Dew Drop – March 20, 2026 (#4629)
A daily tech link roundup covering .NET, AI, web dev, Windows, and software engineering trends, tools, and news.
A daily tech link roundup covering .NET, AI, web dev, Windows, and software engineering trends, tools, and news.
Explains the critical load balancing challenges when moving from HTTP/1 to gRPC/HTTP/2 in production and offers solutions.
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PostgreSQL 19 introduces the REPACK command, merging VACUUM FULL and CLUSTER functionality to combat table bloat.
Analysis of OpenAI's acquisition of Astral, the company behind key Python tools uv, ruff, and ty, and its potential impact on the ecosystem.
Analysis of OpenAI's acquisition of Astral, the company behind popular Python tools uv, ruff, and ty, and its implications for the ecosystem.
Article discusses the true purpose of code review beyond bug-finding, emphasizing judgment, communication, and codebase health.
Explains how to use Project Leyden, an experimental OpenJDK initiative, to speed up Spring Boot Java application startup times.
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Compares code vs configuration in static site generators using a blog feed example in Web Origami and Eleventy.
Advocates for radical transparency in customer support, sharing detailed technical explanations instead of vague corporate responses.
Interview with a Fly.io developer discussing her work on Corrosion, a distributed SQLite replication system, and other infrastructure projects.
Explains the technical architecture of a lightweight static site generator using Python and Go, achieving under 20kB page transfers.
PostgreSQL 19 will allow excluding specific tables from logical replication publications using the new EXCEPT TABLE syntax.
Announcing a talk at Adriatics Tech Summit 2026 on implementing RAG with Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData in .NET.
PostgreSQL 19 adds non-text output formats to pg_dumpall, enabling parallel restore and selective database restoration from cluster-wide backups.
Explores implementing frozen segments and a new allocation strategy in a custom .NET Garbage Collector written in C#.
A retrospective look at Byte Magazine's March 1993 issue, analyzing early tech predictions on email, batteries, CPUs, and AI.
Explores C# record inheritance and ToString behavior, showing how the 'sealed' modifier in C# 10 fixes unexpected output.
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