Polylith is a software architecture that applies functional thinking at the system scale. It helps us build simple, maintainable, testable, and scalable backend systems.
When I first became interested in functional programming, a more experienced engineer told me: “you know functional programming doesn’t really amount to much more than procedural programming.” As I insisted on the benefits of map, filter and reduce, he simply shook his head. “You’re thinking in the small. Go look at a large real-world application.”
It took some time for me to see what he meant. My preferred language, Clojure, is a functional language.
Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) is a communication protocol for streaming audio, video, and data over the Internet. Originally developed as a proprietary protocol by Macromedia for streaming between Flash Player and the Flash Communication Server, Adobe (which acquired Macromedia) has released an incomplete version of the specification of the protocol for public use.
Introducing Nebula, the open source global overlay network from Slack - Slack Engineering
“What is the easiest way to securely connect tens of thousands of computers, hosted at multiple cloud service providers in dozens of locations around the globe?” If you want our answer, it’s Nebula, but I recommend that you read the rest of this short post before clicking that shiny link. At Slack, we asked ourselves this […]
Exploratory Programming: Refining a domain model by building a custom
Discover the power of domain modeling and exploratory programming in software development. Learn how iterative visual approaches can enhance your understand
Oban is an Elixir job processing system backed by PostgreSQL for persistence and coordination. It stands on the shoulders of giants, blending OTP and Po…
Remove Control Flag Refactoring – How to Simplify Logic
Simplify your code with the remove control flag refactoring technique in C#. See the benefits of removing control flags in this guide to applying the technique.
Taildrop was the first test of an experimental p2p app discovery layer in Tailscale. Let’s talk about why it was so easy to build, and where we go from here.