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A walkthrough of how bits travel down to the particle level and why undersea fiber backbone and optical links are the core infrastructure, with emphasis on the surprising pervasiveness of pocket devices that keep everyone constantly connected. Calls out a current engineering problem: large volumes of automated attacks that require systems to detect and deflect automated attacks in real time. Notes progress in front-end tooling over five years and follows container tech like Docker and CoreOS.
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