Tag: system architecture and design
August 18, 2021
Dreaming of a “Zero Dependency” Tech Stack
by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
Recently, there has been a pattern forming in my journal reading:
How did web development become so bizarrely complex? – Discussions on the explosion of framework, team personnel, and technologies for a “simple” website…
July 27, 2021
The Rise of “Simple” Kubernetes
by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
Canonical (the organization behind Ubuntu Linux) has just announced MicroK8s (Micro-Kubernetes). Why should we care?
Containers Can Make Deployment Easier – Well, speaking as a system administrator, setting up and managing machines is a…
April 3, 2018
Lessons Learned From A Data Center Meltdown
By Al Crowley, Senior Software Engineer at TCG
Recently a TCG project, the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC), suffered a week-long outage. It was painful, nerve-wracking, and frustrating for everyone involved. NITRC is hosted in a large third-party…