Obsolete Bytes

Obsolete Bytes: Ticker Tape - The First Data Streaming Platform

How the stock ticker revolutionized data communication

Since I learned about stock tickers, I’ve been captivated by them. While they may be simple, obsolete devices, I find them intriguing because they were among the first devices to implement many modern concepts we now take for granted in software development for distributed systems.

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Obsolete Bytes: Nazi Submarines, High-Tech Toilets, and Lessons in Software Engineering

Do not flush the toilet; it may initialize the self-destruct sequence.

What do German World War II submarines and modern software development have in common? Surprisingly, quite a lot: Overengineering, ignoring testing, poor modularity, and cascading failures, to name a few.

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