WebScaleSQL

WebScaleSQL is a collaboration among engineers from several companies that face similar challenges in running MySQL at scale, and seek greater performance from a database technology tailored for their needs. Those “several companies” are Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter. And the collaboration mentioned is a true collaboration: For example, to introduce a code change, a …

Tom Clancy’s The Division

Really neat motion graphic for the upcoming game Tom Clancy’s The Division: In 2001, an operation known as “Dark Winter” was launched which was a real-world exercise that tested the emergency response to a bioterror attack on the United States. The simulation spiraled out of control within a few days, and predicted that a “breakdown …

On Web Development and Education

This blogpost is sparked by a conversation with, and blogpost by Joris, a lecturer IMD at Thomas More. Every now and then I have a chat with a colleague lecturer, be it one from the Technical University I teach at (HUB-KAHO) or another TU (Howest, Thomas More, KDG, etc). A recurring theme in our conversations …

Content-out Layout

Grids serve well to divide up a predefined canvas and guide how content fits onto a page, but when designing for the web’s fluid nature, we need something more… well, responsive. Enter ratios, which architects, sculptors, and book designers have all used in their work to help set the tone for their compositions, and to …