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10/13/2021
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BetterDev #218 - Scaling Large Production Clusters with Partitioned Synchronization
Better Dev #218 Oct 12, 2021 Happy tuesday everyone. I hope you enjoy this issue, as much as I do. This issue make this newsletter feel like a database newsletter. It just happens we have so many
10/5/2021
17 : 24
BetterDev #217 - Self-parking car in 500 lines of code
Better Dev #217 Oct 05, 2021 We skipped one issue last week due to my personal workload on my side project, email forwarding service. I also get into a few blockchain projects recently and it was a lot
9/20/2021
18 : 54
BetterDev #216 - Why Authorization is Hard and The pitfalls of using ssh-agent, or how to use an agent safely
Better Dev #216 Sep 20, 2021 A very practical issue. Dealing with authorization, SSH agent, design API, optimize big JS bundle, text vs varchar in database design. I hope you like these as much as I do
9/13/2021
19 : 14
BetterDev #215 - Can Podcasts Predict the Stock Market?
Better Dev #215 Sep 13, 2021 Hi everyone, full of security related articles this week. I want to shift gear a bit to give everyone gain more knowledge and exposure to cyber security. Can Podcasts
9/7/2021
10 : 4
BetterDev #214 - Picturing Git: Conceptions and Misconception
Better Dev #214 Sep 07, 2021 This issue is arrived one day later than our usual schedule due to US holiday. We're back now and hope everyone had a great week despite of the holiday or not Picturing
8/30/2021
18 : 14
BetterDev #213 - An amazing error message if you put more than 2^24 items in a JS Map object
Better Dev #213 Aug 30, 2021 An amazing error message if you put more than 2^24 items in a JS Map object Can you guess that? a map with 2^24 items? Probaly some limit exceed error? Indeed, JS will
8/23/2021
17 : 54
BetterDev #212 - One does not simply calculate the absolute value
Better Dev #212 Aug 23, 2021 Happy monday everyone. I hope this week's issue bring you some joy. We got stories of Rakuten, Clubhouse, Target deploy and debug their system. Infrastructure is hard
8/17/2021
0 : 44
BetterDev #211 - Mixpanel Saving $30000 a month by improving Garbage Collection
Better Dev #211 Aug 16, 2021 Hi all, Let's get straight to our link this week. If you like our content, please share it with your friends or co-workers :) Saving $30000 a month by improving Garbage
8/10/2021
0 : 14
BetterDev #210 - What can you learn from an IP address and Leap seconds: causing bugs even when they don't happen
Better Dev #210 Aug 9, 2021 Hi all, This week we are light on deep technical content but more at a high level. Some fun stuff about IP addresses and leap second. I like them. I hope you like this issue
8/3/2021
9 : 54
BetterDev #209 - Learning from incidents - Formula 1 and Netcat, all you need to know
Better Dev #209 Aug 3, 2021 Hi all, In last 2 weeks, we came to know about the existence of Pegasus malware, which can run on your phone to steal message, photos, location data. In this issue, I
7/27/2021
0 : 24
BetterDev #208 - Migrating Facebook to MySQL 8.0 and Zip - How not to design a file format.
Better Dev #208 Jul 26, 2021 Hi all, Welcome to issue 208, I like migration stories, they showed us how others approach swap things out in production. I had 2 migrations stories in this issue. I hope
7/20/2021
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BetterDev #207 - The Incident Review: 4 Times When Typos Brought Down Critical Systems and LiveKit Open source platform for real-time audio and video
Better Dev #207 Jul 19, 2021 Hi all, I hope everyone has a great weekend. Now to our issues as normal. If you like this newsletter, consider forward it to your friend, tell your co-worker. Now to our
7/12/2021
22 : 14
BetterDev #206 - Behind the scenes, AWS Lambda and Against SQL
Better Dev #206 Jul 12, 2021 Hi all, We skipped last week due to July 4th. I hope everyone had a nice rest anyway. Sometimes during this pandemic, it's still worth it to go outside, wear a mask, on
6/28/2021
20 : 24
BetterDev #205 - A from-scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python and Logging Tips for Postgres, Featuring Your Slow Queries
Better Dev #205 Jun 28, 2021 Hi all, Crypto is going chao last few weeks but when looking at it purely from an engineering purspective, it's quite interesting system. Have fun enterainment with
6/21/2021
10 : 34
BetterDev #204 - What Every Programmer Should Know About SSDs and Is an event loop just a for/while loop with optimized polling
Better Dev #204 Jun 21, 2021 Hi all, Last week I was busy working on an IMAP implementation for my email forwarding app and also have some consultant work so the issue was put aside. This week we'
6/7/2021
16 : 24
BetterDev #203 - The repeated deahths of Object Oriented Programming and How a Jenkins Job Broke Slack's Jenkins UI
Better Dev #203 Jun 07, 2021 Hi all, Every companies has to have a CI/CD and also have to organize code. This week I got links on that topic. Jenkins, code organization and a few WebAssembly/CSS links.
5/31/2021
18 : 34
BetterDev #202 - Let's build a Regex Engine and File Permissions: the painful side of Docker
Better Dev #202 May 31, 2021 Hi all, Happy holiday for US reader. We have quite a few interesting tool of this week. Check them out. For video, let's sit down and listen to Louis Pilfold, creator
5/24/2021
13 : 24
BetterDev #201 - MVCC in PostgreSQL - Rows Versions and Teardown of a PC power supply
Better Dev #201 May 24, 2021 Hi all, This week, my email forwarding app reached a certain scale and I had to dive into Postgres performance to reduced our disk usage and improved performance. I did
5/17/2021
17 : 44
BetterDev #200 - Don’t push that button: Exploring the software that flies SpaceX rockets and Starships
Better Dev #200 May 17, 2021 Hi all, Hope everyone has a great week ahead. For any readers who are in Gaza, stay safe, I hope everything will be fine. This week, we have many article that focus on high
5/10/2021
17 : 34
BetterDev #199 - TLS: demystifying communication encryption in PostgreSQL
Better Dev #199 May 10, 2021 Hi all, Hope everyone has a great week ahead. Things are getting better, if you are an Indian or Colombian reader. Stay safe. Thank you to the readers who have bought me a