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AI & ML

Getting Started

AI Canon | Andreessen Horowitz (a16z.com) (05/26/2023)

This article contains a curated list of resources to help getting started with AI.
learn/artificial-intelligence at hackernoon (06/20/2023)

This source has a boat load of articles around Artificial Intelligence.
ML For Beginners (11/15/2023)

12-week, 26-lesson curriculum all about Machine Learning from Microsoft,

Architecture and System Design Articles

Architecture Decision Records (ADR)

Distributed Systems

The Inner Workings of Distributed Databases #databases #distributed(04/21/2023)
A Distributed Systems Reading List (02/08/2024)
Learning about distributed systems (04/16/2024)

Logging, Monitoring, and Tracing

Monitoring Self-Hosted Services #grafana #loki #prometheus #promtail #logs #node-explorer #cAdvisor(06/07/2023)
Monitoring is a Pain #logging #tracing(06/27/2023)
An Introduction to Microservices Monitoring—Strategies, Tools, and Key Concepts (03/12/2024)
This document is an introduction to monitoring microservices. It explains why monitoring microservices is important, key concepts, challenges, tools, and how to get started with microservices monitoring.

Key points include:
1. Importance of monitoring microservices: It improves user experience, availability, cost savings, and observability.
2. Key concepts: Metrics like latency, response time, error rate, resource utilization, and SLO/SLI are important. Data collected for monitoring includes logs, metrics, and traces.
3. Challenges: Tracking service dependencies, root cause analysis, tech stack diversity, scalability, and implementation complexity are some of the challenges in microservices monitoring.
4. Tools: OpenTelemetry, InfluxDB, Grafana, Telegraf, and K6 are some of the tools used for microservices monitoring.
5. Getting started: Determine monitoring strategy and requirements, select tools, and implement and integrate them into your application architecture.

Low Level

hackclub/putting-the-you-in-cpu: A technical explainer by @kognise of how your computer runs programs, from start to finish #lowlevel(08/09/2023)

Patterns

Development guide (nginx.org) #nginx
Use Nginx as an API Gateway. In this article, we will utilize Nginx #api #api-gateway #apigateway #nginx(08/05/2023)
Architecture Patterns: Caching (Part-1) #caching #patterns(08/11/2023)
08/11/2023: A deep dive on load balancing algorithms #load-balancing
Real-time Messaging - Slack Engineering #slack #service-discovery(04/12/2023)
Load Balancing #graphical(04/17/2023)

This article is very well done, and has an amazing visual component.
Traffic 101: Packets Mostly Flow - Slack Engineering #slack #networking #network #packets #envoy #load-balancing #traffic-manager(09/27/2023)
Introduction to Multi-Tenant Architecture (01/2023)
Consistent Hashing Explained - System Design(04/10/2023)
Cloud design patterns
Introduction to Loro's Rich Text CRDT

While this is specific to a language, this is a great example of how to implement a CRDT.
CRDTs turned inside out

A & SD Misc

Tools

The Visual Collaboration Platform for Every Team | Miro #diagrams

Bash

dylanaraps/pure-sh-bible: 📖 A collection of pure POSIX sh alternatives to external processes (04/30/2023)
CLI tricks every developer should know (05/01/2023)

Tags: #cli #shortcuts
06/20/2023: How "Exit Traps" Can Make Your Bash Scripts Way More Robust And Reliable(06/20/2023)

Tags: #trap-exit
How to Use Bash Getopts With Examples (07/29/2024)

Build your own X

An MQTT broker from scratch. Part 1
Build Your Own Text Editor (08/11/2023)
SQLToy

This is a toy SQL database that is built from scratch. It's a great example of how to build a database.

Business / Startup Articles

Startup Founders Guide
The Architecture Behind A One-Person Tech Startup (11/13/2023)
My Solopreneur Story: 0 to 65k a month in 2 years (02/02/2024)
Zach Goldbergs Reading List

Compilers, Interpreters, Programming Languages

LLVM

How to learn compilers: LLVM Edition (11/04/2023)
A Gentle Introduction to LLVM IR (08/02/2023)

Virtual Machines

Writing a simple 16 bit VM in less than 125 lines of C (12/01/2021)

Interpreters

Preface - Build a Lua Interpreter in Rust (04/21/2023)

C/I/P Misc

Writing a package manager (08/23/2023)

Containers (Docker, Podman, etc.)

Learning Containers From The Bottom Up (11/21/2023)
dexec Makes Working with Docker Containers Easy (06/27/2023)
Container Training (07/09/2023)

This has full blown training resources. Slide decks, videos, you name it. And they are ridiculously thorough.
PID 1 explained (10/22/2024)
How we build containerized services at GitHub using GitHub - The GitHub Blog #github #build (08/10/2023)
How Container Networking Works: Practical Explanation (iximiuz.com) #networking (09/21/2023)
Quadlets might make me finally stop using docker-compose · Major Hayden #podman #quadlets #systemd (09/26/2023)
Server Side Sandboxing Containers and Seccomp (10/24/2023)
How Container Networking Works: a Docker Bridge Network From Scratch

Databases

Why you should probably be using sqlite (10/27/2023)

This article discusses the benefits of using SQLite as a database solution for web applications. It highlights several advantages of SQLite:

Zero Latency: SQLite's single-file architecture results in zero latency, reducing the "n+1 problem" and making query optimization less critical.
One Less Service: SQLite is embedded within your application, eliminating the need for an external database service, simplifying your architecture, and reducing costs.
Multi-Instance Replication: Tools like LiteFS allow transparent replication of SQLite databases, making it suitable for applications that require multiple instances.
Database Size: SQLite is capable of handling massive databases, and for most web developers, database size is not a primary concern.
Development and Testing: SQLite's simplicity facilitates development and testing, as you can easily run multiple instances of the same app and create isolated test databases.

The article acknowledges some weaknesses of SQLite:

Lack of Subscriptions: SQLite does not support subscriptions, which might be limiting for certain real-time use cases.
Connecting from External Clients: Connecting to SQLite from external clients can be challenging, requiring workarounds in some cases.
Lack of Plugins: SQLite doesn't support plugins like TimescaleDB for Postgres, limiting its suitability for specific use cases.
No Enum Support: SQLite does not support enums, which can be inconvenient when enforcing specific values for a column.

In conclusion, the article recommends SQLite for the majority of web developers due to its performance, simplicity, and cost benefits. While it's not a one-size-fits-all solution, it's worth considering for many applications.

Database Fundamentals (12/15/2023)
Create an advanced search engine with PostgreSQL (12/18/2023)
The Inner Workings of Distributed Databases #databases #distributed(04/21/2023)
Build your own database index - part 1 (02/22/2024)
Implementing a distributed key-value store on top of implementing Raft in Go(05/25/2023)
Bricolage | Some notes on Local-First Development (09/13/2023)

Data Structures

On Modern Hardware the Min-Max Heap beats a Binary Heap

Dev Tools

11/29/2023: An ex-Googler's guide to dev tools

Dotnet (C# / F#)

5 useful extensions for Task in .NET (04/17/2023)

eBPF

What is eBPF? An Introduction and Deep Dive into the eBPF Technology (05/08/2023)
lizrice/ebpf-beginners: The beginner's guide to eBPF (github.com) (05/08/2023)
Experiments with eBPF: Snitchrs #eBPF (08/22/2023)
eBPF Networking Techniques - Packet Redirection (12/23/2023)
Unlocking Kafka's Potential: Tackling Tail Latency with eBPF
XDP for Game Programmers
Writing a UDP eBPF/XDP load-balancer in Rust

Elixir

Dockerless, Elixir Web Application using Podman and Plug (spacedimp.com) (06/06/2023)

Tags: #plug #elixir #podman #containers #docker #dockerless
How to Enable IEx Shell History and Search - John Elm Labs (07/20/2023)
Livebook is a secret weapon for documentation · The Fly Blog (08/07/2023)

Tags: #livebook #documentation
10 Elixir Gotchas (05/20/2024)

Game Dev

01/05/2024: Making Small Games, Which Is Fun in Itself

General Programming

Go

How to start a Go project in 2023 | Ben E. C. Boyter (05/29/2023)
Robust generic functions on slices
Sentinel errors and errors.ls slow your code down by 500% (06/01/2024)
Blazingly Fast Shadow Stacks for Go (06/01/2024)
How I made Inkmi Self Healing (09/12/2024)

Article about using systemd with Golang. Talks about some cool features I want to use in an upcoming project. Tags: #systemd #golang #self-healing
Managing Linux Processes in Go(08/15/2024)
How to Use Cobra and Viper to Create Your First Golang CLI Tool (09/15/2024)

This article explains how to use Cobra and Viper to create a CLI tool in Go. Cobra is a library for creating powerful modern CLI applications, and Viper is a configuration management library for Go.

Go Newsletters and News Aggregators

Golang News

Aggregates the latest news about Go from various sources.

Go Web Development

Common Anti-Patterns in Go Web Applications

Learning Go

The Complete Guide to Learning Go (06/01/2024)
Go Fieldnotes (06/01/2024)

Example Code and Projects in Go

Wild Workouts Go DDD Example

A project that demonstrates how to build a web application using Go and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles.

Home Lab

Home Lab Beginners Guide Hardware (03/08/2024)

Infrastructure

Ansible

Using Ansible Shell Module to Execute Remote Commands (spacelift.io) (08/10/2023)
ScratchDB/deploy/web.yaml at main · scratchdata/ScratchDB (github.com) (08/28/2023)

This ansible playbook has some cool tasks that show how to copy, unarchive, restart, etc.

Linux

Linux Performance

How to get consistent results when benchmarking on Linux?(05/31/2024)

Tags: #performance-analysis #tools #benchmarking
Red Hat: Performance Tuning Guide

Linux Networking

Personal Growth

Career

On being an effective developer (carlosbecker.com)
Teach Yourself Computer Science (teachyourselfcs.com) (05/01/2023)
7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers (substack.com) (09/11/2023)

Investing

Investment research for everyone (openbb.co) (08/16/2023)

Management and Leadership

Model, document and share. | Irrational Exuberance (lethain.com) (05/09/2023)
How to write an effective progress report - LogRocket Blog #writing #reporting #report #progress #effective #leadership #team-lead (09/05/2023)
Finish what you started (10/23/2023)

Project Management

The Perfect Commit (simonwillison.net) (12/9/2022)
How to contribute to a project you have no idea about - Grifel (03/01/2023)
Why You Should Send a Weekly Summary Email | by Jens-Fabian Goetzmann | Feb, 2023 | Medium (03/07/2023)
Project Management for Software Engineers | Kevin Sookocheff (03/10/2023)
How I make OKRs more playful for my team using Hill-Charts (12/15/2023)

Python

How virtual environments work (snarky.ca) (03/14/2023)
Hypermodern Python Toolbox | Level Up Coding (gitconnected.com) (04/08/2023)

Tags: #poetry #package-manager
How many CPU cores can you actually use in parallel? (12/19/2023)

Raspberry Pi

Roll Your Own All-Sky

Rust

Architecture and Design in Rust

Hexagonal Architecture in Rust
Master Hexagonal Architecture in Rust (08/26/2024)
Ultimate Guide to NewTypes in Rust (08/26/2024)

This is the first in a series of amazing articles on Rust development with the goal of helping developers produce error free code in Rust.

Blogs

Actors

Quickwit, Tantivy, Rust, and more. (05/04/2023)
quickwit/quickwit-actors (05/04/2023)
Hydra (06/17/2024)

A framework for writing fault tolerant, highly scalable applications with the Rust programming language. Tries to be more like Erlang than other actor frameworks in Rust.

AI / ML

Let's build a standalone chatbot with phi-2 and rust (01/03/2024)

Concurrency (Async, Tokio, Streaming, etc.)

Benchmarking

How to benchmark Rust code with Criterion (02/02/2024)
How to build a Custom Benchmarking Harness in Rust (06/17/2024)

Build your own X in Rust

A guide to writing a DNS Server from scratch in Rust (04/27/2023)
Build your own JIRA with Rust (09/24/2023)

Contains info on the following: tdd, koans
Rust API Workshop (09/24/2023)

Contains info on the following: mocks, errors, api, axum, tdd And video: Rust HTTP API with TDD Workshop
Write Your Own Static Site Generator (11/10/2023)
Writing a file system from scratch in Rust (12/08/2023)
Write a toy vpn in Rust

Learn a lot about linux networking, things like wireguard, iptables, etc.
Build your own SQLite, Part 1: Listing tables (07/24/2024)
Mini-LSM

Build a simple key-value storage engine in a week, and extend your LSM engine in the second and third weeks.
Building a Rust service with Nix

Containers

Rust container cheat sheet (04/27/2023)

Rust Container Cheat Sheet

Data Structures in Rust

Build a non-binary tree that is thread safe using Rust (05/12/2023)

Database

Raw SQL in Rust with SQLx (10/13/2023)

Distributed Computing

Fearless concurrency with Rust, cats, and a few Raspberry PIs (02/02/2024)

Rust Software Design

Leveraging the Type System for Domain Modeling in Rust (06/23/2023)
Make invalid states unpresentable (07/31/2023)
Building an Enterprise Grade Rest API in Rust (11/16/2023)
What this senior developer learned from his first big rust project
Mastering Dependency Injection in Rust: Crafting a Custom Container (08/08/2024)

Error Handling

Modular Errors in Rust (04/14/2023)
Errors in Rust: A Formula (01/10/2024)
Rust error handling with Miette (06/17/2024)

GUI and TUI

Tuify your clap CLI apps and make them more interactive (09/22/2023)
Rich Terminal Interfaces with Ratatui - YouTube (08/11/2023)

Learning Rust

plabayo/learn-rust-101: A guide to aid you in your journey of becoming a Rustacean (04/13/2023)
About - Rust API Guidelines (04/13/2023)
ctjhoa/rust-learning: A bunch of links to blog posts, articles, videos, etc for learning Rust (github.com) (05/22/2023)
Comprehensive-Rust: (09/29/2023)

This is the Rust course used by the Android team at Google. It provides you the material to quickly teach Rust.
EventHelix (03/19/2024)

Cool site that breaks down features of Rust into assembly and explains it. It also does the same for networking protocols, 5G, LTE, and other protocols.
Learning Material for Idiomatic Rust
Rust Exercises

Rust Logging, Tracing, and Profiling

Distributed Tracing in Rust, Episode 1: logging basics (08/07/2023)
Profiling with perf and DHAT on Rust code in Linux (09/29/2023)

Contains info on the following: profiling, flamegraph, perf, DHAT
Building Segmented Logs in Rust: From Theory to Production! (11/27/2023)
Rust Memory Profiling (12/22/2023)
Getting Started with FireDBG (01/22/2024)
Memory Leak Diagnosing using Flame Graphs (02/02/2024)
OpenTelemetry in Rust (11/14/2024)

Rust Networking

Writing Highly Efficient UDP Server in Rust (04/09/2023)
Protohackers Learning (09/13/2023)

Short article about the site Protohackers, which hosts small challenges to help you learn about network protocols
Using Modern Linux Sockets (11/13/2023)

This article shows examples of how to use Kernel features to send messages via UDP faster with socket2's sendmsg and iovec.

Rust Parsing

Parsing in Rust with Nom (01/02/2024)

Rust Performance

Using Cow in Rust for efficient memory utilization (03/24/2023)
Rust Performance Pitfalls (04/27/2023)
How to write CRaP Rust code (04/27/2023)
Local Async Executors and Why They Should be the Default (maciej.codes) (07/19/2023)
Rust: The joy of safe zero-copy parsers (09/29/2023)
How to write fast Rust code (05/31/2024)
My experience crafting an interpreter with Rust (06/13/2024)

Great article that discusses optimizations the author made to their interpreter. They discuss how they used different types of HashMap to speed up variable lookups. And the use of unsafe to speed up the interpreters. Tags: #interpreter #rust #crafting #experience
Using SIMD for Parallel Processing in Rust

Rust State Machines

Pretty State Machine Patterns in Rust (04/27/2023)
How to Write Your Own Email Server in Rust - The New Stack (09/12/2023)
Building a Managed Postgres Service in Rust

Rust Web Development and Frameworks

Introduction to the Tower library (frankel.ch) (08/25/2023)
Getting Started with Axum - Rust's Most Popular Web Framework
Axum Ecosystem > A list of crates that are compatible with Axum
Getting started with Actix-Web
WebSockets - The Beginner's Guide (02/02/2024)
Building a real-time chat using web sockets over HTTP/2

Rust Tools

Iggy.rs - building message streaming in Rust (01/04/2024)
Heaptrack (01/22/2024)

Why Rust?

Rust impace on Engineering Management

One interesting peice of this is how they target linux-musl for their production builds. They reference this article as to why: SUPERCHARGING YOUR RUST STATIC EXECUTABLES WITH MIMALLOC

Security

Everything you should know about certificates and PKI but are too afraid to ask (12/12/2022)
The Reluctant Sysadmin's Guide to Securing a Linux Server (pboyd.io) (07/30/2023)

Software Design

Systemd

systemd by example (02/15/2024)

Web Development

Documenting APIs

08/11/2023: Documenting APIs: A guide for technical writers and engineers | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc course (idratherbewriting.com) #documentation #api

Web Development Tools

20 Essential Browser Extensions For Web Developers (07/17/2024)

UI

Pines - An Alpine and Tailwind UI Library (07/13/2023)

Tags: #ui #javascript #tailwind #css #alpine
CSS Selectors: A Visual Guide & Reference (08/15/2023)

Tags: #css

Writing and Blogging

Some tactics for writing in public (jvns.ca) (08/07/2023)
AddyOsmani.com - Write about what you learn. It pushes you to understand topics better. (08/14/2023)
Diataxis (11/29/2023) > A systematic approach to technical documentation authoring.
Writing Documentation for Your House (11/29/2023) > How to start a technical knowledge base for your house. Also has info on MkDocs and Material