Apache Kafka: A Distributed Streaming Platform.

Rendering millions of spans in a browser isn’t easy. Most UIs choke under that kind of load. Here’s how we scaled trace visualisation to handle it seamlessly.

UA+ (User agent plus), a different type of reset style sheet

Causes and Mitigations for Latency in Distributed Systems

Dive into implementing the iconic Cover Flow UI pattern using modern CSS scroll-driven animations and alternative ways of implementing Cover Flow, such as vi...

And, so, today, OpenSSL 3.5.0 was released, and which supports a range of PQC methods and 0-RTT [here]: Overall, we have stuck with the 3-way handshake for many decades, and it is now seen as too…

Understanding Local and Global Secondary Indexing for Large-Scale Systems

# TLDR Datastar is a new hypermedia framework that makes building real-time web applications simpler and more efficient. It prioritizes server-side logic, uses “signals” for automatic UI updates, and leverages Server-Sent Events for lightning-fast performance. If you’re looking for a streamlined alternative to traditional JavaScript frameworks or HTMX, Datastar is worth exploring. However, it requires that you approach web development with a fresh perspective, embracing server-driven architecture and reactive programming.

A minimalist Git GUI for VSCode.

Although the layered model is one of the first things we learn when starting out with networking—and most textbooks introduce it right at the beginning—there is surprisingly little hands-o

Websockets are powerful tools that have become a fan-favorite for building realtime applications, but you might be using them for all the wrong reasons. Let's explore the pitfalls of websockets and how we can use plain old HTTP to get the same job done.

It's an iffy Amazon leadership principle but a great engineering metric

Over the last few years, I’ve met several fresh developers who jumped…

Great programmers are not born; they are made - says Daniel Terhorst-North, the author of the viral Twitter thread on the best programmer he knows.

SpacetimeDB is a unique "database", written in Rust, that was developed by Clockwork Labs, and a month ago made a bit of a splash with their promotional video. It's available on GitHub under a BSL 1.1 license. (This is notably not open-source, but instead source-available. More on that later.) But it's much more than just a database. In a press release, Clockwork Labs referred to SpacetimeDB as a, "production-ready, all-in-one backend solution for your multiplayer games". But we find out lat

Production Case Studies from Ambitious Web Projects (2022–2025)

Turning your API inside-out.

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Ever clicked the “Order Now” button and nothing happened? So you clicked it again… and now you’ve got two orders staring back at you. 👀 That’s because every action you take in an app is sent to the…

GOV.UK came out of beta just over two weeks ago. In that time we've released over 100 updates. I want to talk a little about how we do that, but mainly to focus on why this approach makes for more …

GoatDB - Official Site — Build Your Next Project on GoatDB, the Edge-Native Database. GoatDB empowers frontend developers to build and deploy complex, scalable, and secure applications in under 20 minutes—without requiring backend expertise. It’s the fastest and easiest way to create modern apps, tailored for today’s developer needs.

Embarking on a native port of the existing TypeScript compiler and toolset to achieve a 10x performance speed-up.

Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.

You’re debugging a payment failure at 2 AM when Slack explodes: “Auth service down!” “Order queue stalled!” “Why is Kubernetes pod #4281 mining Bitcoin?!” As you chug cold coffee, a horrifying…

Source

Git's new bundle-uri could help significantly speed up clones, but what bugs lurk within?