System Architecture and Design

Presenters Simon Ritter Michael Redlich Source InfoQ podcast Java’s Evolution: From Language Specs to Runtime Performance 🚀 Hey everyone, and welcome back to the blog! Today, we’re diving deep into the ever-evolving world of Java, a language that continues to surprise and delight us with its constant innovation. We had a fantastic chat with Simon Ritter, Deputy CTO at Azul and a long-time member of the JDK Expert Group (since JDK 9!), to unpack the latest trends and what’s on the horizon. ...

Presenters Bryan Boreham Source PromCon EU 2025 🚀 Unlocking System Secrets: A Deep Dive into CPU Hardware Counters 🧠 Hey tech enthusiasts! 👋 Ever wondered exactly what’s happening inside your computer’s CPU when it’s working hard? Today, we’re diving deep into a fascinating, often-overlooked area: hardware counters. This presentation from PromCon, led by the brilliant Bryan Boreham, revealed a world of granular performance insights hidden within your CPU’s core – and it’s way more exciting than you might think! 🤯 ...

Presenters Björn Rabenstein Source PromCon EU 2025 Decoding Observability: It’s Not Just a Buzzword 🚀 Let’s be honest, the word “observability” has been thrown around a lot lately. It’s plastered on dashboards, featured in marketing campaigns, and debated in countless tech circles. But is it truly a revolutionary concept, or just a fancy rebranding of something we’ve been doing for decades? This presentation, delivered by a seasoned veteran of distributed systems and Prometheus, cuts straight to the heart of the matter, offering a refreshingly grounded perspective. Let’s dive in and unpack what observability really means. 💡 ...

Presenters Jesus Vazquez Alan Protasio Michael Hoffmann Source PromCon EU 2025 🚀 Level Up Your Prometheus: Introducing Parquet – The Future of Time-Series Data 🚀 Hey everyone! If you’re like me, you’ve probably wrestled with the growing pains of managing massive Prometheus deployments. Scaling Prometheus, Cortex, Mimir, and Thanos can feel like an uphill battle, especially when those query path bottlenecks start to slow you down. But what if I told you there’s a game-changing solution on the horizon? Let’s dive into Parquet, a collaborative project designed to revolutionize how we handle long-term Prometheus data. ...

Presenters Jan Fajerski Source PromCon EU 2025 📉 Level Up Your Prometheus Data: Exploring Downsampling 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! 👋 Ever feel like your Prometheus dashboards are drowning in data? You’re not alone. Managing massive time series data can be a real challenge, and today we’re diving into a fascinating potential solution: downsampling. This presentation from Yan at a recent tech conference explored this concept in detail, and it’s seriously worth paying attention to. Let’s break it down. ...