Double Shot #2127
- Microsoft Unveils FASTER – a key-value store for large state management - Some news from MS Research, so not a product you can buy right now.
- Announcing Gatsby v2 beta launch! - Lots of changes on the way for this site generator for React.
- ActorDB distributed SQL database - A combination of KV store and relational database.
- Is Serverless Just a New Word for Cloud Based? - Pretty much, though with a fresh set of challenges & benefits.
- Firefox Is Back. It’s Time to Give It a Try. - Earth to NYT: It never went away.
- Strategies for Decomposing a System into Microservices - Architectural thinking and trying to find the sweet spot.
- Competitive sitting and leaving loudly - "Check whether your own actions align with the workplace that you wish to see around you."
- Thinking Architecturally - Free ebook from Pivotal + O'Reilly that digs into how to evaluate technology tradeoffs.