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Happy Apps - How to Prevent a Heroku Dyno from Idling
When one of your Heroku apps is accessed infrequently, it can take more than 20 seconds for it to spin out of idle mode. Keep the apps active by automatically pinging their servers, either by using a...
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Upcoming OpenSSL Security Overhaul Is Long Overdue
The many OpenSSL vulnerabilities coming to light in recent months have motivated a thorough audit of the open system's code. But this hasn't prevented companies from implementing proprietary SSL...
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MySQL vs. MongoDB: The Pros and Cons When Building a Social Network
Choosing the right database for a project is an extremely important step in planning and development. Picking the wrong setup can cost quite a bit of time and money, and can leave you with numerous...
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New Compilers Streamline Optimization and Enhance Code Conversion
Researchers are developing compiler technologies that optimize and regenerate code in multiple languages and for many different platforms in only one or a handful of steps. While much of their work...
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Too often the increased efficiencies and performance improvements promised by new data technologies seem to vanish into thin air when the systems hit the production floor. Not so for these three...
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The Key to Selecting a Programming Language: Focus
There isn't a single best programming language. Rather than flitting from one language to the next as each comes into fashion, determine the platform you want to develop apps for -- the web, mobile,...
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MongoDB Poised to Play a Key Role in Managing the Internet of Things
Rather than out-and-out replacing their relational counterparts, MongoDB and other NoSQL databases will coexist with traditional RDBMSs. However, as more -- and more varied -- data swamps companies,...
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Troubleshoot Lost MySQL Remote Connections
There aren't many MySQL databases that don't need to support users' remote connections. While many failed remote connections can be traced to a misconfigured my.cnf file, the many nuances of MySQL...
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MongoDB 3.0 First Look: Faster, More Storage Efficient, Multi-model
Document-level locking and pluggable storage APIs top the list of new features in MongoDB 3.0, but the big-picture view points to a more prominent role for NoSQL databases in companies of all types and...
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Preparing Developers for a Multi-language Multi-paradigm Future
Tried-and-true languages such as Java, C++, Python, and JavaScript continue to dominate the most popular lists, but modern app development requires a multi-language approach to support diverse...
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Don't Go Into Elasticsearch Production without this Checklist
Elasticsearch is a great tool to provide fast and powerful search services to your web sites or applications, but care should be taken when moving from development to production. By following the...
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Troubleshooting Problems with MySQL Replication
One of the most common MySQL operations is replicating databases between master and slave servers. While most such connections are straightforward to establish and maintain, on occasion something goes...
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Avoid Being Locked into Your Cloud Services
Before you sign on the dotted line for a cloud service supporting your application development or other core IT operation, make sure you have an easy, seamless exit strategy in place. Just because an...
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Don't Go Into Elasticsearch Production without this Checklist
Elasticsearch is a great tool to provide fast and powerful search services to your web sites or applications, but care should be taken when moving from development to production. By following the...
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Avoid Being Locked into Your Cloud Services
Before you sign on the dotted line for a cloud service supporting your application development or other core IT operation, make sure you have an easy, seamless exit strategy in place. Just because an...
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Three Different Approaches to Hardening MySQL Security
The new MySQL 5.7.6 developer milestone 16 features noteworthy security upgrades, but others propose more radical approaches to database security. One method puts applications in charge of testing and...
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How to Minimize Data Wrangling and Maximize Data Intelligence
It's not unusual for data analysts to spend more than half their time cleaning and converting data rather than extracting business intelligence from it. As data stores grow in size and data types...
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Don't Fall Victim to One of These Common SQL Programming 'Gotchas'
TL;DR: Even experienced SQL programmers can sometimes be thrown for an infinite loop -- or other code failure -- by one of the many pitfalls of the popular development platform. Get the upper hand by...
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Don't Drown Yourself With Big Data: Hadoop May Be Your Lifeline
TL; DR: The tremendous growth predicted for the open-source Hadoop architecture for data analysis is driven by the mind-boggling increase in the amount of structured and unstructured data in...
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The SQL Vulnerability Hackers Leverage to Steal Your IDs, Passwords, and More
[TL:DR] The theft of hundreds of millions of user IDs, passwords, and email addresses was made possible by a database programming technique called dynamic SQL, which makes it easy for hackers to use...
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