Monthly Archives: November 2012

Assorted Links (Architecture)

    1. The Architecture of Open Source Applications:  wonderful resource to learn more about the internals of some of the greatest programs of history. I love the chapter about LLVM, a perfect complement to this post about the life of an instruction in LLVM
    2. Secret Servers and Data Centers: best special report from Wired in a very long time, full of previously unpublished information about the biggest data centers in the world
    3. Understanding Cloud Failures: useful infographic on the perils of Cloud Computing
    4. One in Six Active US Patents Pertain to the Smartphone: such a little device, such a complicated legal maze
    5. The Licensing of Mobile Bands in CEPT: complete list on the distribution of mobile spectrum in Europe
    6. Kernel Drivers Compiled to Javascript and Run in Browser: a simple hack to turn upside down completely opposite software layers