- The quest for REST
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In the current literature, REST is generally promoted as the best thing since sliced bread. Yet, it comes with lots of challenges. In 2010(!), Martin Fowler wrote a post on the glory of REST. He lists three steps for an API to become truly REST.
- Level 0: The swamp of POX
- Level 1: Resources
- Level 2: HTTP verbs
- Level 3: Hypermedia controls
- The Instability-Abstractness-Relationship — An Alternative View
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Many developers use the afferent and efferent coupling measures to assert software quality, but it deserves a more fine-grained analysis of what they actually measure.
- 11 Ways to Optimize Kubernetes Load Balancing
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- Utilize Ingress Controllers
- Configure Service Mesh
- Leverage External Load Balancers
- Implement Health Checks
- Optimize DNS Resolution
- Use Sticky Sessions
- Implement Weighted Load Balancing
- Use Node Local DNS Cache
- Leverage Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA)
- Use Custom Load Balancing Algorithms
- Optimize Network Plugins
Interesting points, but either the title is misleading or some sections don’t belong - DNS has nothing to do with load balancing.
- Trace-based Testing With OpenTelemetry
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Really cool idea: use traces to test the overall flow of a business request across several OpenTelemetry-aware components.
- OpenTelemetry and vendor neutrality: how to build an observability strategy with maximum flexibility
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Unexpected piece from a vendor, but still welcome, with a reminder from the OTel website:
OpenTelemetry is not an observability backend like Jaeger, Prometheus, or other commercial vendors. OpenTelemetry is focused on the generation, collection, management, and export of telemetry. A major goal of OpenTelemetry is that you can easily instrument your applications or systems, no matter their language, infrastructure, or runtime environment. *Crucially, the storage and visualization of telemetry is intentionally left to other tools*.
- Stop Designing Your Web Application for Millions of Users When You Don’t Even Have 100
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Will common sense prevail?
- Sqlx4k
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A high-performance, non-blocking database driver for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite, written for Kotlin Native.
Looking to build efficient, cross-platform applications with Kotlin Native.
I’m wondering how Kotlin Native fares.
- Associating Method Categories with Emojis in IntelliJ and Javadoc
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Apart from the content, it’s interesting to notice that the focus shift of a successful library creator after several years: from writing the library to improving its documentation.
- The Art of Code Review Corruption: 10 Ways to Always Get Your PRs Merged
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- King of the Hill
- Fear and Terror
- Reviewer Buddy
- Early birds/night owls
- Surprise me
- Fake authorship
- A shy approver
- Wiseacre’s PR
- Hysteric defense
- King of the Hill II
- Chatbots can persuade people to stop believing in conspiracy theories
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A slight hope for the future of humanity.
- Why Data in Enterprise Keeps Breaking
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The post highlights the problem of distributed systems and eventual consistency.
- Git Stash Like a Pro: Tips for Every Developer
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Basic and not so basic stash-related commands. I didn’t know you could
stash poponly specific files.