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Software Engineering
Notes on systems, teams, and the day-to-day craft of shipping software.
Designing Distributed Rate Limiters for Multi-Tenant SaaS
Implement a redis sliding window rate limiter distributed multi tenant race conditions fix to protect your SaaS APIs from traffic spikes and abuse.
6 min read
How SIMD and Operator Fusion Drive Postgres to Warp Speed
Discover how making postgres faster: analytics, simd, operator fusion, batch execution can accelerate query speeds by 300x for database engines.
6 min read
Inside vLLM: The Architecture Decisions of High-Throughput LLM Inference
Learn the inner workings of vLLM and how its PagedAttention, continuous batching, and KV cache management systems enable high-throughput LLM serving.
6 min read
8 Myths About Software Engineering and GenAI That Won't Die
ACM Queue published a systematic breakdown of persistent myths about how generative AI changes software engineering. We unpack each one and what the evidence actually says.
6 min read
Massively Parallel Postgres Backups: How to Stop Dreading Your Backup Window
PlanetScale just published their approach to parallelizing Postgres backups. Here's what that pattern looks like and how teams with large databases can apply it.
6 min read
Developers Don't Pick the Best Tool, They Pick the One They Trust
Stack Overflow's latest research shows developers choose tools based on trust, not features. Why your team still uses PostgreSQL over the shiny new database, and what that means for how you evaluate technology.
6 min read
Building Fault-Tolerant Background Job Queues Natively in Postgres
How to implement transactional, robust background job queues in PostgreSQL using SELECT FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED without adding external cache dependencies.
6 min read
Designing API Idempotency Keys for Distributed Payments
A guide to implementing safe API idempotency keys in distributed system endpoints using transactional locks, storage expiry, and unique request identifiers.
7 min read
PyPI Closes the Windows of Exposure: Inside the 14-Day Release File Rejection Rule
An analysis of the Python Package Index's new security policy rejecting new file uploads to existing releases after 14 days, its impact on supply chain security, and developer deployment pipelines.
6 min read
Opaque, Interoperable Passkey Records: Standardizing Credential Exports Across Platforms
How the new passkey export specification and Go implementation enable secure credential transfer between password managers without exposing raw private keys.
Engineering for the Agentic Era: Infrastructure, Identity, and Operational Control
As AI agents gain execution autonomy in production, software engineering focus is shifting from code generation to security boundaries, identity stacks, and observability.
3 min read
Understanding Database Locks: Row, Page, and Table Level Mechanics
A practical breakdown of database locking mechanisms, isolation levels, and lock escalation to prevent deadlocks and performance degradation in production.
GLM 5.2 and the Coming AI Margin Collapse: What Open-Weights Models Mean for API Providers
A Chinese open-weights model just matched GPT and Opus performance. Here's why that changes the economics of AI inference for every developer.
3 min read
The Developer's Trap: Why Git Signed Commits Don't Guarantee Codebase Security
Mandating Git commit signing is a trending compliance requirement. But relying on the green badge creates a false sense of security that leaves repositories vulnerable.
Postgres Transactions Are a Hidden Superpower for Distributed Systems
Before reaching for Kafka, Redis, or a dedicated message queue, consider what Postgres can already do. The database most teams already use has surprisingly powerful coordination primitives built in.
Error Budgets for Small Engineering Teams: When to Slow Down and When to Ship
Error budgets sound like an SRE concept for big companies. Turns out they're useful for any team that ships software and wants to make deliberate decisions about reliability vs velocity.
4 min read
Blameless Postmortems That Actually Improve Your Engineering Team
Most postmortems turn into root-cause essays that name a person and a button. Here's how to write incident reviews that change how your team ships software.
6 min read
GitHub's Advisory Database Hit 1,560 CVEs in May. Here's Why That Matters.
GitHub's Advisory Database processed 5x its normal volume in May. Private vulnerability reports jumped from 550 to 3,000 per week. Here's the impact and how teams should respond.
3 min read
Incident Review Template for Small Engineering Teams
A practical incident review template for small teams: timeline, impact, root causes, action items, meeting agenda, and follow-up habits that actually stick.
Feature Flag Best Practices for Small Teams Shipping Continuously
Feature flag best practices for small teams that want safer releases, cleaner rollouts, and fewer stale flags sitting in production code.
6 min read
GitHub Actions Parallel Steps: What CI Teams Should Check First
GitHub Actions parallel steps can cut CI waiting time, but only if teams clean up shared state, logs, caches, and test ownership first.
4 min read
Code Review Checklist for Small Teams That Actually Prevents Bugs
A practical code review checklist for small teams, focused on risk, readability, tests, and keeping reviews fast without turning them into theatre.
3 min read
Architecture Decision Records for Small Teams That Keep Repeating Debates
Architecture decision records explained for small software teams, including what to write, when to create one, and how ADRs stop old debates from coming back.
2 min read
The Definitive Guide to Test-Driven Development for Modern TypeScript Projects
Master Test-Driven Development (TDD) in TypeScript. Learn the Red-Green-Refactor cycle, practical patterns, and build robust, maintainable code with confidence.
5 min read
Mastering Testing in Modern TypeScript: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers
Learn essential testing strategies, tools, and patterns for TypeScript applications, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing with practical examples.
5 min read