Interesting Things #16 — Baked data
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#tech
The Baked Data architectural pattern — Bundle a read-only copy of your data alongside code as part of the same deployment
Evolution of search engines architecture - Algolia New Search Architecture Part 1 — Co-founder and CTO of Algolia describes what the future of search will look like. (hn)
Idiots And Maniacs — Everyone who takes an idea further than I have is a maniac, and everyone who hasn’t taken it as far as I are idiots.
Making Reasonable Use of Computer Resources — How do we write code that runs reasonably quickly on modern machines? (hn)
We did a page speed tests of a popular corporate websites. Here is what we got — Google’s page speed measurement tool produced unexpected results when applied to big companies' websites.
Convolutional Neural Networks for Beginners — Understand convolution neural networks (CNNs) and what they are useful for. (hn)
How to improve your Docker containers security [cheat sheet included] — Recommendations at build and runtime to improve your containers' security. (hn)
Napkin Problem 15: Increase HTTP Performance by Fitting In the Initial TCP Slow Start Window — If your site is under ~12kb, the first page will load significantly faster?
The vanishing designer — UX design in the age of standardization. (hn)
Safari isn’t protecting the web, it’s killing it
Revisiting Prechelt’s paper and follow-ups comparing Java, Lisp, C/C++ and scripting languages — Discussing the impact of programming languages on productivity and program efficiency. (hn)
The Unknown Features of Python’s Operator Module — Make the most out of the every function included in this great Python module.
Re-writing the AOSP Calendar App in Kotlin — How Kotlin affects existing Android apps and the conversion of other AOSP apps. (hn)
Facebook’s Tectonic Filesystem: Efficiency from Exascale — Covering mplementation, various design decisions, and a deeper dive on some highlights.
Haskell for the Elm Enthusiast — We’ve developed a style of writing Haskell which can be described as very Elm-like. (hn)
The evolution of a PHP object throughout the years — A fun little post because I wanted to visualise how my objects have evolved over the years. (hn)
Back to Linux — When there aren’t hardware issues, it’s the best development experience for most software engineers. (hn)
Zero to One Hundred Deploys a Day (pdf) — The best software teams at top companies deploy to production hundreds of times a day.
; echo “Shell Injection” — Shell injection: A security vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the user’s machine. (hn)
My Choice of Programming Languages — What languages I put into my programming toolbox and why.
Kernel Pwning with eBPF: a Love Story — The basics of eBPF and the verifier component which is supposed to make sure code is safe to run. (hn)
Processing Semi-Structured Data in the Unix Shell — Mount YAML and JSON files as a userspace filesystem.
Taking over TVs with Flipper Zero Infrared Port — How to reverse engineer infrared communications. (hn)
In Defense of Package Managers — It’s not the package managers you hate. It’s what they’ve made you become.
6 Years of Professional Clojure — It’s a great programming language due to its functional nature, lack of objects and concentration on primitive values. (hn)
5 Commonly Used Idioms in the Tech Industry — Bikeshedding, rubber ducking, dog fooding, bus factors, yak shaving… What do they mean?
Keep Your Data Raw at Rest — If you have data that depends on other data, try not to store it. (hn)
#work
My Lessons from Interviewing 400+ Engineers Over Three Startups — Some common recruiting tropes and four top interviewing practices for startups. (hn)
Leaving A Legacy — I think I do a fairly good job, and I WANT people to see what I do, and understand how I do it. (hn)
Uncertainty and Learning as Tech Debt — Software engineering is a process of converting tech debt into concrete learning about the customer.
The Importance of Written Communication for Engineering Teams — While good engineering managers can code, great ones can also communicate. (hn)
#business
A Framework for the Metaverse — How much of the Metaverse is already here? When will it arrive? What does it need? And how will it grow? (hn)
#science
World’s first re-progammable commercial satellite set to launch — Paving the way for a new era of more flexible communications. (hn)
The ‘Weirdest’ Matter, Made of Partial Particles, Defies Description — Bizarre hypothetical particles that can only move in combination with one another.
Physicists at CERN Just Discovered a Brand New Particle — The tetraquark exhibits what’s called ‘open charm,’ and has an incredibly long lifetime.
Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real — Physicists claim to have built a time crystal inside a quantum computer that forever cycles between states without consuming energy.
#life
Walking as a Productivity System — It is the foundation of a well-known writer’s creative work. (hn)
Self-Control and Grit: Related but Separable Determinants of Success — Two important determinants of success are strongly correlated, but not perfectly so. (hn)
The Daunting Task of Writing Longhand — And why you should do it. (hn)
The Fine Line Between Reality and Imaginary — We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. (hn)
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