Month summary — May 2024

I am sure that before reading this article you have already used some of the principles discussed unconsciously. Now you have a name for them and it makes it easier to communicate.

When does our taste in music stagnate?

If there’s two sources of truth, one is probably wrong. And yes, please repeat yourself.

FWIW: I (@rondy) am not the creator of the content shared here, which is an excerpt from Edmond Lau’s book. I simply copied and pasted it from another location and saved it as a personal note, before it gained popularity on news.ycombinator.com. Unfortunately, I cannot recall the exact origin of the original source, nor was I able to find the author’s name, so I am can’t provide the appropriate credits.

This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it.

A few days ago, as often happens, I found myself lying awake in bed at 4 AM, and I started reflecting on my career and what I might have done differently if I could go back 25 years to when I was 18.

About a year ago, I tried thinking which database I should choose for my next project, and came to the realization that I don’t really know the differences of databases enough. I went to different database websites and saw mostly marketing and words I don’t understand.

In this article, we will explore the world of load balancing and various load balancing algorithms along with their use cases.

Welcome to the world of microservices! If you’re a programmer, developer, or software engineer looking to navigate the intricate landscape of modern software architecture, you’ve come to the right place. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll delve into the fundamental principles of microservices design, equipping you with the knowledge and insights needed to architect robust, scalable, and resilient systems.

Apache Airflow is one of the most important components in our Data Platform, used by different teams inside the business. It powers all of our data transformations, fraud detection mechanisms, data science initiatives, and many housekeeping and internal tasks we run at Teya.

There are many creative ways to use Makefiles to automate and simplify daily tasks.

It’s not always about how good you are with code; sometimes, it’s about playing the game smartly.

Lessons I learned along the way.

An interactive study of common retry methods.

Understanding how human memory and learning works, the differences between beginners and experts, and practical steps developers can take to improve their learning, training, and recruitment.

Almost everyone, as it turns out, is wrong about flow.

A new campaign tracked as “Dev Popper” is targeting software developers with fake job interviews in an attempt to trick them into installing a Python remote access trojan (RAT).

Maciej Nachtygal snippets

In this article, we’ll talk about clean code – its benefits, different code standards and principles, and general guidelines on how to write clean code.

In Python, you can use multiple different tools for writing tests. The most commonly used tools include doctest, unittest, and pytest. ChatGPT can be of great help in writing tests with any of these tools.

Reflex is a library to build full-stack web apps in pure Python.

pyinfra turns Python code into shell commands and runs them on your servers. Execute ad-hoc commands and write declarative operations. Target SSH servers, local machine and Docker containers. Fast and scales from one server to thousands. Think ansible but Python instead of YAML, and a lot faster.

Learning Vim and Vimscript doesn’t have to be hard. This is the guide that you’re looking for 📖

Colorize your kubectl output

Web based real-time log viewer. Stream ANY content to a web UI with autogenerated filters.

a little task queue for python.

In this hands-on demo, we have walked through the process of creating a GCP Landing Zone using Terraform code. We have shown how to create a Folder, Projects and Networks, and create the following resources

A biography of Tor—a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet’s core.

This course is ideal for developers, DevOps professionals, and anyone interested in automating software workflows using GitHub’s powerful CI/CD platform, GitHub Actions.

Kindle Highlights from Kent Nerburn’s Simple Truths: Clear & Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life