37signals is finishing its move from AWS to on-premise infrastructure, expecting to save $1.3 million per year in operating costs after completing the project. The company initially moved compute workloads in 2024 and is now migrating data from S3, with AWS waiving $250,000 in egress fees. Overall infrastructure costs are projected to fall from $3.2 million to under $1 million annually.
An in-depth look at Choreo, an open-source Internal Developer Platform (IDP) built on Kubernetes and GitOps, utilizing 20+ CNCF tools to provide a secure, scalable, and developer-friendly experience. The article discusses the challenges of Kubernetes management, the illusion of 'platformless' solutions, and how Choreo aims to bridge the gap between developer freedom and enterprise requirements.
Companies are increasingly moving away from cloud computing to on-premises servers to lower costs and regain control over their operations.
Distributed computing shares computational tasks among multiple machines, making it possible to process large volumes of data and perform complex calculations by dividing the workload across networks. This approach has evolved from early local area networks to the internet and cloud computing, enabling efficient and secure data handling.
This issue of ACM Interactions explores the crucial role of User Experience (UX) in ensuring responsible AI (RAI) design and use. Articles discuss the importance of UX in shaping meaningful and trustworthy AI systems, the potential of 'reuser experience' for sustainable design practices, and emerging trends in AI interaction design.
The article introduces the concept of Federated Language Models, combining edge-based Small Language Models (SLMs) with cloud-based Large Language Models (LLMs) for enhanced privacy and performance in AI applications.
