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This article is part of a continuing series about data collection today. The previous articles discussed collection by devices and then started to look at institutions, notably retailers and banks. We’ve seen that the retailers you visit (in the store … Leer más

While Docker makes it easy to start and manage containers, there must still be a base system hosting the containers. These systems form the infrastructure on which containers run and are covered by objective 702.3 of the DevOps Tools Engineer … Leer más

The first article in this series laid out the role of vectors in machine learning and LLMs, along with vector representations in software. Now we’ll embark on a quick tour of databases and how they meet the modern challenges of … Leer más

This article is part of a continuing series about data collection today. Following the information gluttony of retailers in the previous article, financial institutions seem quite restrained. None of the resources I found suggested that they had any interest in … Leer más

While individual Docker containers usually run a single program, applications in a microservice architecture are usually composed by combining multiple containers, each contributing a specific set of features that make up the complete application. Coordinating the creation and maintenance of … Leer más

This article is part of a continuing series about data collection today. The previous articles discussed devices ranging from robot vacuum cleaners and watches to web browsers. Now we’ll see where all this data is going. This article is the … Leer más

Everyone who comments on AI—whether machine learning or more contemporary techniques such as LLMs—notes the enormous volumes of data it requires, as well as the radically novel ways in which data is used. Thousands of new data centers are currently … Leer más

Container virtualization is one of the major technologies behind modern software architectures. While the concept of container virtualization is rather old, new tools extend the pure virtualization components with numerous features that facilitate the deployment of containerized software. Docker is … Leer más

This article is part of a continuing series about data collection today. The previous article talked about smart watches and other personal devices. Most sites collecting data from your browser are retailers, but I am devoting a separate section of … Leer más

My first introduction to Linux came from my undergraduate coursework in computer science. To be honest, it wasn’t a stellar debut… From Confusion to Control: The Early Years Though I knew the command line from my earlier days of creating … Leer más

Turning source code into running services requires a coordinated and observable chain of automated activities, in order to meet the needs of modern, fast-paced software development. Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) provide the conceptual and technical foundation for … Leer más

This article is part of a continuing series about data collection today. The previous articles talked about devices in your home and your car; now we’ll get more personal. The data collected by fitness devices occupies an ambiguous place on … Leer más