Caching: the art of useful reuse
Reuse can make a service faster, as long as the rules for freshness are clear.
Useful context for a changing world
The review.
A journal about the choices that shape software behind the screen. We explore responsibilities, interfaces, and the small architectural decisions that keep a system understandable.
10 stories to explore
New tools, familiar human questions
Technical change brings old questions about trust, attention, and useful work into new settings.
A retry is a design decision
Trying again is helpful only when the system understands what may already have happened.
What a pixel can tell you
An image’s dimensions and its size on a screen describe different things.
What an environment is for
A test space is useful when its differences from everyday use are deliberate.
Beyond a compelling demonstration
A prototype is a beginning, and dependable use is another kind of achievement.
An interface is a promise
A dependable boundary explains both the useful result and the cases that need care.
From data to a useful question
A dashboard becomes meaningful when the numbers have context.
Where a cloud application lives
An application can work across devices while its responsibilities remain clearly divided.
What we mean when we say “cloud”
A familiar term covers several different ways of using shared computing resources.
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A small idea to take with you
Name one responsibility
Choose one component of an application. Write the job it owns and one job that should belong somewhere else.