The Temporary Solution Fallacy
Temporary solutions are a myth. They don't exist. The sooner we can rid ourselves of this idea, the better our software will become.
dropwizard-cassandra now supports Cassandra 2.1
Details of the latest changes in dropwizard-cassandra, including support for Cassandra 2.1 and a new versioning scheme
Programmatic Real-time Monitoring and Alerting with Riemann
A streaming event-processor that empowers development teams to define their own monitoring and alerting in a manner more compatible with Agile projects than traditional approaches.
Distributed Systems Configuration
Configuring distributed systems can be complex and difficult to manage. Reaching agreement across disciplines is often a challenge in implementing suitable configuration management systems. This article gives examples of how to address these challenges, particularly for large distributed systems.