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A Distributed Systems Reading List

Posted on 2020-12-09 [Wednesday] by Jay Jay

Also on HN today: A Distributed Systems Reading List. Some good stuff there.

Posted in Design, Programming | Tagged distributed systems, reading

Command Line Interface Guidelines

Posted on 2020-12-05 [Saturday] by Jay Jay

Command Line Interface Guidelines looked interesting but I didn’t have time to closely read the whole thing.

Posted in Chatter, Design, Programming | Tagged cli, command line, guidelines

The Wrong Abstraction

Posted on 2020-11-29 [Sunday] by Jay Jay

Read a great article today: The Wrong Abstraction. It talks about when it’s better to duplicate code that maintain an abstraction. Other things mentioned include:

  • “The Wet Codebase” by Dan Abramov
  • “All the Little Things” by Sandi Metz
  • “Minimal API Surface Area” by Sebastian Markbage
  • “On the Spectrum of Abstraction” by Cheng Lou
Posted in Chatter, Design, Programming | Tagged abstraction, code, duplicate, wrong

Parse, don’t type-check

Posted on 2020-11-27 [Friday] by Jay Jay

I read Parse, don’t type-check which referred to Parse, don’t validate; both are articles I would like to circle back to.

Posted in Design, Programming | Tagged parse, type-check, validate

Readme Driven Development

Posted on 2020-11-27 [Friday] by Jay Jay

Readme Driven Development popped up on HN today. Nice thought.

Posted in Chatter, Programming | Tagged readme

Single page website

Posted on 2020-11-25 [Wednesday] by Jay Jay

This is great: A JavaScript-free way to easily make dynamic HTML sites.

Posted in Chatter, Programming, Web | Tagged dhtml, javascript-free, single page, website

Scattered Thoughts on Distributed Systems

Posted on 2020-11-23 [Monday] by Jay Jay

Pat Helland has a new blog! Scattered Thoughts on Distributed Systems

Posted in Chatter, Programming | Tagged blog, distributed systems, pat helland

Optimizing Your Web App 100x is Like Adding 99 Servers

Posted on 2020-11-22 [Sunday] by Jay Jay

An article that popped up on lobste.rs today: Optimizing Your Web App 100x is Like Adding 99 Servers, it has a few performance optimization tips.

Posted in Chatter, Programming, Web | Tagged application, optimization, web

Is High Quality Software Worth the Cost?

Posted on 2020-11-22 [Sunday] by Jay Jay

Martin Fowler with Is High Quality Software Worth the Cost?. Yes, he says; sort of.

Posted in Business, Programming | Tagged cost, high, martin fowler, quality, software, worth

What’s New in PHP 8

Posted on 2020-11-22 [Sunday] by Jay Jay

This on r/programming today: What’s New in PHP 8.

Posted in Chatter, Programming, Web | Tagged php

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