Using dd, iostat, iotop, and blktrace to Discover a Bug in the Linux Kernel
With a recent redesign, we gradually transitioned our in-house analytics database to run on Graviton. This has been a 6-month long...
Engineering
Moving from SSH to SSM for Automation
We've come a long way since the last time we recaliberated our architecture. We're now ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliant!...
Using Java’s Security Policy to Block Internet Access for JUnit Tests
We have a relatively large Java code base (387K LOC as reported by our SonarQube installation), written by a team of...
Streaming Data from S3 in a Reliable Way
This article is co-authored with Hardik Shah. When we redesigned our querying and data storage architecture in Arc, some of the...
Creating Push Notifications in Android O – Part 2
The latest Android version named after the famous cookie brand Oreo released on 21st August and is now live on Google’s...
Creating Push Notifications in Android O – Part 1
The latest Android OS version, Android Oreo, released on August 21st right in time with the Great American Eclipse. The latest version...
Understanding Permissions in the Android World
The official meaning of the word permission means allowing someone to do a particular thing – it is consent or authorization...