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IT Services Circle
IT Services Circle
Feb 14, 2025 · Cloud Computing

David Cutler: From VMS to Windows NT and Azure – The Story of a Legendary OS Engineer

The article chronicles David Cutler's remarkable career, detailing his creation of the VMS operating system for DEC's VAX, his leadership in developing Windows NT at Microsoft, and his pivotal role in designing the hypervisor for Windows Azure, illustrating how his engineering brilliance shaped modern computing across mainframes, PCs, and the cloud.

AzureDavid CutlerWindows NT
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David Cutler: From VMS to Windows NT and Azure – The Story of a Legendary OS Engineer
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jan 2, 2024 · Operations

How Xiaohongshu Scaled Its Metrics System Tenfold with Cloud‑Native Architecture

Facing exploding metric volumes, high resource consumption, and fragile operations, Xiaohongshu's observability team completely rebuilt its metrics pipeline using Victoriametrics, achieving ten‑fold performance gains, minute‑level scaling, high‑availability, cost reduction, and robust multi‑cloud active‑active deployment while preserving data safety and query speed.

MetricsPrometheusTime Series
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How Xiaohongshu Scaled Its Metrics System Tenfold with Cloud‑Native Architecture
21CTO
21CTO
May 15, 2022 · Backend Development

How Dave Cutler Built Modern OSes: From VMS to Windows NT & Azure

Dave Cutler, the legendary software architect behind VMS, Windows NT, and later Azure, rose from a self‑taught programmer to lead groundbreaking OS projects, influencing modern computing through innovative design, cross‑platform portability, and a relentless drive that reshaped Microsoft’s technology strategy.

Dave CutlerMicrosoftWindows NT
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How Dave Cutler Built Modern OSes: From VMS to Windows NT & Azure