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Quote of the Week

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." – Peter Drucker

Reading List

Leveraging Rust in our high-performance Java database
In this article, I will summarize how and why we've started using Rust in our Java code base.

Analysis of Obfuscations Found in Apple FairPlay
FairPlay comprises a set of algorithms created by Apple for digital rights management (also called DRM, digital rights management). FairPlay is currently used to manage the decryption of iOS applications during their installation on Apple devices. In this article, we are going to summarize some static protection measures that I was able to find within user-space daemons running FairPlay, the DRM system used by Apple. All information is believed to be current as of the date of the article; the operating system from which the binaries were extracted is macOS 13.5.1.

How to Write a Secure JWT Library If You Absolutely Must
This post provides insights into writing a secure JSON Web Token (JWT) library, emphasizing the challenges and precautions required to create a robust and reliable JWT implementation while highlighting that using established libraries is often a safer choice.

The 11 Types Of Toxic Pull Requests (According To 4.5 Million Code Branches)
After reviewing millions of PRs, we've found the 11 that are dragging down your engineering team.

Traffic 101: Packets Mostly Flow
Slack handles billions of inbound network requests per day, all of which traverse through our edge network and ingress load balancing tiers. In this post, we’ll talk about how a request flows — from a Slack’s user perspective — across the vast ether of the network to reach AWS and then Slack’s internal services. Let’s dive in!

MLEnv: Standardizing ML at Pinterest Under One ML Engine to Accelerate Innovation
This article details Pinterest's "MLenv" initiative, which aims to standardize machine learning practices across the company under one unified ML engine, streamlining development and accelerating innovation in their ML-powered features and services.

This Is How Quora Shards MySQL to Handle 13+ Terabytes

A Collection of Docker Images To Solve All Your Debugging Needs

The Ultimate Guide to Developer Counter-Productivity

Watch and Listen

What is it like to write code at Meta?
Ever wonder what it’s like to write code at Meta’s scale? Why does Meta have a monorepo? What’s it like doing pre-commit code reviews? And what does Meta’s CI infrastructure look like? And, “How is stuff not constantly on fire?” We cover these questions and many more!

GraphQL Course for Beginners
Learn how to use GraphQL in this tutorial for beginners. Throughout this course, you'll learn the core principle of this popular database, explore its advantages over traditional REST APIs, and gain the practical skills to design and implement robust data-driven applications.

Books

Functional Data Structures and Algorithms
This book is an introduction to data structures and algorithms for functional languages, with a focus on proofs. It covers both functional correctness and running time analysis. It does so in a unified manner with inductive proofs about functional programs and their running time functions

Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries

keploy
Keploy is a next-gen E2E testing tool that provides an easy way to capture and generate tests(KTests) and data-mocks(KMocks) from real API calls. It automatically generates mocks and stubs, making the testing process simpler and more efficient.

VSCodium
VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code.

cola
cola is a Conflict-free Replicated Data Type specialized for real-time collaborative editing of plain text documents.

croner
Trigger functions or evaluate cron expressions in JavaScript or TypeScript. No dependencies. All features. Node. Deno. Bun. Browser.

Pinokio
Pinokio is a browser that lets you install, run, and programmatically control ANY application, automatically.

Lightning CSS
An extremely fast CSS parser, transformer, bundler, and minifier written in Rust.

puck
The self-hosted, drag and drop editor for React.

RecipeUI
RecipeUI is the open source Postman alternative with type safety built in.

FastMJPG
FastMJPG is a command line tool for capturing, sending, receiving, rendering, piping, and recording MJPG video with extremely low latency. It is optimized for running on constrained hardware and battery powered devices.

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