Is Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Really Fast?
When building high-load systems, one of the biggest challenges is making sure your solution performs well under pressure. This is…
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A Complete Overview of the Best Data Visualization Tools | Toptal®
Data visualization tools provide designers with an easier way to create visual representations of large data sets. When dealing with data sets that include hundreds of thousands or millions of data points, automating the process of creating a visualization makes a designer’s job significantly easier.
The Scripting Language of Databases
One of the most common questions non-users ask is “Why should I use MongoDB?” There are a bunch of fancy answers: you can scale it (webscale!), you can use it for MapReduce, you can sto…
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(34) Why should you avoid using ENUMs in MySQL? | LinkedIn
Introduction MySQL is one of the most popular relational database management systems used by developers worldwide. It offers a wide range of data types, including ENUM, which is often used to define columns that have a limited set of possible values.
Who Will Maintain Vim? A Demo of Git Who
An exploration of Vim's commit history using a new tool called Git Who.
Testing Serverless APIs on AWS
During his week of testing, Carlos Ruiz Lantero ran a benchmark of the different processors available for AWS Lambda. The outcome might surprise you.
Why not use GraphQL?
Analyzing common misconceptions on the discussion around GraphQL vs. REST.
Why use GraphQL? | Apollo GraphQL Blog
Unlock microservices potential with Apollo GraphQL. Seamlessly integrate APIs, manage data, and enhance performance. Explore Apollo's innovative solutions.
DeepSeek Warning—New Chinese Security Threat Puts You At Risk
Why you need to be very careful with this app.
False malware alert is leading Docker Desktop to be blocked on Apple Macs
Time to upgrade Docker Desktop
What Are Backlinks and Why Are They Important for SEO?
Backlinks are created when one website links to another. Backlinks are especially valuable for SEO because they represent a "vote" that can help you to rank. Learn more about backlinks and SEO.
How One Second Could Cost Amazon $1.6 Billion In Sales
Research on U.S. Net habits suggests that if this sentence takes longer than a second to load, many citizens will have clicked elsewhere already. If you've got the patience (or are European) read on for more shocking data on not dawdling.
Cognitive load is what matters
There are so many buzzwords and best practices out there, but let's focus on something more fundamental. What matters is the amount of confusion developers feel when going through the code.
Make Visual Studio Code Less RAM Consuming & Faster
Well, VSCode is a really great Code Editor rather say nearly an IDE or better than that. But this costs a great amount of RAM and CPU. But…
The Benefits and Disadvantages of Using Barrel Files in JavaScript
How files that only export other components can improve readability of your project
Open Source on Mars: Community powers NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter
Could your software have made it to Mars? See how open source from around the world helped NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter fly.
Graphite's State of code review 2024
In this report, we analyze more than 5 million pull requests from over 35,000 engineers to examine the current state of code review. Here’s what we found:
Visualizing trends with regression lines
When you care more about how a metric is trending over time and less about its exact value at every instant, regression functions can help.
What is a Software Post-Mortem and How Do You Write One?
Every company has their own name for the highest priority bugs. Priority one, emergencies, critical fixes or urgent fixes. There are software bugs that can end up crippling companies if they aren't dealt with rapidly. The Knight Capitol Group [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Capital_Group#2012_stock_trading_disruption] was an American financial services company. A technician forgot
LocalStorage with TTL (Time to expiry) - Digital Fortress
Wondering how to setup LocalStorage with TTL in javascript ? Here's a simple way using 2 wrapper functions we define to setup TTL easily.
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On the Diverse And Fantastical Shapes of Testing
My #2 problem with arguing testing pyramids vs honeycombs is the disparate definitions of unit test
Your URLs can be both stable and human-centric in API design | Google Cloud Blog
You don't have to choose between stability and a human-centric approach to URL design when it comes to web APIs. Martin Nally explains why.
The Benefit Of Using Indexes In Database Tables - Vanseo Design
Searching through database tables row by row takes time. Using indexes can help speed up the time to search and return the results of a query.
You are naming your tests wrong!
Giving your tests expressive names is important. Proper naming helps understand what the test verifies and how the underlying system behaves. In this post, we’ll take a look at a popular, yet inferior naming convention and see how it can be improved.
The do’s and don’ts of integration testing | syrett.blog
14 do's and don'ts to help you get the biggest bang for your buck from fast, reliable and easy to maintain integration tests.
7 Ways to Improve Node.js Performance at Scale | AppSignal Blog
Read some practical tips to help you scale your Node.js application to handle more traffic.
Redis Manifesto
Diving Into Redis 6.0 | Redis
Redis 6.0, the latest version of open source Redis, boosts security, performance, and ease-of-use—and even brings some entirely new functionality.