making of Schemaless, Uber Engineering’s custom designed datastore using MySQL, which has allowed us to scale from 2014 to beyond. This is part one of a three-part series on Schemaless. In Project Mezzanine we described … The post Designing Schemaless, Uber Engineering’s Scalable Datastore Using MySQL appeared first on Uber Engineering Blog.

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How much SQL is required to learn Hadoop?

ProjectPro

With widespread enterprise adoption, learning Hadoop is gaining traction as it can lead to lucrative career opportunities. There are several hurdles and pitfalls students and professionals come across while learning Hadoop. The career counsellors at ProjectPro are often asked these questions by prospective hadoopers like – What are the pre-requisites to learn Hadoop?

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Trust Instead of Control

Zalando Engineering

We recently changed how we do security at Zalando, from a command and control mode, to enabling people to make the right decisions and do the right thing at the right time. Our focus is now strongly on people, and we believe this should be true in any organisation employing even the best technical solutions. “Security is both a feeling and a reality.

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Using Triggers On Schemaless, Uber Engineering’s Datastore Using MySQL

Uber Engineering

The details and examples of Schemaless triggers, a key feature of the datastore that’s kept Uber Engineering scaling since October 2014. This is the third installment of a three-part series on Schemaless; the first part is a design overview … The post Using Triggers On Schemaless, Uber Engineering’s Datastore Using MySQL appeared first on Uber Engineering Blog.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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The Architecture of Schemaless, Uber Engineering’s Trip Datastore Using MySQL

Uber Engineering

How Uber’s infrastructure works with Schemaless, the datastore using MySQL that’s kept Uber Engineering scaling since October 2014. This is part two of a three- part series on Schemaless; part one is on designing Schemaless. In Project Mezzanine: … The post The Architecture of Schemaless, Uber Engineering’s Trip Datastore Using MySQL appeared first on Uber Engineering Blog.

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10 Tips for Becoming a Front End Web Developer

ProjectPro

Web development has been the buzzword of Information Technology industry for over two decades now, ever since the ‘dot com’ boom created an entirely new industry called ecommerce. As the internet and computers gained popularity, organizations around the world realized the need for an online presence. All of a sudden, there was a way of sharing information with the entire world at an affordable cost.

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HTML and CSS Design in building websites

ProjectPro

Web design and development emerged as a full time career option in 1990s (the famous “dotcom boom” era). In the two decades gone by since, a number of newer, faster and innovative technologies have evolved for web designing but HTML CSS continue to hold fort. Initially released in 1993 and 1996 respectively, HTML CSS gained worldwide popularity in a short time.

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What is the importance of a website for a small business?

ProjectPro

In present century, internet’s popularity and utility cannot be over-emphasized. Its overwhelming growth in the past two decades can be assessed by the sheer numbers. According to internetworldstats data, in December 1995, when the world was trying to understand how to put the World Wide Web to the best use, there were 16 million internet users (0.4% of 1995 world population).

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How to ensure best performance for your Hadoop Cluster?

ProjectPro

Installing Hadoop cluster in production is just half the battle won. It is extremely important for a Hadoop admin to tune the Hadoop cluster setup to gain maximum performance. During Hadoop installation , the cluster is configured with default configuration settings which are on par with the minimal hardware configuration. It is extremely important for Hadoop admins to be familiar with various hardware specifications like – the number of disks mounted on datanodes, RAM capacity, the number

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Oh Appy Day!

Zalando Engineering

Mobile commerce is dominating globally. Earlier last year, Ecommerce news wrote that during 2015 it was expected that Europeans would spend around 45 billion euros via mobile devices, which was an increase of 88.7 percent from 2014. This merely shows how important it is for companies to develop a strong mobile strategy. We are dedicated to be a mobile first company, which is why we are constantly striving to create the best apps in a very competitive market.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Hack Week #4 - the video!

Zalando Engineering

First of all, we want to wish you all a Happy New Year from the team here at Zalando Tech! We can feel the excitement and buzz in the corridors, and we are convinced that 2016 is going to be one thrilling, adventurous and full of surprises kind of year. But, before we get started, we wanted to reminisce a little bit on a special week in December, a.k.a HackWeek #4.

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Reactive Design Patterns

Zalando Engineering

Last week Zalando’s Tech Hub in Berlin had the great pleasure of hosting a talk by Dr. Roland Kuhn : leader of Typesafe’s Akka project , and coauthor of the book Reactive Design Patterns and the Reactive Manifesto. For a standing-room-only crowd, Roland highlighted the importance of making reactive software: of considering responsiveness, maintainability, elasticity and scalability from the outset of development.

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Meet Connexion: Our REST Framework for Python

Zalando Engineering

In transitioning from a monolith to microservices architecture, Zalando Tech has adopted “ API First ” as one of our key engineering principles. API First ensures that our APIs are RESTful, robust, consistent, general, and abstracted from specific implementation and use cases. Swagger , a specification for descripting REST APIs in a language-agnostic manner, has become vitally important in our efforts to make API First a reality.

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Using Elm to Create a Fun Game in Just Five Days

Zalando Engineering

Elm is getting a lot of traction these days. It is a fully functional language with a strong type system that compiles to JavaScript, so naturally we’ve been wanting to learn it! During our recent Hack Week, we found the perfect opportunity after realizing that Zalando was in dire need of an awesome game on our 404 page. Using Elm, we created 404 Elm Street : a browser game in which you play Joe, a courier who deliver packages to Zalando customers and shuttles returns back to the company.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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How Food Delivery Apps are leveraging Big Data Analytics?

ProjectPro

Food industry is adopting big data technology and big data analytics to stay competitive by understanding customer preferences and tastes. People have pretty high expectations for food especially when they are ordering it from a restaurant. The mind-set of people is tuned in such a way - that they want each and every bite of the food to be perfect in taste whether it is the cheesy pizza, their favourite Ham, frozen lasagne or the fries.

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