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IncludeOS roadmap: tiny Node.js-style web services in highly efficient C++
Original EnglishI started on machines with 4k of memory and built systems that consume TB of ram across many nodes and data centers.
Energy Efficiency across Programming Languages (2017) [pdf]
Original EnglishBut we pay that cost gladly because it’s marginally easier than sharing a Linux kernel between multiple processes.
Show HN: Phind Model beats GPT-4 at coding, with GPT-3.5 speed and 16k context
Original EnglishI tried to remember specific examples, plugged them into Phind, and it seems to have improved since I used it last.
The worst kind of programmer
Original EnglishI also tried to improve my communication skills, but here it's even harder to tell whether I improved.
Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
Original EnglishI have clients using Rails apps I wrote 7 years ago that are still very maintainable, and that is great.
Advanced Shell Scripting Techniques: Automating Complex Tasks with Bash
Original EnglishWell, the classic buildpack I maintain is older than 13 years and maintenance is by far the most expensive part.
Data Modeling in Graph Databases: Interview with Jim Webber and Ian Robinson
Original EnglishI've used graph DBs before, and they were alright, but I find the cost of giving up SQL to be pretty high, and I actually …
Why is Docker the new craze in virtualization and cloud computing?
Original EnglishThe use case of Docker is "I built my application with this set of libraries on top of Ubuntu, but I want to deploy it …
SQL Databases Don't Scale
Original EnglishReplication and failover give you basic reliability, but it's very limited and inflexible compared to a real distributed datastore with master-master replication, partition tolerance, consensus …