Smaller, single-purpose, atomic functions core ingredient of tomorrow’s computing

Last week I had a chance to attend the 3rd AWS re:invent conference in Vegas. I’m not a big fan of that city myself, but, as in previous years, re:invent has not disappointed. Much coverage has been dedicated to the newly introduced services; I won’t bore you with that. Instead, I wanted to share with you a few higher-level thoughts I captured at the event. ...

2016-02-22 · 2 min · Mark Chmarny

PaaS not just about runtime, data services are the next differentiator

In general, Platform as a Service (PaaS) is developed by developers for developers. Of course they’re going to love it. It enables them to focus on the nuances of their applications — not on the day-to-day pointless activities that so often take their time away from solving real problems. ...

2015-01-05 · 3 min · Mark Chmarny