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The hidden cost of speed
It’s tempting to push projects out the door to woo and impress colleagues and supervisors, but the stark truth is that even the smallest projects should have proper review periods.
Best practices for cost-efficient Kafka clusters
In today's data-driven world, Apache Kafka has emerged as a cornerstone of modern data streaming, particularly with the rise of AI and the immense volumes of data it generates.
At scale, anything that could fail definitely will
On today’s episode, we chat with Pradeep Vincent, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Architect for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or OCI for short. He shares experiences from his time as an engineer at IBM and what it was like to be a senior engineer working on AWS during the early years of its development as a commercial product.
Maximize rendering performance in Unity 6
With Unity 6, you can reach more low-to-high-end devices with better CPU/GPU performance, longer battery life, and sharp visuals on all screens.
Interesting questions
Why is there so much salt in cheese?
Salt plays a bigger role in cheesemaking than you might think.
What's the safest way to store a password in database?
Salt plays a bigger role in password algorithms than you might think.
Is it possible to recover from a graveyard spiral?
The other names for this phenomenon are even more telling.
What can I do when someone else is literally duplicating my PhD work?
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.”
Links from around the web
Why I still self-host my servers (and what I've recently learned)
“Build vs. buy” isn’t just for the enterprise!
Optimizing JavaScript for fun and for profit
There’s always a tradeoff between readability and performance as you optimize your codebases, but here are some tips for striking the right balance.
Dungeons & Dragons taught me how to write alt text
Accessibility lessons can come from anywhere!
What happens when you touch a pickle to an AM radio tower?
The answer to a question you never knew you had.
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