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Using logs to build a solid data infrastructure (or: why dual writes are a bad idea)

This is an edited transcript of a talk I gave at the Craft Conference 2015. The video and slides are also available. How does your database store data on disk reliably? It uses a log. How does one ...

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Beware iPhone Users: If You Get This Text Message, Your Phone Will Likely Turn Off Immediately

An apparent security vulnerability has left iPhone users susceptible to having their phones shut off with a simple text message. The vulnerability appeared to have been first discovered on Reddit. A thread was created and updated with information revealing everything the Internet-community had disco…

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FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extradition to U.S.

As FIFA leaders gathered for a meeting, Swiss law enforcement officials arrived unannounced and made arrests at the Justice Department’s request on charges including racketeering and money laundering.

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Web vs. native: let’s concede defeat - QuirksBlog

I feel it’s time to revisit the web vs. native debate, and concede defeat — or, at least, concede that the web cannot, and should not, compete with native when it comes to complex, app-like structures.

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After Senate vote, NSA prepares to shut down phone tracking program

Hours after the Senate balked at reauthorizing the bulk collection of U.S. telephone records, the National Security Agency began shutting a controversial program Saturday that senior intelligence and law enforcement officials say is vital to track terrorists in the United States.

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