How to identify and cure MySQL replication slave lag

MySQL Performance Blog

Here on the Percona MySQL Support team, we often see issues where a customer is complaining about replication delays – and many times the problem ends up being tied to MySQL replication slave lag. This of course is nothing new for MySQL users and we’ve had…

2 May 2014

An Opinionated Guide to Modern Java Development, Part 1

Hacker News

This is part 1 in a three-part series: part 2, part 3 More working, useful code has been written in the Java programming language than in any other in history, with the possible exceptions of C and COBOL. When Java was released almost 20 years ago, it…

1 May 2014

Consul 0.2 UI Demo

Hacker News

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1 May 2014

Kwikset Kevo: Using your iPhone to lock and unlock doors

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Life just got a little easier for iPhone owners. Imagine that you're trying to get into your house while carrying a few bags of groceries. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to simply tap the deadbolt lock with a finger to get it to unlock instead of...

1 May 2014

Symptoms of Dysfunction in Software Teams

Hacker News

Once you’ve been in the industry for a decade or so you start to get a sixth sense of when things aren’t right. However even when your sixth sense isn’t working here are some signals that should raise alarm bells. Every time you ask someone how something…

28 April 2014