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Welcome to issue 202 of Programmer Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

Quote of the Week

"Computer science inverts the normal. In normal science, you're given a world, and your job is to find out the rules. In computer science, you give the computer the rules, and it creates the world." - Alan Kay

Reading List

Why SQLite Performance Tuning made Bencher 1200x Faster
Learn why Bencher benchmarked, profiled, and tuned its SQLite database to enable better continuous benchmarking.

7 Mind-Blowing Kubernetes Hacks
Kubernetes harbors capabilities that even seasoned developers might not be fully aware of. These hacks delve into the more esoteric, yet incredibly potent tricks that can significantly empower those who master them. These are not your everyday tips but profound insights into making Kubernetes do amazing things.

DNNs from Scratch in Zig
Exploring the world of Zig and Deep Neural Networks.

How to write a code formatter
The article explains that writing a decent code formatter is straightforward, despite the common perception that it requires extensive computer science knowledge. The author shares their experience of recently writing a code formatter for the Inko programming language.

Lessons after a half-billion GPT tokens
The article discusses the lessons learned after using over 500 million GPT tokens, including that less is more when it comes to prompts, and that vector databases and RAG/embeddings are mostly useless for their use case of text summarization and analysis. It also notes that while 500 million tokens may sound like a lot, it's only about 750,000 pages of text.

A/B Testing at Scale
How We Engineered a Solution for Millions of Users with AWS.

How I setup my terminal for max productivity
The article discusses the author's setup for their terminal, including using iTerm2, zsh with Oh-My-Zsh, and various productivity-enhancing tools and plugins. The author emphasizes how optimizing daily tools like the terminal can save significant time over the course of a year.

Scaling to Count Billions
How we built a scalable and reliable content usage counting service.

Taking ASCII Drawings Seriously
How Programmers Diagram Code.

Watch and Listen

Mastering Technical Debt: Strategies for Sustainable Software Development
Explore effective strategies for managing technical debt. Learn why technical debt is a part of software development and how leadership can play a pivotal role in navigating its challenges for long-term success.

Mastering Kubernetes for Multi-Cloud Efficiency
Learn how Kubernetes helps manage applications across different cloud environments, the benefits and challenges of using Kubernetes, especially in Google's cloud (GKE), and its role in making applications more flexible and scalable. The conversation also touches on how Kubernetes supports a multi-cloud approach, simplifies the deployment process, and can potentially save costs while avoiding being tied down to one cloud provider.

Build a Google Photos Clone with Next.js and Cloudinary
Learn how to use Next.js and Cloudinary to build a Google Photos Clone. Your app will be able to transform and enhance the images.

Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries

lunatik
Lunatik is a framework for scripting the Linux kernel with Lua.

Captable
Open-Source Captable, an alternative to Carta, Pully, Angelist and others.

Aider
AI pair programming in your terminal

Morphic
An AI-powered search engine with a generative UI.

Tiron
Tiron is an automation tool that's easy to use and aims to be as fast as possible. It’s agentless by using SSH and has a TUI for the outputs of the tasks.

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