Today: Field Guide to the Distributed Development Stack, Node.js in Flames, Barcelona Highlights + More

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1. Field Guide to the Distributed Development Stack When you explore a new technology landscape, the journey can take you to places you never expected. Take O'Reilly's CTO, Andrew Odewahn. What started as his own journal soon became the Field Guide to the Distributed Development Stack, an ongoing collaborative project. 2. Velocity Europe Video Highlights Velocity Europe may be a wrap, but you can still experience the very best in Web Performance, Operations, Mobile, and Culture & Organizational Change with thiscollection of select keynote videos from earlier this week in Barcelona. 3. Node.js in Flames Noticing abnormal request latencies and higher CPU usage over time, Yunong Xiao, Senior Node.js Software Engineer at Netflix, created some flame graphs to see if he could identify the root cause and douse the rising flames. Sponsored Content Web Performance is a KPI Join Keynote's Aaron Rudger as he explains why a holistic approach to monitoring—one that combines active tests with real user measurements—empowers you to influence the KPIs near and dear to digital business teams. He'll also show you how to develop compelling arguments and persuasive visualizations to inspire performance as a requirement and elevate the conversation. Learn more → 4. Cache Is the New RAM Distributed computing and memory-native database design are two trends that are changing the way we build applications. Follow along as Carlos Bueno takes a trip down memory lane to get to where we are and explores a future where cache is the new RAM. Sponsored Content You Can't Change What You Don't Measure Pinpointing the specific reason why your website's performance isn't what it could be is a lot harder when you're not measuring the right things. JoinMehdi Daoudi, CEO and Co-founder of Catchpoint Systems, as he explains the importance of measurement in serving your users and how to analyze the data you collect in order to draw sound conclusions. He'll also show you how to relate monitoring data to business metrics and institute a culture of performance within your organization. Learn more → 5. Your Developers Aren't Slow Eager to find out what really is slowing down development, Justin Jackson took a closer look at the road bumps along the way and found out that your developers aren't slow; it's likely your process. 6. Queues Don't Fix Overload Using a very large bathroom sink to visualize flow, Fred Hébert shows us thatqueues don't fix overload. 7. Video Training from O'Reilly O'Reilly Media recently acquired Infinite Skills, the software/IT video training company. That means we'll be adding even more great video training to our already extensive catalog. Start any video course for free.