Architecture & Design Round-Up

A Collection of Top Architecture & Design News, Articles, Presentations January 2024 [InfoQ] Architecture & Design Round-Up Sponsored by [DoiT International]( [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top 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 [The InfoQ Trends Reports 2023 eMag]( (minibooks, Dec 21, 2023) [Deconstructing an Abstraction to Reconstruct an Outage]( (presentations, Dec 22, 2023) [Hard Problems in Front-End Platforms]( (presentations, Dec 21, 2023) [The Frugal Architect: AWS Promotes Cost Awareness for Sustainability]( (news, Dec 21, 2023) [Kubernetes Cookbook: Building cloud native applications (By O'Reilly)]( Gain the practical know-how to efficiently build, manage, and scale cloud-native applications. Whether you’re starting your Kubernetes journey or looking to refine your skills, this book is your roadmap to mastering the complexities of Kubernetes in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. [Download Now](. Sponsored content [Kubernetes Cookbook: Building cloud native applications (By O'Reilly) - Sponsored by DoiT International]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [Zendesk Moves from DynamoDB to MySQL and S3 to Save over 80% in Costs]( (news, Dec 29, 2023) [Microsoft Refreshes its Well-Architected Framework]( (news, Nov 15, 2023) [Why LinkedIn chose gRPC+Protobuf over REST+JSON: Q&A with Karthik Ramgopal and Min Chen]( (news, Dec 27, 2023) [12 Software Architecture Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them]( (articles, Dec 13, 2023) [Amazon Aurora Introduces Long-Awaited RDS Data API to Simplify Serverless Workloads]( (news, Dec 30, 2023) [] Top News [Amazon Route 53 Resolver Introduces DNS over HTTPS Support for Enhanced Security and Compliance]( AWS recently announced that Amazon Route 53 Resolver will support using the Domain Name System (DNS) over HTTPS (DoH) protocol for both inbound and outbound Resolver endpoints. [Privacy Engineering at Scale: DoorDash’s Journey in Geomasking and Data Protection]( DoorDash recently published how it proactively embeds privacy into its products. It explains the importance of Privacy Engineering, an often overlooked software architecture practice, and provides an example of geomasking users' address data to protect their privacy better. [Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process for Tech Decisions]( The analytic hierarchy process uses pairwise comparisons and scoring for criteria between the alternatives to give insights into what the best option is and why. John Riviello spoke about applying the analytic hierarchy process to decide what JavaScript framework to use at QCon New York 2023. [Amazon Web Services Cookbook: Recipes for Success on AWS (By O'Reilly)]( This cookbook addresses the high demand for cloud skills due to the industry's growth, focusing on AWS. Gain practical insights into cloud challenges & success strategies. Structured into technology-focused chapters, the book offers self-contained “recipes” with problem statements & solutions. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Amazon Web Services Cookbook: Recipes for Success on AWS (By O'Reilly) - Sponsored by DoiT International]( [Revolutionizing Digital Identity: How Verifiable Credentials Offer a New Era of Privacy and Control]( Auth0 recently published an in-depth explanation of Verifiable Credentials (VCs). The article emphasizes the potential of VCs to transform how identities are managed online. It highlights the limitations of current identity systems and how VCs can address these gaps, particularly in allowing identity claims to be disclosed without issuers knowing, thereby enhancing privacy and control for users. [Things We Tend to Overlook Going from Architecture to Release]( People tend to overlook things when developing a new software product or service because they don’t have to think about them on a daily basis. Companies should create an environment where everyone can express their opinion and concerns and encourage bringing up questions to explore different angles and increase understanding. [] Top Articles [Tips on How Staff Engineers Can Impact Incidents]( Staff engineers impact incidents by modeling transparent and productive, serving as incident commanders to coordinate response, and getting involved in retrospectives to address root cultural issues. [article]( [Adopting Asynchronous Collaboration in Distributed Software Teams]( Do you work on a distributed team? If so, you know that meetings can be a major time-sink. This article discusses the benefits of asynchronous collaboration and how to implement it on your team. [article]( [[Infographic] 5 Core Strategies for Cloud Innovation]( Even the best engineers can run into challenges. That’s why the team at DoiT, experts in containers, K8s, app modernization and all things cloud, are here to lend a hand. Here are the 5 core strategies for cloud innovation that showcase how digital native businesses are harnessing cloud innovations. [Download now](. Sponsored content [[Infographic] 5 Core Strategies for Cloud Innovation - Sponsored by DoiT International]( [Helidon 4 Adopts Virtual Threads: Explore the Increased Performance and Improved DevEx]( This article explores Helidon 4's adoption of Java 21's virtual threads from Project Loom, simplifying coding and boosting performance for microservice development. [article]( [Going Global: a Deep Dive to Build an Internationalization Framework]( Internationalization (i18n) is a critical process in web development, and requires a robust, well-designed framework to ensure scalability. [article]( [] Top Presentations [Performance: Adventures in Thread-per-Core Async with Redpanda and Seastar]( John Spray describes an experience of building high performance systems with C++20 in an asynchronous runtime, and explores the challenges & tradeoffs in adopting a thread-per-core architecture. [John Spray]( [Architecting a Production Development Environment for Reliability]( Henrique Andrade discusses how to build a reliable production environment. [Henrique Andrade]( [The Joy of Building Large Scale Systems]( Suhail Patel discusses the art and practice of building systems from core principles with a focus on how this can be done in practice within teams and organisations. [Suhail Patel]( [Providing a Personalized Experience to Millions of Users @BBC]( Manisha Lopes discusses levers available to tune a cloud application, aligning the Data Model with the usage patterns for the data, using Performance Tests to benchmark an application, and others. 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