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Here's a good idea I'd like to kick around:We're all sick of talking to tech support on the otherside of the earth. I think Americans can do these jobs just as well as anybody else, but we've priced…Continue
Started by Kevin Neelands Jan 8, 2010.
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(photo from The Commitments)Have a great idea? Better keep it to yourself. Someone else will snatch it up and do it if you tell! On…Continue
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Started by Michael Levin Jan 5, 2010.
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Grab Adds Real-Time Data Quality Monitoring to Its Platform
Grab updated its internal platform to monitor Apache Kafka data quality in real time. The system uses FlinkSQL and an LLM to detect syntactic and semantic errors. It currently tracks 100+ topics, preventing invalid data from reaching downstream users. This proactive strategy aligns with industry trends to treat data streams as reliable products.
By Patrick FarryNVIDIA Dynamo Addresses Multi-Node LLM Inference Challenges
Serving Large Language Models (LLMs) at scale is complex. Modern LLMs now exceed the memory and compute capacity of a single GPU or even a single multi-GPU node. As a result, inference workloads for 70B+, 120B+ parameter models, or pipelines with large context windows, require multi-node, distributed GPU deployments.
By Claudio MasoloKarrot Improves Conversion Rates by 70% with New Scalable Feature Platform on AWS
Karrot replaced its legacy recommendation system with a scalable architecture that leverages various AWS services. The company sought to address challenges related to tight coupling, limited scalability, and poor reliability in its previous solution, opting instead for a distributed, event-driven architecture built on top of scalable cloud services.
By Rafal GancarzGrowing Yourself as a Software Engineer, Using AI to Develop Software
Sharing your work as a software engineer inspires others, invites feedback, and fosters personal growth, Suhail Patel said at QCon London. Normalizing and owning incidents builds trust, and it supports understanding the complexities. AI enables automation but needs proper guidance, context, and security guardrails.
By Ben LindersArticle: Scaling Cloud and Distributed Applications: Lessons and Strategies
The article shares goals and strategies for scaling cloud and distributed applications, focusing on lessons learned from cloud migration at Chase.com at JP Morgan Chase. The discussion centers on three primary goals and the strategies addressing the goals, concluding how these approaches were achieved in practice. For those managing large-scale systems, these lessons provide valuable guidance!
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