Engineering

Sometimes your Rails routes file can be out of control, too complex, or too big. A few strategies to better organize your controllers and routes.

I joined LinkedIn about six years ago at a particularly interesting time. We were just beginning to run up against the limits of our monolithic, centralized database and needed to start the transition to a portfolio of specialized distributed systems. This has been an interesting experience: we buil

Writing testable code is a vital skill in software engineering. Let’s explore practical advice, strategies, and tactics for writing more testable code, unlocking the benefits of modularity…

This week’s issue gives you a decentralized framework for driving architectural decisions using simple practices, supporting a high-documentation / low-meeting culture. So, let’s dive in. Postman's VS Code Extension (Sponsored) Postbot is now available across Postman with enhanced capabilities! The latest refresh of Postbot now offers a consistent, conversational interface available to you across your workspace. Learn how you can leverage Postbot throughout Postman to get contextual assistance.

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Unlock the secrets of engineering excellence with insights from Amazon's culture. Learn how to navigate company politics, foster a culture of excellence, and make fast, informed decisions.

Garnet is a cache-store system that addresses growing demand for data storage to support interactive web applications and services. Offering several advantages over legacy cache-stores, Garnet is now available as an open-source download.

Fast forward one year, we have built a completely new system and are migrating customers.

Decision tree series At Precision Analytics, we focus on finding the best tools to address the scientific question in front of us and machine learning is one useful option. Decision trees are a good place to start learning about machine learning because they offer an intuitive means of analyzing and predicting data. We wanted to showcase an application of decision trees in heath and related sciences, though the content will be equally relevant to other disciplines.

Everything you want to know about a decision tree, theory and implementation.

Where you store your application data has enormous impacts on your entire application. There are implications on the entire stack based on what you decide to...

Let's unpack a 2-line TypeScript type in only 1,750 words!

Chris Haynes - web developer consultant

Pioneers of the digital frontier: A countdown of 10 must-know visionaries in computing

A story of overcoming technical debt in a startup environment

An introduction to a tutorial on how to build a universal app that runs on Android, iOS and the web using Expo.

This post originally appears as a chapter in my new book: ‘Introduction…

Dive into the contentious world of code coverage. Learn its nuances, pitfalls, and practical applications for modern web app testing

This article walks through how to integrate Instagram on a NextJS site.

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I recently read the book "Software Architecture: The Hard Parts" by Neal Ford, Mark, Richards, Pramod Sadalage & Zhamak Dehghani, and this is my review of the book. So, let’s dive in. Postman's VS Code Extension (Sponsored) Postbot is now available across Postman with enhanced capabilities! The latest refresh of Postbot now offers a consistent, conversational interface available to you across your workspace. Learn how you can leverage Postbot throughout Postman to get contextual assistance.

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Learn how to add type safety to object IDs in a TypeScript codebase using template literal types.