Engineering

When I was first starting out in software engineering, it felt like there was a never-ending barrage of tooling to learn. After more than a decade in CLI environments, I still find myself constantly learning new features and fun facts - but it’s fairly rare that I learn something new that I end up using day-to-day. I wanted to share some things I learned at relatively late stages in the game that ended up being significant productivity boosters for me - perhaps some of them are well-known, but in the spirit of this XCKD, I hope that someone reading this might pick up something new.

Look at the gif below. It shows a proof-of-concept implementation of collaborative undo-redo,...

Maintainer transitions can create a lot of challenges. That's why open source support through proactive measures like knowledge transfer and community engagement is so important.

New JavaScript Set methods are landing across browsers. Learn about sets, how you can use these methods to compare different sets, create new sets with specific properties, and more.

Value objects are compared using only the values of their properties, having no conceptual identity

Closing remarks

Discover Primitive Obsession in code: recognize symptoms, understand implications, and learn effective fixes with value objects.

Creating Cancelable Tasks in JavaScript with Promise.withResolvers and AbortController

What's the Difference Between RPC and Rest? How to Use RPC and Rest with AWS.

Fault tolerance describes a system's ability to remain operational during errors, power outages, and other types of faults. How can you build a system that does that?

ACID stands for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability. These are four key properties that most database management systems (DBMS) offer as guarantees when handling transactions. Most popular DBMS like MySQL [https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-acid.html], PostgresSQL [https://www.postgresql.org/about/] and Oracle [https://docs.oracle.com/cd/F51125_01/docs.85/SDS%20PI/acid-compliant-transactions.html#GUID-ECB79D66-46DE-4F48-93DC-8677E7BB44EF] have ACID guarantees out of the

Making changes to websites is tricky, because even small changes may lead to visual regressions in the page layout. For example, changing a bit of CSS to fix something somewhere may blow up in a completely different place. I could just click around and make sure everything looks okay, but that is boring and error-prone. What if I told you that there is a way to make sure that every pixel on your site is perfect, staying just they way you intended it to be?

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