In cloud computing era distributed storage systems are pervasive. But have you ever thought of how they store data internally? The answer is obviously non-uniform, but let me tell you
Fuzzing – how to find bugs automagically using AFL
“Deleted code is debugged code” [1]. Unfortunately, deletion of code isn’t a suitable solution for most of challenges developers encounter. That’s why the process of software quality assurance must be
Automatic Predictive Modeling on Apache Spark
For the last 2 years or so we’ve been working with our partners at NEC Laboratories America on a Spark-based automatic predictive modeling system. The system automatically searches the best algorithm,
Tom Gilb at 9LivesData
Last Monday we had the pleasure of inviting Tom Gilb to run an internal engineering management workshop at 9LivesData. Here are some takeaways from the experience: The key to being
Best papers from the 2017 FAST conference
One of our distinguished engineering team leaders visited the 15th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies also known as FAST’17. Here’s a video about the best papers that were presented
Distributed HML at Spark Summit 2016 and 2017
Our partners at NEC Labs in Cupertino continuously improve the science that underlies the “Predictive Analytics Automation Technology” product that we’re building for them and they’re also using the system itself to experiment with their
“C++ is not for the Faint of Heart” at the Warsaw C++ Meetup, Małgorzata Bieńkowska
One of our senior engineers gave a presentation at a recent Warsaw C++ Meetup. Here are the slides form the presentation (in Polish): 2017-03-Gosia-Cpp-Slides Here’s the audience during the meetup: And here
“What is worth learning and how to learn it?” at Agile Warsaw, Michał Parkoła
Recently we’ve had the privilege of presenting at the oldest Agile community in Poland. The presentation was about learning: what is worth learning and how to learn it. Here’s the
Unit-testing in a hostile environment, Jacek Puchta
Some time ago I’ve read a blog post what if programming languages were vehicles, where plain C was compared to an old-school military jeep WillysMC, and C++ was a brand-new