Greg Linden is back, with another pile of interesting links. A sampling
Nice example of how better hardware in your database can be faster and cheaper than expanding your caching layer (link)
Google Research and their hybrid research model blends research and engineering (to maximize impact and avoid the problematic tech transfer from research) and keeps projects short (but still do long-term research by iterating). (link)
Why read research papers? “These papers often foreshadow where the rest of the world is going.” (link)