Architecture & Design Special Report

February 2018 [InfoQ] Architecture & Design Special Report Sponsored by [InfoQ] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [News](#news), [Top Articles](#top-articles), [Top Presentations](#top-presentations-and-interviews) In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to Architecture & Design on InfoQ. We are also maintaining a portal page for this content on InfoQ at: [(. Latest Content on InfoQ [Designing Services for Resilience: Netflix Lessons]( (presentations, Jan 17, 2018) [Facebook Open-Sources RacerD - Java Race Condition Detector]( (news, Jan 08, 2018) [Modern Big Data Pipelines over Kubernetes]( (news, Jan 08, 2018) [Architecting a Modern Financial Institution with Vitor Olivier, Thoughts on Immutability, CI/CD, FP]( (podcasts, Jan 12, 2018) [Buoyant Releases New Kubernetes Service Mesh Conduit Written in Rust and Golang]( (news, Jan 11, 2018) [Microservices vs Service-Oriented Architecture (By O’Reilly)]( So, what sets them apart? Are microservices really just “SOA done right”? How do the two approaches differ? More importantly, are microservices really better than SOA, or are we doomed to repeat the same mistakes of the past? [Download now](. Sponsored content [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [Five Things Every Developer Should Know about Software Architecture]( (news, Jan 08, 2018) [A Deeper Dive into Spectre and Meltdown]( (news, Jan 07, 2018) [restQL, a Microservices Query Language, Released on GitHub]( (news, Jan 11, 2018) [The InfoQ eMag: Streaming Architecture]( (books, Jan 07, 2018) [Entity Services is an Antipattern]( (news, Dec 31, 2017) [] Top News [Java 10 - The Story So Far]( Java 10 is now only four months away. This article examines the currently known and expected features of Java 10. [The Hottest Tech Trends in 2018 According to GitHub]( Data, workflow integration, and open source tools are among the trends that Jason Warner, GitHub senior vice-president of technology, identifies as key for company success in 2018.rnrn. [The Complete NGINX Cookbook]( Learn how to configure caching, load balancing, security, WAF, cloud deployments, and other critical NGINX features in this free O’Reilly ebook. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Microservices Resiliency and Fault Tolerance Using Istio and Kubernetes]( Animesh Singh and Tommy Li from IBM spoke at the recent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2017 Conference about the microservices resiliency and fault tolerance leveraging Istio framework. They also showed how to configure and use circuit breakers and other resiliency features using Istio.rn. [Handy Improvements in JPA 2.2]( Oracle has released version 2.2 of the Java Persistence standard (JPA). This release updates Java EE 8 to use all the benefits of Java 8. [HashiCorp and Contino Share Enterprise Terraform Recommended Practices]( HashiCorp has published a Terraform Recommend Practices guide to assist enterprises looking to embrace cloud technologies and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). An overflow of a typical recommended Terraform workflow is provided, and a “provisioning maturity model” is presented, which also provides advice on how to evolve current practices from one stage to the next. [] Top Articles [What Should Software Engineers Know about GDPR?]( EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is moving out of the transition period next summer to become enforceable. As a software developer, this will affect you. This is what you need to know. [Building Reactive Systems Using Akka’s Actor Model and Domain-Driven Design]( Modern applications require demanding real-time "reactive" access. rnrnTo support reactive development, actor models and domain-driven design can fulfill contemporary resiliency requirements. [Machine Learning Techniques for Predictive Maintenance]( In this article, the authors explore how we can build a machine learning model to do predictive maintenance of systems using NASA engine failure dataset.rnrn. [Events, Flows and Long-Running Services: A Modern Approach to Workflow Automation]( Although domain events can decrease coupling within a microservice architecture, we must avoid the mistakes of SOA: no centralised control, and workflow engines must be less painful to use and operate. [Building a Blockchain PoC in Ten Minutes Using Hyperledger Composer]( This article examines what businesses look for when considering blockchain’s role in their organization, and explores how the Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Composer can help to create applications. [Implementing High-Performance Caching and Cache Clustering with NGINX]( Use this ebook to implement high-performance caching and cache clustering for your web applications with NGINX and NGINX Plus. [Download Now](. Sponsored content [] Top Presentations [Scaling Slack]( Bing Wei examines the limitations that Slack's back-end ran into and how they overcame them to scale from supporting small teams to serving large organizations of hundreds and thousands of users. [Service-Oriented Development]( Rafael Schloming talks about how the real goal of microservices is to break up a monolithic development workflow. He shows how to build software enabling to move fast and make things. [Is Docker Dead?]( Nic Jackson compares and contrasts the development and deployment flow for both a Docker and a Serverless project, attempting to see if Docker has already been made obsolete by serverless. [Functional / Microservices in Real-Time Financials]( Vitor Olivier presents how Nubank has built the system of record based on functional programming principles, the challenges they faced when taking it to scale and the benefits of their approach. [The Evolution of Reddit.com's Architecture]( Neil Williams discusses the history of the systems that power reddit.com, looking at things that worked, things that didn't, and where they're going next. [Connect with InfoQ on Twitter]( [Connect with InfoQ on Facebook]( [Connect with InfoQ on LinkedIn]( [Connect with InfoQ on Google Plus]( [Connect with InfoQ on Youtube]( You have received this email because you subscribed to "The InfoQ Weekly Newsletter". To stop receiving weekly updates on hot trends, please click the following link: [Unsubscribe]( C4Media Inc. (InfoQ.com), 2275 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Suite #325, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M8V 3Y3