Articles tagged with: Development

How different opensource storage systems replicate data

Summary: How various open-source storage systems, including MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Cassandra, handle data replication, concluding that most use a log of commands propagated to replicas.


Book Review: Two Scoops of Django 1.11

Summary: Review of the book 'Two Scoops of Django 1.11' by Daniel Greenfeld and Audrey Roy Greenfeld.


Self-Modifying code and avoiding conditionals

Summary: About the use of self-modifying code in the 1980s, and how it was used to overcome memory and CPU restrictions. It also explores modern alternatives to avoid conditionals.


On measuring and adding complexity

Summary: About the importance of measuring code changes when adding complexity, implementing Chrome's new native image lazy-load attribute as a Pelican plugin as an example.


When to Feature Flag new code

Summary: When to use feature flags in coding, including for new features, experimental features, breaking changes, and complex refactors.