Cache invalidation really is one of the hardest problems in computer science

My colleagues recently wrote a great post on the Netflix tech blog about a tough performance issue they wrestled with. They ultimately diagnosed the problem as false sharing, which is a performance problem that involves caching.

Zero to a Hundred Deploys (sponsor)

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The architecture of Mastodon

Let's take a look at one of Twitter alternatives: Mastodon. Will it scale?

I/O is no longer the bottleneck

In 2022, disk I/O is very fast, and not usually the performance bottleneck in programs. This article digs into some numbers.

Enabling static analysis of SQL queries at Meta

UPM is our internal standalone library to perform static analysis of SQL code and enhance SQL authoring.

A gentle introduction to Domain Driven Design

Starting into DDD is hard, even though it’s heavily praised by their practitioners. The topic is widely covered in the now infamous “Domain Driven Design” by Eric Evans (Blue Book) and “Implementing Domain Driven Design” by Vaughn Vernon (Red Book).

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And let's wrap up with a few briefs.

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• Speeding up the JavaScript ecosystem - one library at a time
• Little Languages Are The Future Of Programming
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