The Best Programmers I Know | Matthias Endler
Link: The Best Programmers I Know | Matthias Endler: "I have met a lot of developers in my life. Late…"
Linked is a fun article, mostly because I agree with just about all the points made!
Network Troubleshooting Tools | Clearpath Robotics Documentation
Link: Network Troubleshooting Tools | Clearpath Robotics Documentation: "The following are useful troubleshooting tools for analyzing and understanding network traffic."
Linked is an excellent rundown of Linux network performance tools and troubleshooting tips.
Hardware-Aware Coding: CPU Architecture Concepts Every Developer Should Know
Link: Hardware-Aware Coding: CPU Architecture Concepts Every Developer Should Know: "Write faster code by understanding how it flows through your CPU"
Linked is a great overview of how common CPU optimizations work. It teaches with a really good metaphor. Worth reading even if you are not optimizing to the point of counting cycles!
Visual-Focused Algorithms Cheat Sheet
Link: Visual-Focused Algorithms Cheat Sheet: "A visual-focused review of some key practical algorithms used in the real world."
Linked is a super useful directory of many or most of the classic foundational Computer Science algorithms. No, there was no PID or Kalman Filter but those are a bit specialized.
What’s The Deal With Ractors?
Link: What’s The Deal With Ractors?: "I want to write a post about Pitchfork, explaining where it comes from, why it is like it is, and how I see its future. But before I can get to that, I think I need to share my mental model on a few things, in this case, Ractors."
Linked is a good explanation of Ruby ractors, and a reminder that they still exist!
Product Development Processes You Might Not have Heard of - Department of Product
Link: Product Development Processes You Might Not have Heard of - Department of Product: "What are the alternatives to scrum and kanban you ask? Here’s 3 different product development processes that modern product teams are using that you may very well have never heard of."
Linked is an interesting review of different development processes and methodology. Beyond the well known two or three they discuss some options that have been very successful.
How I use LLMs as a staff engineer
Link: How I use LLMs as a staff engineer: "What I use them for and what I don't"
Linked is a pretty good summary of ways to use “ai” in as a software engineer.
Using uv as your shebang line
Link: Using uv as your shebang line: "An article by Rob Allen"
Linked is a useful little tip for if you are considering adopting UV.
Database Sharding Explained
Link: Database Sharding Explained: "More features, active users, and data are collected daily. Your database is slowing your application. Many people don't understand database sharding, which could solve their difficulties. This article explains database sharding, its benefits, including ho"
Linked is a modern explanation of sharding and other approaches to dealing with scaling db backends.
cmdalias: Multi word alias
Link: cmdalias: Multi word alias: "Just a small tool to help me (and you but without any guaranty) to create command alias and sub-aliases (multi word alias) - adoy/cmdalias"
Linked is not a recommendation - as I have not tried it. But I've been typing lots of repetitive commands the last few days and I got to thinking that having a way to have aliases which were more than a single word would make them easier to remember and more flexible. This is one that I found