- Nginx is Probably Fine
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A discussion on the nginx concurrency model.
- Web Monetization
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The Web Monetization API allows websites to automatically and passively receive payments from Web Monetization-enabled visitors.
The interesting bit is that it’s proposed as a W3C standard by the Web Platform Incubator Community Group.
- Lies, Damn Lies and Engineering Metrics
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An essay on metrics.
- How to Build a Docker Extension from Scratch
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A full-fledged tutorial on the subject
- Run a SQL query and get results from different databases
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Includes PostgrSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MS SQL, MariaDB, Clickhouse, and DuckDB
- Reviving the Dragon Court browser RPG with CheerpJ
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Amazing project, uniting coding and video RPGs.
- Acorn: Build and Deploy CloudNative Applications More Easily and Efficiently
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Another harsh but fair evaluation of a Kubernetes-related tool by the great Viktor Farcic.
- The Deprecation HTTP Header Field RFC has been updated in depth
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Can you spot all the changes? Here’s the full list
- 12 Software Architecture Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
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Pragmatism rules!
Don’t let business decisions dictate your architecture
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Business decisions are often short-term in nature: quarterly and annual planning cycles tend to dominate business decisions.
- A Call for Proposals for the Rust 2024 Edition
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Beside the CFP, the post also explains how the Rust language manages backward-compatibility.
- My first Firefox extension
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A couple of weeks ago, I spent the weekend creating another CFP submission helper in the form of a Firefox extension. It was not a walk in the park. To help others who may be interested in doing the same (and my future self), here’s my journey.
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Nginx is Probably Fine. Web Monetization. Lies, Damn Lies and Engineering Metrics. How to Build a Docker Extension from Scratch. Run a SQL query and get results from different databases. Reviving the Dragon Court browser RPG with CheerpJ. Acorn: Build and Deploy CloudNative Applications More Easily and Efficiently. My first Firefox extension and more!
