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2017
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Introducing Google Cloud Container Builder

At Google everything runs in containers, from Gmail to YouTube to Search. With Google Cloud Platform (GCP) we're bringing the scale and developer efficiencies we’ve seen with containers to our customers. From cluster management on Google Container Engine , to image hosting on Google Container Registry , to our…

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How is Ruby different in Japan?

I've had a few conversations recently where I say things like, "the Japanese Ruby community uses Ruby for different things than in America"... and I get blank stares. Specifically, I mention that America is very centered on Rails and web apps with Ruby. No surprise, right? "But then,

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Principles of Sharding for Relational Databases

Some say sharding is the best way to scale a database. Sharding enables you to linearly scale cpu, memory, and disk by separating your database into smaller parts. Yet, sharding is controversial. This post explores the principles of sharding relational databases for B2B, B2C, and B2B2C applications.

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Vue.js vs. React: what happened in 2017

One year ago I've published a post about reasons why our team chose Vue.js over React for our qwintry.com project rewrite. I've made some predictions back then: I expect Vue to become a primary JS framework in 16-24 months if Evan You makes right steps, at least around

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Announcing .NET Core 2.0

.NET Core 2.0 is available today as a final release. You can start developing with it at the command line, in your favorite text editor, in Visual Studio 2017 15.3, Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio for Mac. It is ready for production workloads, on your own hardware or your favorite cloud, like Microsoft Azure. […]