Checkpoint Chronicle - February 2024
Monthly roundup of articles and resources on data streaming, covering Flink, Kafka, Debezium, and streaming SQL developments.
Monthly roundup of articles and resources on data streaming, covering Flink, Kafka, Debezium, and streaming SQL developments.
A debugging story about a Go test suite failing silently due to a commented-out line in TestMain, causing confusion and a frantic search for the bug.
A curated list of online color palette generators and tools, including features like Tailwind CSS export and AI integration.
Explains React hydration mismatches in SSR and how to use useSyncExternalStore to prevent them, covering common pitfalls and solutions.
Explains the data lakehouse architecture and the roles of Apache Iceberg, Nessie, and Dremio in modern data management.
A comprehensive guide to mastering the essential Git commands 'git pull' and 'git push', covering their anatomy, options, and best practices.
Explores the gap between generative AI's perceived quality in open-ended play and its practical effectiveness for specific, goal-oriented tasks.
Explains how to use Azure Key Vault keys for signing and encrypting JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), including key rotation.
A guide on integrating Microsoft Prompt Flow into a Python Streamlit app to build an AI-powered image search using Azure AI Search and OpenAI.
Explains how to automatically maintain 'updated_at' timestamps in PostgreSQL using DEFAULT values, offering a simpler alternative to triggers.
Explains how to automatically manage 'updated_at' timestamps in PostgreSQL using DEFAULT values, offering a simpler alternative to triggers.
An overview of emerging React trends for 2024, focusing on Astro for performance and new authentication libraries.
Explains why using multiple boolean parameters in functions is problematic and demonstrates cleaner refactoring techniques.
A monthly retrospective from TinyPilot's founder covering business performance, goals, and improvements to the software release process.
Learn how to use Entity Framework Core 8's SqlQuery<T> to map SQL results to any C# object, similar to Dapper, while keeping EF Core's strengths.
Explores how common web design patterns lead to massive, wasteful data storage and discusses the environmental impact of 'junk data'.
Examines the shift from cloud price cuts to server life extensions, and the economic and software challenges of owning vs. renting compute infrastructure.
Introduces a Web Component for embedding Mastodon posts with metadata like replies, boosts, and favorites on a webpage.
A developer details the process of scraping a restaurant week website's API to create a better UI, covering reverse-engineering and data presentation.
A guide to configuring Multi-User Authorization (MUA) with Resource Guard to add a security layer for critical Azure Backup operations.