Staffs Networking

Probably the UK's best equipped Networking labs in a University.
Now a Juniper academy as well as a Cisco Networking Academy (CA, ITC, AC).

[Staffs Networking @StaffsNetworks]

Fantastic results as voted for by our students in the National Student Survey (NSS) this year, the department of computing ranked out of 113 UK universities @LizbarnesStaffs @RussellCampion2 @StaffsComputing @SpatialityJones @David427189

[Staffs Networking @StaffsNetworks]

Anthropic’s new AI tool has implications for us all – whether we can use it or not | Shakeel Hashim | The Guardian https://t.co/Qx5ugj6nru

[diyu @haha_girrrl]

Learn Coding by playing games

1. Kubernetes https://t.co/YPB94wMvs7

2. DevOps https://t.co/AMAZaN7BMw

3. Linux https://t.co/EZ0CLi8zvp

4. Git https://t.co/F7lmsD1tjX

5. Python https://t.co/xtljqoJsUb

6. CSS & HTML https://t.co/8XKnNDOhjt

[Neo Kim @systemdesignone]

If you want to become a world-class software engineer, learn these 19 system design case studies:

1 How Stock Exchange Works:
↳ https://t.co/iFNSX9TM9O

2 How Payment System Works:
↳ https://t.co/ARiLxGR43G

3 How YouTube Works:
↳ https://t.co/kHk3g6jz6t

4 How Google Docs Works:
↳ https://t.co/W57IkAjXpT

5 How Kafka Works:
↳ https://t.co/8rOy9KgCMo

6 How Pastebin Works:
↳ https://t.co/8NSUNlYM7q

7 How WhatsApp Works:
↳ https://t.co/VScq8QwHMr

8 How Airbnb Works:
↳ https://t.co/Bi5SAjfv5S

9 How Spotify Works:
↳ https://t.co/BxrH3oHIFS

10 How Slack Works:
↳ https://t.co/eIo29uOQOJ

11 How Reddit Works:
↳ https://t.co/o6Pw2hhj3T

12 How Google Search Works:
↳ https://t.co/jwOaC4bhnv

13 How Real-Time Leaderboard Works:
↳ https://t.co/HEChNTOHWb

14 How Twitter Works:
↳ https://t.co/pF2RYmPaIG

15 How Uber Computes ETA:
↳ https://t.co/hw1hYJqQmj

16 How Amazon Lambda Works:
↳ https://t.co/lx0BjeSRZt

17 How Amazon S3 Works:
↳ https://t.co/iReWAEHwmj

18 How Do AirTags Work:
↳ https://t.co/upWcgsXwKh

19 How ChatGPT Works:
↳ https://t.co/5lCKxq2g4N

What else should make this list?

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[StaffsUni SmartTech @TechStaffs]

How better to show off laser cutting than by wearing a laser cut necklace ! @UniofStaffs

[Vivek Galatage @vivekgalatage]

Learn algorithms - visually!

An excellent collection of interactive algorithms organized by category. Check it out.

https://t.co/uby1YJwoap

[Rohit Ghumare @ghumare64]

Learn DevOps by playing games 🎮

1. Kubernetes
https://t.co/6Xz5Bb4268

2. DevOps
https://t.co/JzrPfmPZM0

2. Linux
https://t.co/hT6XkaaFsG

3. Git
https://t.co/Ay4nXTAX9U

4. Python
https://t.co/mGAMKY2LLX

5. 25+ programming languages
https://t.co/TI3vAufL9m

[Ayaan 🐧 @twtayaan]

🚨 AWS just killed the most annoying thing about S3.

For years, bucket names had to be globally unique.

If someone on the other side of the world took "prod-logs"...

You were stuck naming yours "prod-logs-company-us-east-1-xyz".

That ends today.

AWS just introduced Account Regional Namespaces.

Now, your bucket name only needs to be unique within your specific account and region.

You can finally just name your buckets:
- logs
- images
- backups

No global naming conflicts. Clean code. Predictable infrastructure.

You can enable it right now in the console or via API across 37 regions.

But here’s the catch.

Your existing buckets are stuck on the old global model.

They cannot be renamed.

[University of Staffordshire @UniofStaffs]

Final year students, have you completed your National Student Survey? There’s still time to share your experience of studying at @UniofStaffs and help shape the future student experience. Have your say 👉 https://t.co/NDEER4Szp4

[Dr Milan Milanović @milan_milanovic]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

I learn more from reading how Netflix, Uber, and Stripe build their systems than from any course or textbook.

Here are 10 engineering blogs I keep coming back to and specific articles worth reading from each:

𝟭. 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗳𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 (https://t.co/Y7daEr2Vxy)

Microservices, resilience patterns, and video streaming at 230M+ subscribers.

- Netflix Conductor: A Microservices Orchestrator
- Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding
- High Quality Video Encoding at Scale

𝟮. 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 (https://t.co/S2VghjfO8a)

Distributed systems and data platforms serving billions of users.

- How Meta Built the Infrastructure for Threads
- Scaling Memcache at Facebook

𝟯. 𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 (https://t.co/h71v5HfDqr)

Real-time push platforms, multi-tenancy, and API gateway architecture.

- Service-Oriented Architecture at Uber
- Uber's Real-Time Push Platform

𝟰. 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 (https://t.co/8ZMTLuaLnQ)

Networking internals, DNS, DDoS mitigation, and edge computing.

- How We Built Pingora, the Proxy That Connects Cloudflare to the Internet
- Using DNS to Estimate the Worldwide State of IPv6 Adoption

𝟱. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 (https://t.co/8fvdbjNweF)

Payment infrastructure, API versioning, and idempotency in distributed systems.

- Designing Robust and Predictable APIs with Idempotency
- Online Migrations at Scale

𝟲. 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 (https://t.co/xmdaQtxrOI)

Real-time messaging and data processing at a trillion-message scale.

- How Discord Indexes Trillions of Messages
- How Discord Resizes 150 Million Images Every Day with Go and C++

𝟳. 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝗻𝗯 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 (https://t.co/bhPkyRIwSI)

Distributed payments, search infrastructure, and knowledge systems.

- Avoiding Double Payments in a Distributed Payments System
- Scaling Knowledge Access and Retrieval at Airbnb

𝟴. 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 (https://t.co/ucvGSBGD45)

Storage infrastructure and performance at 700M+ registered users.

- Cross-Shard Transactions at 10 Million Requests per Second
- Intelligent DNS-Based Load Balancing at Dropbox

𝟵. 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 (https://t.co/Yqt3UGjwp3)

Event-driven architecture, ML recommendations, and developer experience.

- Software Visualization: Challenge, Accepted
- How Spotify Achieves Consensus in 350+ Microservices

𝟭𝟬. 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 (https://t.co/n9kVIVMNJW)

Git internals, CI/CD at scale, and developer tooling.

- How GitHub Processes Millions of Webhook Deliveries

These blogs have taught me more about building systems at scale than any course I've taken. I read them weekly.

[Raj Dabre @prajdabre]

Technical interview question:

Suppose you have 5 TB worth of text data and you want to count the total number of words, how will you do this?

[Neo Kim @systemdesignone]

If you want to become good at system design, learn these 15 case studies (save this now):

1 How ChatGPT Works:
↳ https://t.co/TZYZ3iddYH

2 How Google Search Works:
↳ https://t.co/jwOaC4bhnv

3 How Uber Computes ETA:
↳ https://t.co/hw1hYJqQmj

4 How Amazon S3 Works:
↳ https://t.co/iReWAEHwmj

5 How YouTube Works:
↳ https://t.co/kHk3g6jz6t

6 How Kafka Works:
↳ https://t.co/8rOy9KgCMo

7 How WhatsApp Works:
↳ https://t.co/VScq8QwHMr

8 How Spotify Works:
↳ https://t.co/BxrH3oHIFS

9 How Slack Works:
↳ https://t.co/eIo29uOQOJ

10 How Reddit Works:
↳ https://t.co/o6Pw2hhj3T

11 How Bluesky Works:
↳ https://t.co/2rLYlRlky0

12 How Twitter Timeline Works:
↳ https://t.co/pF2RYmPaIG

13 How URL Shortener Works:
↳ https://t.co/tGndgdhH0V

14 How Payment System Works:
↳ https://t.co/ARiLxGR43G

15 How Stock Exchange Works:
↳ https://t.co/iFNSX9TM9O

What else should make this list?

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[Govardhana Miriyala Kannaiah @govardhana_mk]

25 Blogs to Learn 25 DevOps Concepts 👇

1) Terraform Project Structure: https://t.co/RCd6GViEQF
2) Terraform State: https://t.co/g9MgHnK6J8
3) Terraform Graphs: https://t.co/fIUI9vPzeg
4) Terraform Dynamic Blocks: https://t.co/55OU1DgC5s
5) Crossplane with ArgoCD: https://t.co/QbUUv0Pufy
6) GitOps Push vs. Pull Architecture: https://t.co/4MMWiei0oe
7) Multi Cloud GitOps Workflow: https://t.co/ePKz8nZU8P
8) Kyverno with ArgoCD: https://t.co/jQOZb2bmY7
9) Dockerfile vs. Docker Compose: https://t.co/dyl0SckVos
10) Docker Image: https://t.co/rncpfjqeZo
11) Docker Cache: https://t.co/8IBdT1THxL
12) Docker stats: https://t.co/eUfChMb9Yg
13) Docker Scout: https://t.co/1BPuRjLJ8r
14) GitHub Actions Workflow: https://t.co/KP8khyEMVZ
15) GitHub Actions Optimization: https://t.co/YqnQ7jkfXo
16) GitHub Branching Strategy: https://t.co/JYoBX6WnzN
17) Ansible Architecture: https://t.co/wevEiODC6M
18) Ansible Roles: https://t.co/Ut4iRgPhTa
19) Ansible Dynamic Inventory: https://t.co/pYGP9HVyaL
20) Kubernetes Architecture: https://t.co/PuZ6YExqKt
21) POD Lifecycle: https://t.co/7yXNhSBcwl
22) pod.yaml Breakdown: https://t.co/JhnPhMJb4i
23) VPC Network Segmentation: https://t.co/ueOV6X1Hvh
24) Lambda Integrations: https://t.co/jHa82Yyzdb
25) Serverless Architecture: https://t.co/KeUOuuekkw

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[Staffordshire Esports @StaffsEsports]

Join us live tonight with @syylve_ @sasnuie @avidotwav @CavoTheCat for all the NSE Valorant Spring action!

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Failure is also part of success.

[David Bombal @davidbombal]

102.4 Tbps on ONE Chip?

David speaks to Martin Lund, Vice President of @Cisco’s Common Hardware Group, about the 3nm silicon chip inside the world's first 100Tbps switch. This multi-chip module delivers the raw 100Tbps throughput needed for gigawatt-scale clusters, powering massive training runs, inference, and real-time AI agents.

Thank you to Cisco for sponsoring this video and my trip to Cisco Live EMEA!

#cisco #ciscolive #CiscoEMEA

[Staffs Step Up to HE @StaffsStepUP]

Looking to start your degree @UniofStaffs this September? @StaffsStepUP is designed to build your study-skills and confidence; with tailored support on how navigate university. Find out more around our final April 2026 intake here 👉https://t.co/4BDepIVn3u #StepUptoHE

[Sandro Volpicella @sandro_vol]

Most people don't know this resource exists.
AWS has a massive library of workshops they use to train Fortune 500 engineering teams.

You can do them for free.

They are currently moving all content to the new Builder Center here
https://t.co/SgrNMjC2V5

This is absolute gold if you want to really understand a service in depth.

Join 11,000+ devs getting real-world AWS tips weekly at https://t.co/tNh21GIyjQ

[Stoke-on-Trent Young Peoples Careers Advice @StokeYPCareers]

University of Staffordshire Apprenticeship Fair 📢
@UniofStaffs

Thinking About an Apprenticeship? This Event Is for YOU!

Everyone welcome. Flyer attached with full details and QR code to register

[University of Staffordshire @UniofStaffs]

Severe weather: what you need to know ❄️

University of Staffordshire plans carefully during snow and severe weather to keep everyone safe.

📢 Updates shared via official social media and the Student Beacon app.
Check before travelling.

Full guidance: https://t.co/NFEWXHvnud

[Morden Station @MordenStation]

Thursday 1st January 2026 Thought Of The Day From Morden Underground Station Happy New Year