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Asynchronous Architectures [4]
This is the fourth in a series of posts presenting arguments for asynchronous architectures as the optimal way to build high-performance, scalable systems for a distributed environment.
In a QCon conference presentation on Availability and Consistency or how the CAP theorem ruins it all, Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, examines the tension between availability & consistency in large-scale distributed systems, and presents a model for reasoning about the trade-offs between different solutions. I recommend you find time to watch the entire 52-minute video.
Chris Loosley
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Insights from Interop 2006
In my last post I promised that if I get any new insights worth sharing this week while I'm at Interop 2006, I'll write about them. Well, here's the first installment, which consists of just three items. I'm supposed to be at the Keynote booth on the show floor soon, so this will be short, because it's quite a hike to get there.
Chris Loosley
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Waterfall Methods: Past and Ever-Present
In an earlier post, Managing RIA's [7]: Developing Usable RIA's, I commented that adopting a waterfall development methodology would not work well when developing Rich Internet Applications, because more agile methods were needed. But Waterfall methods refuse to die ...
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