A developer discusses challenging management's demand for 100% test coverage, arguing it leads to meaningless tests and suggesting direct communication as a solution.
Reflects on the permanence and global considerations of web standards, advocating for careful feature development and platform-native solutions.
Explains the inconsistent browser handling of image EXIF orientation and provides a Node.js solution to fix portrait images uploaded from phones.
A detailed comparison of AWS Lambda and Azure Functions, focusing on 10 key differences like hosting plans, configurability, and pricing models.
Explains how Service Level Objectives (SLOs) act as an abstraction layer to define boundaries and improve collaboration between engineering teams and management.
A guide to creating a Netlify build plugin that integrates with SpeedCurve for performance testing after each site deploy.
A tech founder explains the most common, non-personal reasons candidates aren't hired, focusing on startup hiring realities like role scarcity and team fit.
A technical guide on deploying a Grafana dashboard with Azure AD integration for monitoring an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using Helm.
A guide to using conditional logic and runtime variables in Azure Pipelines YAML configurations to control step execution.
Explores four patterns to implement persistent layouts in Next.js applications, preventing full UI re-renders during navigation.
A technical guide on integrating Kafka Connect and Debezium with Confluent Cloud for streaming data from MySQL.
Analyzes NetApp's strategic response to cloud disruption, focusing on its Kubernetes service as a solution for hybrid cloud management.
How to manually skip bad records when using the Kafka Connect JDBC sink connector to prevent pipeline halts.
Explains how to implement custom JSON converters in .NET to handle type hierarchies when serializing/deserializing data for Cosmos DB.
A developer's update on Sourcehut's progress, including web-based patchsets, and Wayland news like sway improvements and a new book.
Explains how to handle C# type hierarchies and inheritance when serializing/deserializing objects with the Cosmos DB .NET SDK and JSON.NET.
The article critiques the overuse and devaluation of the titles 'Engineer' and 'Scientist' in modern IT, focusing on data science and engineering roles.
A post-mortem analysis of a production outage caused by a broken Django migration, and the introduction of django-test-migrations for safer database changes.
Explores how code complexity creeps into projects and offers automated strategies to detect and prevent it, promoting continuous refactoring.
A developer shares common mistakes and automated solutions for managing software releases in open-source projects.
