Year: 2014

  • NYTimes Architecture: No Head, No Master, No Single Point Of Failure

    NYTimes Architecture: No Head, No Master, No Single Point Of Failure

    Michael Laing, a Systems Architect at NYTimes, gave this great decription of their use of RabbitMQ and their overall architecture on the RabbitMQ mailing list. The closing sentiment marks this as definitely an architecture to learn from. Although it may seem complex, Fabrik has simple components and is mostly principles and plumbing. The key point…

  • Java gives Android development an edge

    Java gives Android development an edge

    Evans Data survey also finds app dev is quicker for Android than for rival OSes, due to improved tooling and cross-platform development. By Paul Krill | InfoWorld Java familiarity is key to developers being able to build apps a bit quicker for Google’s Android mobile platform than for the rival Apple iOS or Microsoft’s Windows…