A talk at Python Marche 2024 exploring various ways to contribute to the Python community, from coding to documentation.
A developer shares lessons learned from a minor AWS production incident involving SQS message limits and the claim check pattern.
Quarterly roundup of data lakehouse trends, table formats, and major industry news from Apache Iceberg to Delta Lake.
Announcing the free C23 edition of 'Modern C', a book updated for the new C standard with new features like _BitInt, nullptr, and constexpr.
Explores the core reasons for using Change Data Capture (CDC) to extract data from operational databases for analytics and other applications.
A tutorial on using PyArrow for data analytics in Python, covering core concepts, file I/O, and analytical operations.
Explores the use of LLMs to generate synthetic data for training AI models, discussing challenges, an experiment with coding data, and a new library.
Learn two Git tricks: quickly switch back to the previous branch and view the last 5 checked-out branches using reflog.
A comprehensive guide to using Rust's built-in collection types, including vectors, arrays, hashmaps, and sets, with performance tips and examples.
A technical guide to methods for comparing spatial patterns in raster data, focusing on analysis using R for both continuous and categorical data.
A curated newsletter issue covering the latest tools, tutorials, and best practices in mobile automation for iOS, Android, Flutter, and Kotlin Multiplatform.
A podcast discussion analyzing app pricing strategies, business models, and the value proposition for developers, using the Panels app as a case study.
A guide to debugging complex bugs in PHP, using the Xdebug crash in FrankenPHP as a case study, covering isolation, tools, and patching.
Analyzes the tech industry's talent retention strategies, using Google's $2.7B re-hire as a starting point, and argues for moving beyond bidding wars.
The article explores how the writing process of AI models can inspire humans to overcome writer's block by adopting a less perfectionist approach.
Announcement for a NYC Systems tech talk on predictive auto-scaling in MongoDB Atlas and instrumentation of compiled code.
Explains linked cancellation tokens in C#, showing how to create a token that cancels when any of multiple source tokens are canceled.
Argues against serverless complexity, advocating for scalable monolithic backend architectures for holistic system design.
Explores methods for implementing background task processing and concurrency in Starlette-based web applications like FastAPI to avoid blocking on LLM API calls.
A guide on migrating from Redis to Valkey on Ubuntu 24.04, covering installation and configuration as a drop-in replacement.
