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The Only Interview Question That Matters
Original Englishthe technical challenges, the languages and databases I used, what I learned from the experience, or how much I enjoyed it and grew as a …
Blizzard Lays Off 600, Including About 60 Developers
Original Englishthe WoW dev team and other teams so that different log files are created which are easier to interpret. …
HelenOS: a microkernel-based, multiserver OS from scratch
Original EnglishBut I tried already to explain why I think those things failed: It's all about the software.
Disappointed with the TVs at CES 2025
Original EnglishI got a good deal on mine but regular pricing was unreasonable and it's been replaced by something nowhere near as cool.
Implementing "seen by" functionality with Postgres
Original EnglishEven with that setup I made sure to leave this in there:
The art of programming and why I won't use LLM
Original EnglishProfessionally, I'm paid to satisfy someone else's need for automation/data wrangling.
Pinterest Cut Costs from $54 to $20 Per Hour With Automatic Shutdowns
Original Englishthe setup we're running is actually larger than their in terms of total computing resources (but nowhere near them on bandwidth use), which is quite …
How a Large Customer Can Kill a Startup
Original EnglishI had learned to recognize the "one big customer will bring us to the promised land" pattern as one of the surest indicators of failure. …
Running Docker in production for 6 months
Original EnglishWe avoid big bang releases so that the latency for docker push on the Build server and docker pull on the cluster is minimal.