A monthly roundup of interesting links and resources for developers, focusing on Apache Kafka, event streaming, and tech talks.
A developer saves their company $4,500/month by replacing an expensive Oracle tool with a free R script for data analysis and visualization.
A curated collection of links and summaries covering software architecture, microservices, AI systems, DevOps, and tech leadership insights.
Author shares resources and tips for studying and passing the Microsoft SC-200 Security Operations Analyst certification exam.
A software tester proposes the term 'slop-coding' to describe quickly built, untested tools, contrasting it with 'vibe coding' for clearer communication.
Explores the CSS field-sizing property, demonstrating its use cases for dynamic form and UI element sizing based on content.
A comprehensive study guide for the Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) certification exam, covering objectives, resources, and preparation tips.
A guide to deploying and using a custom Azure Local Deep Insights workbook for enhanced observability of guest VMs and cluster health.
A step-by-step guide to installing PostgreSQL 18 on Ubuntu 25.10 using the official PGDG APT repository.
Introducing wastrel, a new WebAssembly compiler that converts Wasm to C and then to native binaries, with goals for WasmGC support and WASI compatibility.
The article critiques how AI chatbots exhibit the Dunning-Kruger effect, confidently delivering incorrect information, and links this to broader tech industry cultural problems.
Challenges the idealized view of open source history, arguing that corporate involvement has always existed and shouldn't be seen as impure.
A Principal Engineer compares interview processes at 8 major tech firms, detailing coding, system design, and behavioral rounds.
Author announces a new book on data structures and algorithms, available via Manning's Early Access Program with a 50% discount.
Explores new features in EF Core 10.0 for managing multiple named global query filters and selectively ignoring them.
A developer shares their journey creating an open-source Java quiz tool while reflecting on certification exams and personal coding projects.
A critique of the 'pillars of observability' as a marketing term, arguing for a focus on technical 'signals' like traces, metrics, and logs instead.
A tutorial on building an AI agent using Google's Gemini, n8n workflow automation, and deploying it on Google Cloud Run with a PostgreSQL database.
A guide to writing strongly typed integration tests for ASP.NET Web APIs using the Kiota client generator and OpenAPI specifications.
A lecture on the foundational statistical concept of orderings and ordinal data, exploring their analysis and complications in fields like health research.
