Walking the tightrope: Balancing bias to action and planning
Dianne Marsh explains how microservices paved the way for traffic steering at Netflix, and she highlights current challenges.
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Confessions of an enterprise architect
Faced with business and regulatory complexity, Scott Shaw found himself committing some of the software development acts he once condemned. He confesses those sins and explains why they’re sometimes necessary.
Four short links: 15 November 2016
Fraud Busting, Voting Help, Economic Mobility, and Spinal Implant
Four short links: 14 November 2016
Unmediated Feedback Loops, Glimpses of the Future, Fake Tastes, and The Illusion of Truth
The ethics of artificial intelligence
A framework for thinking about AI.
Highlights from the O’Reilly Security Conference in Amsterdam 2016
Watch highlights covering security, defense, tools, and more. From the O'Reilly Security Conference in Amsterdam 2016.
My heart depends on your code
Marie Moe shares her experience with being the host of a vulnerable medical implant, and why she started a hacking project to investigate the security of her own critical infrastructure.
Conceptualizing attribution and why it matters
Benjamin Buchanan explains why successful network intrusion attribution requires a range of skills—management, time, leadership, stress testing, and more.
Four short links: 11 November 2016
Arrival Science, Open Source Hospital, Unseen Labour, and FOSS Heartbeat
Lessons learned from running big bug bounty programs
Katie Moussouris offers insight into starting and running bug bounties.
The world will see (and just saw) a zombie apocalypse
Phil Stanhope discusses the DDoS attack on Dyn, how attack approaches are evolving, and what you can do about it.
From possible to practical: The path for defense
Dan Kaminsky explains why a strong focus on ease of use—for developers, operators, and users—is our only hope for migrating toward a more secure Internet.
Four short links: 10 November 2016
Python Embedded, Pipeline Workflow, Ahem Detector, and Rapid Iteration in Shenzhen
Four short links: 9 November 2016
Lessons Learned, Large Data Sets, Julia Ports, and Light Worms
Come with me if you want to live: On teams, rock stars, and becoming extraordinary
Astrid Atkinson explains how to build a team that's fearless in the face of uncertainty and creative in the face of change.
Leading for speed: The case for ARTful leadership
Eric McNulty discusses ARTful leadership—an approach that builds adaptive capacity, resilience, and trust in organizations through the use of nontraditional components.
The world will see (and just saw) an Internet zombie apocalypse
Phil Stanhope shares Dyn’s experience with a major DDoS attack and explores the rapid evolution of multilayer attacks.
Four short links: 8 November 2016
Photoshop for Speech, Magic Leap, Someone Else's Problem, COBOL Microframework