API’s: The Connective Tissue of the Web
The number of application programmer interfaces (API's) is growing exponentially. Side effects of this trend of data...
Author: Andy Vitus
Choose Your Web House Wisely
Maciej Ceglowski compares the new world of cloud platforms to the convenience of living in a dorm room or a monastery.
GitHub: The New Locus of Software Development
By completely dominating the landscape for open-source software, GitHub fast became the default code repository for most developers.
How Zynga and Netflix Use the Cloud
Two internet success stories have adopted different cloud strategies: Zynga owns the base and rents the spike while Netflix...
Understanding Platform-as-a-Service
Platforms-as-a-Service have caught the imagination of developers by abstracting away repetitive middleware configuration.
Outsourcing the Web Stack
Just as the arrival of open-source blogging platforms eliminated the intervening steps between writers and audiences, so the new breed...
The Economics of the Consumer Cloud
Facebook isn't often cited as a cloud computing company since the Social moniker has proven to be stickier.