Priyanka Hariharan

Published in Dev Genius

·Dec 6, 2020

Introduction to a Containerized World: Docker

Docker is… Docker is a computer program that performs operating-system-level virtualization, also known as “containerization”. Docker was first released in 2013 and makes up more than 83 percent of containers as of 2018. Major companies like Business Insider, Spotify, Yelp, eBay, Expedia, PayPal, etcetera use Docker, and many more companies are planning…

Docker

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Docker

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Published in Dev Genius

·Sep 19, 2020

Paxos Algorithm Explained

Since writing my previous article about the CAP theorem, I have come to realize that I may have misunderstood the CAP theorem and that consistency and availability could be potentially achieved(?). While the CAP theorem asserts that consistency and availability cannot be achieved simultaneously in a distributed system, the CAP…

Programming

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Programming

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Published in Dev Genius

·Aug 31, 2020

CAP Theorem

While writing about load balancers, I stumbled upon the CAP theorem, a distributed systems concept, and was the perfect segue into my next article. Load balancers serve to distribute load among multiple servers to prevent single servers from overloading. In other words, it increases the availability of applications for users…

Programming

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Programming

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Published in The KickStarter

·Aug 24, 2020

Load Balancing 101

Load balancers distribute traffic efficiently across multiple servers which decouples the overall health of a backend service from the health of a single server to ensure that your services stay online. In layman terms, a load balancer is either a piece of hardware or software that works like a traffic…

Software

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Software

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Published in Dev Genius

·Aug 3, 2020

Linux System and Troubleshooting Tools

Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving, often applied to repair failed products or processes on a machine or a system. It is a logical, systematic search for the source of a problem in order to solve it, and make the product or process operational again — Wikipedia When there…

Programming

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Programming

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Jul 27, 2020

An Interview with Aileen A. Tapia — Senior Consulting Analyst, Accenture

Today, I bring you a virtual coffee chat with Aileen A. Tapia ☕️ Many may know her as a successful consultant at Accenture, an Industrial and Systems engineer from UTEP, or a career mentor. …

Interview

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Interview

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Published in The KickStarter

·Jul 14, 2020

Clean Concurrency

Concurrency can be explained as the decomposability property of an algorithm, a process or a task into order-independent or multiple events within overlapping time, but not simultaneously. Concurrency is a decoupling strategy which splits up what gets done and when it gets done. Single-threaded applications couple the what and when. …

Concurrency

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Concurrency

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Published in The Startup

·Jul 5, 2020

Consistent Hashing

What is consistent hashing and how does it work? Consistent hashing is a simple yet powerful strategy for divvying up data between multiple machines. This algorithm is particularly useful for systems with large distributed databases with many machines powering high-traffic applications and dynamic websites. As you would have guessed, consistent…

Algorithms

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Algorithms

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Jun 29, 2020

How do I become a PM?

Product Management roles has seen a stark growth in the recent few years — “Golden Age of Product Management”. The accelerated pace of the tech industry, customer expectations and digital transformations has created a high demand for visionary and strategic PMs. …

Productmanagment

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Productmanagment

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