Programming Digest - PD#590 Sampling with SQL

Sampling with SQL
20 minutes by Tom Moertel

Sampling is one of the most powerful tools you can wield to extract meaning from large datasets. It lets you reduce a massive pile of data into a small yet representative dataset that’s fast and easy to use.

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The Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization
31 minutes by Anna Monus

Font performance optimization is a set of web development techniques that make fonts load faster and render more smoothly, including thoughtful font selection, the use of performant font formats, self-hosting, optimized @font-face declarations, font display strategies, and others.

Fixing a Bug in Google Chrome as a First-Time Contributor
16 minutes by Casey Primozic

A rundown of my experience finding and fixing a bug in the Chromium/Google Chrome browser - specifically in the devtools. It includes details about the bug itself as well as notes about what it was like working on the Chromium project as a first-time contributor.

Erasure Coding for Distributed Systems
19 minutes

An overview of erasure coding, its trade-offs, and applications in distributed storage systems.

Programming With ChatGPT
4 minutes by Henrik Warne

Using ChatGPT when I code has been a real productivity boost for me. Instead of reading an example on Stack Overflow and figuring out how to adapt it to my particular case, I immediately get code tailored to my specific needs. And if the code isn’t working, I’ll find out right away, so hallucinations is not a problem.

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