A talk on implementing full-text search using only Django and PostgreSQL, presented at EuroPython 2020.
Analyzes SQL Server disk caching on Azure VMs, questioning Microsoft's best practices with performance data.
Introduces HOMER, a new reinforcement learning algorithm that solves key problems like global exploration and decoding latent dynamics with provable guarantees.
Explains the CSS @property rule, part of Houdini, which adds type checking, fallbacks, and inheritance control to CSS custom properties.
Introducing Eff, an experimental C# library for algebraic effects and handlers, enabling advanced control over computational effects like dependency injection and nondeterminism.
Explains how to import non-ESM JavaScript libraries (globals, CommonJS) into ES Modules for client-side use, with practical examples.
A review of Synology's Active Backup Suite, evaluating its capabilities for small business backup of physical machines, VMs, and Office 365 data.
A developer shares their journey learning Go by building a utility to check Apache Kafka's advertised.listeners configuration for common issues.
A guide to implementing Hugo's image processing features to optimize images, improve site performance, and fix lazy loading issues.
A developer recreates the classic DOOM fire effect using C# and runs it on the ancient Windows NT 3.51 operating system.
A guide to using env0 and Terraform to deploy temporary Kubernetes clusters with automatic shutdown to manage cloud costs.
A guide to organizing Go code by splitting functions into separate source files and building a standalone binary executable.
A developer's notes on learning Go by building a Kafka utility, focusing on error handling, command-line arguments, and goroutines.
Explores using the Kafka AdminClient API in Go, covering context usage for timeouts and basic cluster metadata operations.
Monthly FOSS development update covering SourceHut CI features, BARE message format, and technical blog posts.
How to accept legal terms for Azure Marketplace VM images using Azure CLI when automating deployments.
A tutorial on implementing a function-based Kafka consumer in Go, moving from the deprecated channel-based approach.
A developer's notes on implementing a Kafka consumer in Go using the deprecated channel-based API, including code examples and termination patterns.
A technical exploration of date/time complexities, timezone changes, and edge cases in software scheduling, framed as a historical scenario.
Explores the evolution of edge computing from its initial consumer-focused vision to its current industrial applications and challenges.
