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As #AI & #ML evolve rapidly, the demand for efficient Real-Time Feature Platforms is higher than ever!

In this #InfoQ talk, Ivan Burmistrov shares how ShareChat built a platform that serves 1 billion features per second — all while keeping costs low.

Watch now: https://bit.ly/4hPIl92

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LiDAR For Rapid Geomorphological Assessment In Relict Periglacial Landsystems
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https://doi.org/10.1144/egsp30-2024-46 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #LiDAR #A21 #transportation #motorway #UK #England #Kent #geology #engineeringgeology #earthworks #massmovement #risk #hazard #slope #failure #construction #groundworks #excavation #forensic #periglacial #landforms #glacial #deposition #landsystem #geohazards #geomorphology #model #spatialanalysis #casestudy

Ever wondered how #PrimeVideo optimized for millions of devices?

Alexandru Ene, Principal Engineer in Prime Video at Amazon, shares how Prime Video harnessed #RustLang & #WebAssembly to build a faster, more capable Prime Video app, unlocking features that JavaScript & React couldn’t handle.

Dive into the details – watch the full #InfoQ video https://bit.ly/4iXO2D2

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A Site Selection Framework For Urban Power Substation At Micro-Scale Using Spatial Optimization Strategy And Geospatial Big Data
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https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13093 <-- shared paper
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“In this study, [they] model spatiotemporal heterogeneity and incorporate it into optimizing the location of substations. The optimized substation placement ensures electrical service coverage for over 99% of the area during peak power usage seasons, compared to the current coverage of 72%...”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #siting #demand #electricity #heterogeneity #substations #powertransmission #electricalpower #distrubition #service #city #urbanisation #extremeweather #model #modeling #parameters #factors #energycrisis #energy #urbanplanning #routing #outages #framework #UrbanPS #bigdata #AI #machinelearning #Pingxiang #Jiangxi #China #casestudy #coverage #utilisation #dynamic #load #loading #loadbalancing

#CaseStudy: Uber & Google teamed up: they integrated #ProfileGuidedOptimization into #GoLang.

The result?
Significant performance improvements
Resource savings across their service fleet

Read the full story on #InfoQ https://bit.ly/4iI3Rh1

Internezzo AG partners with the Insel Gruppe to consolidate over 65 clinics and hospitals into one cohesive platform using TYPO3.

Read the case study here https://typo3.com/customers/case-studies/insel-gruppe

Insights from #Dropbox on their Messaging System Model (MSM)!

Discover how they handle over 30 million tasks per minute and support diverse use cases.

Dive into the journey on #InfoQ https://bit.ly/41dTWZA

#CaseStudy - #Prezi transitioned to #VictoriaMetrics, focusing on cost optimization, performance improvements, and architectural simplicity!

The result
Costs reduced by approximately 30%
Heavy query speeds improved to 3-7 seconds (down from 30+ seconds!)

Learn more about their journey: https://bit.ly/3X06e6v

Insights from Wealthsimple on leveraging #GenAI to boost productivity!

Discover their journey, including lessons learned from failed bets and features rolled back due to low user adoption.

She also highlights the importance of aligning tools with business goals.

Check out the full #InfoQ article by Mandy Gu: https://bit.ly/4gDuYIu

#CaseStudy - Curious about what happened during #Canva's outage on Nov 12, 2024?

Get the full scoop on the root cause, the timeline of events, how they managed the crisis, and their plans to prevent similar incidents.

https://bit.ly/3Qc6Sdd

This #InfoQ article by Georg Dresler dives into 2 common attack vectors on #LLMs:
Prompt Injection
Prompt Stealing

He also reviews 3 approaches - fine-tuning, adversarial detectors & system prompt hardening - covering their benefits & limitations.

A real #CaseStudy included: #Slack

Read more: https://bit.ly/4jJv9ES

#CaseStudy - How did Yellowbrick manage to save $3.9 million a year?

By switching from the public cloud to their own Kubernetes-based infrastructure!

Get the details here https://bit.ly/4gheqG1

#CaseStudy – find out how Agoda integrated their macOS infrastructure with Kubernetes.

Dive into their story https://bit.ly/4gaM0NO

Deep dive into #Netflix’s Distributed Counter Abstraction - a scalable service that tracks user interactions, feature usage, and business performance metrics with low latency globally.

“At Netflix, our counting use cases include tracking millions of user interactions, monitoring how often specific features or experiences are shown to users, and counting multiple facets of data during A/B test experiments, among others.”

Learn more: https://bit.ly/49tO41Z

Case study: Discover how a multiple-site migration to a single hosting platform has improved and streamlined the developer experience for this government client.

https://www.skpr.com.au/blog/government-case-study

#CaseStudy - Dive into how Livi navigated the complexities of transitioning MJog - a legacy healthcare system - to a cloud-native architecture.

Key takeaway: Transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-based microservices isn’t a one-off project — it’s an ongoing journey of adaptation and growth.

Read the #InfoQ article by Leander Vanderbijl to explore more!

https://bit.ly/48VA54K

Discover how #Uber has developed Genie - an #AI-powered on-call copilot designed to improve the efficiency of on-call support engineers.

Powered by #RetrievalAugmentedGeneration (RAG), Genie delivers accurate real-time responses and significantly enhances incident response speed and effectiveness.

Since its launch, Genie has:
• Answered 70,000+ questions across 154 Slack channels
• Saved an estimated 13,000 engineering hours
• Achieved a 48.9% helpfulness rate from user feedback

Read more on #InfoQ https://bit.ly/3YKbP1N

#CaseStudy - Discover how #LinkedIn is migrating 50,000 production endpoints from Rest.li to gRPC - enhancing framework capabilities, runtime efficiency & developer productivity.

With the migration in progress, the team plans to automatically migrate 2,000 services to gRPC bridged mode - without disrupting business operations.

Watch the full video now on #InfoQ https://bit.ly/3NLNX7R

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How do you build a microblogging service from scratch in just 5 months?

#CaseStudy - Zahan Malkani dives into #Meta's journey, sharing the technical details of what it took to ship this project: the tough decisions, the lessons learned, and how they delivered a platform that could support millions in record time.

Watch the video now: https://bit.ly/487baKU

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