Posted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Sep 30 2024
This blog post delves into the technical concepts and mechanisms proposed to capture causality using logical time, as discussed in the article Logical Time: A Way to Capture Causality in Distributed Systems by M. Raynal and M. Singhal.
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Spanner represents a significant advancement in distributed database technology, combining the best features of traditional databases and modern distributed systems.
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Despite extensive research, commercial adoption of rollback recovery is limited due to implementation complexity and niche application domains. Public domain libraries and specific use cases in telecommunications and scientific computing highlight its practical challenges and benefits.
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Raft provides leader election and log replication which leads to safety and consistency.
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The Paxos algorithm is a fundamental consensus protocol in distributed systems that ensures fault-tolerant agreement on a single value among multiple processes.
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In the realm of distributed systems, one of the foundational challenges is the synchronization and ordering of events across different processes.
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The FLP result is a cornerstone of distributed computing theory, providing a deep understanding of the challenges in achieving consensus.
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The fallacies of distributed computing serve as a reminder of the complexities involved in designing and maintaining distributed systems.
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By providing a way to capture a consistent global state, it lays the groundwork for solving a wide range of problems in distributed computing, from deadlock detection to termination detection and beyond.
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CRAQ has the potential for improving data storage and management in distributed environments remains a topic of great interest for researchers and developers alike.
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This blog post discusses the fundamental concepts and mechanisms associated with achieving consistent global states in asynchronous distributed systems.
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Aurora's innovations show how cloud-native databases can rethink traditional approaches to achieve better performance, availability, and cost-effectiveness at scale.
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This blog post explores the evolution of consensus protocols, from the foundational concept of logical clocks to more advanced algorithms like Paxos, ZAB, and Raft.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Sep 17 2024
Flat Datacenter Storage (FDS) is a high-performance, fault-tolerant, large-scale, locality-oblivious blob store.
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Whether you're developing a distributed database, a peer-to-peer network, or a cloud-based application, understanding these concepts is key to building robust and scalable distributed systems.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Sep 15 2024
In today's world of massive online services and big data, building storage systems that are both highly scalable and strongly consistent is a major challenge. A new technique called chain replication offers a promising solution to this problem.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Sep 09 2024
In our increasingly connected world, distributed systems form the backbone of many technologies we rely on daily. Yet, these systems remain challenging to design and understand. Why? The answer lies in our lack of intuition for how they work.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Sep 08 2024
Machine Learning evolution provides a unique perspective on developing many of Google's foundational technologies and where things are headed.
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These concepts form the foundation for understanding and analyzing distributed systems, their challenges, and the approaches used to design robust and efficient distributed architectures.
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Facebook's approach to scaling memcache addresses many challenges of operating at a large scale.
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As developers and architects, we must adapt our thinking and tools to harness the full potential of this new computing landscape.
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What happens when some of these nodes aren't just failing, but actively misbehaving?
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Sep 03 2024
As we move forward, the field of distributed machine learning will likely continue to see rapid advancements, balancing the need for global knowledge sharing with the benefits of local optimization and data privacy.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Sep 02 2024
Data center management may not be the most glamorous topic, but it's the unsung hero enabling the digital services we rely on every day. As we push the boundaries of what's possible in computing, efficient resource management will remain at the heart of innovation in this space.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Sep 01 2024
By leveraging these new technologies and design approaches, we can build more efficient, scalable, and flexible distributed systems to power the applications of tomorrow.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Aug 31 2024
As the field of big data continues to evolve, we can expect further innovations that build upon the lessons learned from MapReduce and Spark, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in distributed data processing.
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As distributed systems continue to evolve, so too will the communication strategies that underpin them. Whether it's improving P2P algorithms or developing new hierarchical designs, the field remains ripe for innovation.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Aug 29 2024
As distributed systems continue to evolve, understanding these consistency models and their practical implementations will be essential for building robust, scalable applications that can serve users across the globe.
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Distributed transactions and systems like Google's Spanner represent the cutting edge of data management technology. They enable companies to operate at a truly global scale while maintaining data consistency and reliability.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Aug 27 2024
While Paxos has been the go-to solution for many years, Raft has gained popularity due to its simpler design and easier implementation.
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The goal of fault tolerance is to build a system that can detect, recover from, and continue operating in the face of imperfection.
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As distributed systems continue to evolve, understanding these replication techniques and their trade-offs becomes increasingly important for designing robust and efficient systems.
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The FLP theorem addresses inherent complexities in these systems and the need for carefully designed protocols to ensure their reliability and effectiveness
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In the world of distributed systems, capturing a correct snapshot of the global state is a challenging yet crucial task.
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Understanding and managing time is crucial for maintaining order, ensuring consistency, and enabling proper communication between nodes.
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Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) are a fundamental mechanism for building distributed client-server systems.
Read MorePosted in distributed-systems by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Aug 20 2024
In today's interconnected world, distributed systems form the backbone of countless applications and services.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Oct 05 2022
International Standards Organization (ISO) has several relevant standards for cyber security.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Aug 03 2021
The release and flavor of linux you use is less important than the kernel.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Apr 12 2021
There are many tutorials to compile PGAudit on Windows, but using Visual Studio and an installed version of PostgreSQL, it is dead simple.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Apr 04 2021
The rust language can be used to create a high-performance HTTP server.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Aug 21 2020
Net SNMP 5.9 includes blumenthal-aes, which provides cisco compliant AES256 for SNMP testing.
Read MorePosted in engineering by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Apr 01 2020
Code coverage is best practice and a worthy investment - but how do you convince the customer?
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Jun 20 2019
The interrupt pattern is often viewed as less performant than graceful checking... But what if the exception case rarely happens?
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Jan 18 2019
C++ performs efficient data processing, and Excel helps with data exploration. For Visual Studio 2019, you can still use C++ to call the Excel API.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Dec 29 2018
Sometimes System.Drawing doesn't work in your runtime environment. ImageMagick is an alternative.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Dec 28 2018
With the latest iOS12+, new image assets have been added to support iPhone X+ resolutions. You can make these images easily in an AWS Lambda function using DotNetCore 2.0.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Dec 22 2018
Some libraries produce image convolutions assuming the kernel is rotated 180 degrees - OpenCV does not.
Read MorePosted in design-patterns by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Dec 02 2018
The adorner pattern lazily adds properties without dealing with the overhead of inheritance
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Nov 27 2018
With Work Item Tracking Administration (witadmin), you can modify XML definition files to support the On-premises XML process model. For an overview of process models and what is supported.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Nov 15 2018
PInvoke is fine if you only have one DLL, but what if you have a PlugIn Architecture?
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Oct 15 2018
Using shared object files, dynamic linking at runtime can be used to create a PlugIn architecture.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Oct 10 2018
Using a compiled DLL with a C-Style API, you can create a PlugIn architecture using the Windows API.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Sep 25 2018
Using a pointer wrapper, set/get logic can be added to array-like classes which implement the bracket [] operator.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Sep 12 2018
Using a multi-stage build, you can run ActiveMQ in a Windows NanoServer Docker container.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Sep 11 2018
Using a multi-stage build, you can take certain benefits of a larger image and use select features on the image which ultimately gets deployed.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Jul 04 2018
In C++ objects can be passed by value or reference. But what if the object holds reference to allocated memory?
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Jun 28 2018
Fixing the "The specified type was not recognized: name=" bug.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Jun 06 2018
SimpleImageCache allows a UIImageView to update when an image is downloaded or retrieved from disk.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun May 27 2018
Newer CUDA versions allow for C++ style template kernels, but this capability needs to be wrapped to enable templated C style API functions.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri May 25 2018
When you deploy docker containers on edge networks, it is helpful to keep the install files with them - but you also have to include all dependencies.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue May 22 2018
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services in docker containers.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri May 04 2018
The ffmpeg-windows-build-helpers allows you to easily configure and run the FFmpeg build chain.
Read MorePosted in engineering by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed May 02 2018
TCP rewrite can be used to modify packet captures - allowing you to replay traffic to different ports and addresses.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Apr 18 2018
RUMA (Rewired User-space Memory Access) allows for physiological data management such that developers can freely rewrite mappings from virtual to physical memory.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Apr 13 2018
MacroBase is a data analytics engine that analyzes and aggregates important and unusual behavior - acting as a search engine for fast data.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Apr 11 2018
The need for 24x7 operations in global markets and the rise of online and other quickly-reacting businesses make concurrent online updates increasingly desirable.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Apr 11 2018
Previous database design focused on tight control of schemas, but this hasn’t kept up with how databases are currently being used.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Apr 06 2018
Datasets with version history allow for analysis of data at each stage.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Apr 04 2018
SSD Page Validity Bitmap (PVB) in the Flash Translation Layer (FTL) under-performs a LSM tree.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Apr 02 2018
Using java to make HTTPS requests using raw TCP SSLSockets.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Mar 11 2018
Using RDMA, distributed database systems may actually scale linearly.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Mar 09 2018
As the volumes of data in the average database system (DBS) continues to grow, modern database systems use mechanisms such as data skipping to improve performance.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Mar 02 2018
TileDB is a storage manager for multi-dimensional arrays - suitable for scientific applications.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Feb 28 2018
As memory becomes less expensive (specifically if a system has many nodes), many databases can fit into RAM.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Feb 23 2018
Key-Value stores (KVS) are popular because they can scale horizontally with high through-puts and low latency.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Feb 21 2018
Key-value stores backed by an LSM-tree have trade-offs between lookup cost, update cost, and memory consumption.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Feb 18 2018
Pointer incrementing moves differently through memory based on the structure you are pointing to.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Feb 16 2018
Access Path Selection (APS) for filtering operations has been a key component of database systems.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Feb 14 2018
Modern state-of-the-art database systems are designed around a single data storage layout. H2O is adaptive.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Feb 12 2018
Certain C APIs use the much-dreaded triple pointer to return an array of strings (character arrays).
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Feb 09 2018
Actian Vector in Hadoop (VectorH for short) is a new SQLon-Hadoop system built on top of the fast Vectorwise analytical database system
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Feb 08 2018
Using PowerShell, a VM can have an install CD automatically attached.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Feb 07 2018
This work aims at reducing the main-memory footprint in high performance hybrid OLTP and OLAP databases.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Feb 06 2018
VMWare PowerShell Command Line Interface (CLI) can be used to automate VM deployment.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Jan 28 2018
In C++ bit shift operators help show bytes and bits are laid out low to high (on x86 anyway).
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Jan 13 2018
These commands make use of the Docker Command Line Interface (CLI) to build up and take down a Docker environment.
Read MorePosted in reviews by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Dec 28 2017
Databases face the challenge of taking advantage of many cores and working across multiple threads
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Dec 18 2017
EnvDTE lets you debug into processes by attaching them to an already-running debug application.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Oct 13 2017
AzureML allows for Python Execution modules, which can be used to fetch Web Data.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Sep 24 2017
Using reflection, you can generate the C# code used to reproduce an instance of your class objects' public members.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Sep 17 2017
Labelizer turns categorical data into numerical columns that can be modeled in sykit learn.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Sep 16 2017
Inheritance has gaunted precedence for memory layout in C++.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Sep 15 2017
It is best practice to normalize the data, but these methods aren't exposed out-of-the-box.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Sep 11 2017
C++ uses sequential memory, which is fast by provides access to private fields - whether you like it or not.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Aug 14 2017
Using reflection, it is possible to create a singleton for any class or call any method (it's a feature).
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Jul 24 2017
Using reflection, it is possible to determine if a given type has a specified constructor or an implicit constructor.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Jul 08 2017
Byte arrays are foundational in C#, but can be exchanged with native and re-usable C++ code.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Jun 28 2017
SiteSearch is expensive, but using a NodeJS server you can easily wrap a web request.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Jun 16 2017
Clarifying the development methodology helps improve efficiency at various stages in the product lifecycle.
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Adding a Shimmer effect to UIView through inspectable extensions.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Jun 03 2017
For large data sets, canceling an iteration may have performance implications that are important to consider.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Jun 02 2017
The method by which you iterate on collections may have performance implications. Arrays are faster than lists, but their enumerators are not.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon May 22 2017
Visual Studio allows for C++ unit tests, but there is a major catch when trying to debug. Fortunately, we can capture stdout printf statements.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed May 17 2017
Swift Foundation libraries do not come with a queue, but a custom queue can be powerful and easy to implement.
Read MorePosted in engineering by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon May 08 2017
One of the most common stability problems in AI/ML training occurs when a computer hangs, or when it appears to be completely frozen while, in reality it is still training.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Mar 08 2017
The preferred approach to serialization in C# is to use XmlSerializer. While extremely convenient, there are a few small draw-backs.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Feb 13 2017
Node JS offers an advantage over other server types because you can elect to keep certain contents in the cache (in memory). This allows for faster transactions of static data as there are fewer read write operations to disk or database.
Read MorePosted in engineering by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Feb 08 2017
Set notation is an important convention in computer science. This cheat sheet is extremely useful.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Feb 03 2017
Does reflection beat string comparison for type identification?
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Does bookmarking your type using strings get you anything?
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You must serve the defendant properly. If you do not, the court may dismiss your case. Throughout the case, you are required to make sure that all other parties are served with copies of almost any document filed in the case.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Dec 28 2016
WeakLists allow for a collection of class objects to self manage - or at least garbage collect regardless of inclusion in the WealkList.
Read MorePosted in venture by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Dec 13 2016
An argument is a set of two or more propositions related to each other in such a way that all but one of them (the premises) are supposed to provide support for the remaining one (the conclusion). When writing in long form, the structure may get lost. It is best to outline each element of the argument before hand.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Nov 08 2016
Byte arrays (byte[]) are preferred over strings for handling passwords and other sensitive data in memory over string object types.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Oct 18 2016
Using a weak reference collection, explicit cast operators can function like implicit cast operators.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Sep 28 2016
Extension methods must be in static classes, and static classes can't have operator overloads.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Sep 18 2016
Some C# 3 features can be used in .NET 2.0 with a declaration. Extension methods require an attribute which is normally part of .NET 3.5.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Sep 02 2016
A developer can still hook onto an event, but now can return a value from the added execution body within a client method.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Aug 03 2016
Javascript allows for prototype methods, but define properties can take place on the prototype as well.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Jun 28 2016
Running a test outside of MS Test allows for an application to have a Built-In-Test (BIT).
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Apr 15 2016
Using the user32.dll library, C# can be used to simulate keystrokes.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Apr 13 2016
C# is managed code, but parts of the Windows API were built before the introduction of C#. Fortunately, there are InteropServices to call the API
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Mar 19 2016
By recognizing the spectrum of managerial control and team autonomy, managers can better navigate the complexities of leadership, fostering a more adaptive and responsive organizational environment.
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A leader can both manage stress and build self-confidence.
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Leaders embody the change they wish to see.
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Managing a change-oriented project has many considerations for an organization to adopt a new norm.
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Diversity and inclusion are dominant themes in the workplace. Research has shown they are associated with higher levels of performance.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Mar 14 2016
A second in command, a lieutenant, is a reliable collaborator and go to person. Don't try to do everything. Start developing a trusted lieutenant to assist you.
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Referent power stems from a leader's ability to inspire and influence others.
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Encoding file information into a base-64 URI can easily be done in javascript
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Mar 12 2016
Your ability to move the team forward has a lot to do with your ability to look back at where they have been.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Mar 12 2016
Image data can be directly inserted into a HTML document using data URIs. This allows an entire HTML document to be loaded in a single request.
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A leader uses authority to support team performance.
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Confidence and competence are good for leaders, but the best leaders are truly authentic.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Mar 09 2016
Leadership is not about hierarchies and command and control.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Mar 08 2016
Leading a team is a lot different than simply being on the team - which has its challenges and opportunities.
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Decision-making frameworks can be categorized as autocratic, collaborative, or democratic. Decision making starts with understanding your style, explaining it to the team, using good explanations, and owning your decisions.
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Great rapport is about comfortable and positive interactions that support the production of quality work.
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Purpose is feeling that what you do matters.
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An important function of successful communication as a leader is giving someone performance-related feedback.
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How do you know what's expected of you? It's all about building rapport with your boss and your team.
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When you are proactive with delivering messages, mindful of challenges and debates, using the right channels, and embracing candor more than civility, you will be successful as a communicator.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Mar 01 2016
A High Performance Work System is an environment that allows the employee to have greater involvement and responsibility - and has proven to produce a better product through a more effective team dynamic.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Feb 18 2016
Using different serialization paradigms, one single set of extension methods can handle them all.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Feb 14 2016
A styled grid splitter can be accomplished in a single style resource using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Feb 13 2016
When creating a WPF application, laying out design is easy, but making it look good with data doesn't have to be hard.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Feb 10 2016
The DataContext of a user control is important for its interaction, but his can become even more dynamic when it is a dependency property.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Feb 03 2016
For simple cases, MS Excel macros can be used to make web requests - an even provide access to the Document Object Model (DOM).
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Feb 02 2016
Fairness in the workplace is a strong way to demonstrate integrity.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Feb 01 2016
Operations/Organizational strategy is critical to operations management success and make a business more competitive.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Jan 28 2016
A C/C++ API can be written using pointers or references, since the conversion is loss-less.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Jan 21 2016
With NodeJS, you don't have htaccess, but there are other ways of protecting files.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Jan 13 2016
Redmine is a great tool for project management. While the source code is free, there are a limited number of options for hosting it affordably. Luckily, Openshift has a reasonable free tier that can support an instance of Redmine.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Jan 13 2016
Due to a long standing bug with InnoDB in MySQL, disk space on the database container may be exhausted and it's time to attach a new container to your application.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Jan 11 2016
Sometimes you don't need to initialize a pointer when working with string arrays, you can set it to NULL.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Jan 06 2016
When managing a technical team, technical needs and desires and the requirements of managing a business can make the course of action unclear.
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Whatever you allow, ensure that you are even-handed, fair, and tied to the objectives of corporate standards.
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Leaders of technical teams must focus on the business while their team focuses on technical detail.
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A main goal of managing a technical team is to avoid creating frustration with the customer. This begins by getting to know your technical team members.
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Leadership is a process more than it is a position.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Dec 28 2015
The await keyword provides a non-blocking way to start a task, then continue execution when that task completes, but don't nest too many tasks.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Dec 22 2015
Task cancellation must be handled inside the task, but you can either interrupt the task with a throw or exit gracefully, completing the task.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Dec 20 2015
The delegate of a task should utilize the cancellation token in order to be effective.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Dec 12 2015
MS Access has changed its API over the years, and it's time to future-proof your connection classes.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Nov 04 2015
XmlSerializer cannot serialize interfaces, yet SOLID principles implies that one should code to interfaces, not concrete types.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Oct 14 2015
The resource dictionary can combine multiple resource dictionaries through the MergedDictionaries declaration.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Oct 13 2015
Javascript allows for defining properties in many ways, including set and get logic.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Oct 08 2015
Abstract classes and Interfaces serve different purposes, but neither allows for instantiation.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Mon Sep 14 2015
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings is a ConnectionStringSettingsCollection populated by the App.config. But, what if you don't want to share that file.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Sep 13 2015
Entity is an object-relational mapper that allows your code to work the same regardless of the database back end - but you don't need the designer to get started.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Fri Aug 14 2015
If using MS SQL Server, this is how to setup a trigger.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Aug 13 2015
Forget expensive join operations. Your MySQL database needs to call materialized views.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Jul 30 2015
C# code generated from a schema is going to have many custom attributes. Sometimes, these attributes modify the behavior of serialization.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Jun 30 2015
Programmatic binding offers a slight advantage over XAML in that it will check the property names at compile time.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Thu Apr 23 2015
Appreciative Inquiry attempts to use collective inquiry and dialogue to generate positive ideas that might otherwise be masked by unproductive.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Apr 21 2015
Curious inquiry invites individuals to share their ideas for change without repercussion.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Wed Apr 08 2015
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) controls have both an IsEnabled boolean property and a Click RoutedEventHandler which can be consolidated in the Command ICommand property.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Jan 13 2015
Expression bodied members are a feature of C# 6.0 and provide an inline expression for properties (get only properties) and methods.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Sun Jan 04 2015
When discovered that a critical milestone will be missed and schedule suffers, the team must act accordingly in a timely manner.
Read MorePosted in software by Christopher R. Wirz on Sat Jan 03 2015
These steps will help create an SSL certificate quickly for your server. Once complete, your website will support HTTPS.
Read MorePosted in management by Christopher R. Wirz on Tue Oct 28 2014
Culture may be established deliberately by developing project team norms.
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One goal of effective leadership is to create a high-performing project team.
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Leadership styles are also tailored to meet the needs of the project, the environment, and the stakeholders
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BCDR encompasses the practices and plans necessary for an organization to withstand, respond to, and recover from disruptions, ensuring the continuity of critical business functions and the protection of vital assets.
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Cadence is important to the activities and functions associated with the development approach and project lifecycle.
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There are different development approaches, and different industries may use different terms to refer to development approaches.
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A project life cycle refers to the set of phases a project goes through from start to finish, and may be predictive, incremental, or use an adaptive development approach.
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In Agile development, the Scrum Master leads the team, facilitates communication, and manages the execution of the product backlog, while the Product Owner focuses on optimizing the product backlog, acting as a liaison between stakeholders, and balancing conflicting needs to maximize the product's value.
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The amount, timing, and frequency of planning vary depending on deliverables, requirements, market and regulations.
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PDM, also called Activity-On-Node (AON), is the method used by most project management and project planning software packages.
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Crashing is a project management technique that involves adding resources to the project to complete it fasters, but it should be used as a last resort when other options have been exhausted.
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Four aspects of estimating that are impacted by the project's phase in its life cycle are range, accuracy, precision, and confidence.
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Renaming a database should be done with caution - and backups are advised before performing any database operations.
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XML serialization is a common technique for storing and transacting data objects when programming in C# but sometimes it is hard to understand the data hierarchy.
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Mac OS provides a scripting environment within the terminal to automate tasks such as downloading the latest SDK and updating it
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Having SSL enabled on your website helps with Search Engine Optimization, is recommended for membership, and is required to process financial transactions.
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Do not use code cleanup on using statements where writers are involved.
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The term agile became popular around 2000, but has roots throughout the 1900s.
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A robust CM approach helps in the product lifecycle throughout development, operation and maintenance phases.
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If a broker is over-loaded, it will be slow - but in most cases, remote services are executed in environments with more resources than local clients.
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A leader continually evaluates and adjusts project alignment to business objectives and intended benefits in the value stream.
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Leaders should demonstrate and adapt behaviors to support individual and team needs.
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In project management, it's important to take a systems thinking approach, which means considering how all the parts of a project interact with each other and with external systems
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Being an effective leader takes a lot of intentional focus, time and energy.
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The project manager should tailor the process to ensure successful execution.
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Focus on quality that meets project objectives and aligns to stakeholders
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Navigate project complexity such that approaches and plans enable the project project life cycle
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A project manager continuously evaluates exposure to opportunities and threats.
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Build resiliency into a project's team and execution in order to adapt to change.
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Prepare for adoption and sustainment of new processes to reach envisioned outcomes.
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A project manager strives for a productive working relationship with stakeholders throughout the project.
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Establishing the culture and environment enables a collection of diverse individuals to evolve into a high-performing project team
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The goal of a PlugIn framework is to allow library files (DLLs) to be placed in a given given directory and become available to the main application.
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There are many collection types in Java. Knowing which to use when can have several implications.
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The user32 API and an extension method can be used to detect mouse position over a control.
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The internet host table specification is available in all operating systems. You can use it for ad blocking.
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Javascript allows for filtering and sorting of arrays.
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Given an ordered collection, build a tree with the lowest value at the top left position.
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Iterators let you chain operations without nesting loops - meaning you can keep O(n) complexity for streaming data sets.
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YouFolio's content must horizontally scale. Can you find an efficient means to distribute the values based on keys?
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YouFolio's accounts are kept in order, but sharded by range. Can you find an item within the range?
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Changing the position of elements in large collections takes specical considerations where only the stack can be used.
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Shared network folders provides interoperability between Linux and Windows, and mapping from each is equally easy.
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To transition from waterfall project management to kanban, schedule must be derived from work and not the other way around.
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C++ doesn't include a trim() method for std::string, but making one is easy.
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Linq allows for interaction with collections of objects, but lacks a way to remove elements based on a given criteria.
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Linq allows for interaction with collections of objects, but is missing the IndexOf feature.
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You don't have to go the distance to make an excel AddIn, just register for COM to expose all the functionality you need.
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C#'s Type object does not have an IsNumeric method or property. This is how to make one using extension methods.
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Do not use the using statement on class members if you can avoid it.
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C++ doesn't come with properties, but there are ways to add them
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There are many ways to define a Matrix in C++, but maybe it makes more sense to do it one row at a time.
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Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is xml that can be easily read using jQuery.
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Distinct() returns distinct elements from a sequence using the default equality comparer to compare values - preferably the methods of the IEquatable interface.
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Cast and OfType are two methods provided by Linq - however their behaviors are significantly different.
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C# adds some modern flair with the ability to have inline constructor chains as well as constructor bodies and optional parameters.
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Were you expecting an API here? This site is written Node JS so that content is in memory!.
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Calculate ISA values for standard day in browser using javascript. Standard day calculations are based on the air column theory to determine atmospheric conditions at a given altitude.
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Calculate amortization of a loan with the ability to solve for Principal At Beginning, Percent Interest Per Period, Payment per Period, or Number of Periods
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Batch files (.bat) can be used for automated tasks or running programs with no user interface.
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Feed forward neural networks can be represented by matrix math and can use analytical gradient descent.
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While least squares does not give precedence to the error on certain measurements, the weighted least squares can.
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The least squares problem has an analytical solution - achieving a feasible solution when minimized.
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Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization takes a nonorthogonal set of linearly independent functions and constructs an orthogonal basis over an arbitrary interval
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