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Uber Case Study - Using Node.jsI was looking around for case studies about companies using Node and ran across this one. Uber's architecture involves Node. This discussio… Started by Michael Levin |
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Welcome to JavaScript Village!You're going to love it here! Like minded people and a mind boggling assortment of architectures to choose from and learn to master. Someon… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Feb 18, 2016 |
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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Google Cloud Brings Full OpenTelemetry Support to Cloud Monitoring Metrics
Google Cloud recently unveiled broad support for the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) in Cloud Monitoring, marking a step toward unifying telemetry collection across its observability stack.
By Craig RisiAWS Launches Agent Plugins to Automate Cloud Deployment
AWS launched Agent Plugins for AWS, providing AI coding agents with specialized deployment skills. The initial deploy-on-aws plugin transforms workflows by accepting commands like "deploy to AWS" and generating complete pipelines with architecture recommendations, cost estimates, and infrastructure code. Supported in Claude Code and Cursor, AWS claims 10-minute deployments versus hours manually.
By Steef-Jan WiggersGoogle Enhances Node Pool Auto-Creation Speed for GKE Clusters
Google Cloud has optimised GKE's node pool auto-creation, significantly cutting "Time to Ready" for massive clusters. By improving control plane communication and request batching, GKE now provisions resources faster, rivalling tools like Karpenter. The update enhances scaling reliability and stability for high-volume AI and batch workloads, automatically rolling out across supported versions.
By Mark SilvesterGitHub's Points to a More Global, AI-Challenged Open Source Ecosystem in 2026
GitHub has released its yearly look at open-source trends. They used data from the Octoverse 2025 report to help the open-source community get ready for the coming year. The picture that emerges is one of extraordinary scale and the structural strains that come with it.
By Claudio MasoloHybrid Cloud Data at Uber: How Engineers Solved Extreme-Scale Replication Challenges
Uber’s HiveSync team optimized Hadoop Distcp to handle multi-petabyte replication across hybrid cloud and on-premise data lakes. Enhancements include task parallelization, Uber jobs for small transfers, and improved observability, enabling 5x replication capacity and seamless on-premise-to-cloud migration.
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