Programmer Weekly (Issue 165 July 27 2023)

Programmer Weekly - Issue 165

July 27, 2023

Programmer Weekly

Welcome to issue 165 of Programmer Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

Quote of the Week

 

"Deleted code is debugged code." - Jeff Sickel

Reading List

PostgreSQL is considering moving away from its traditional process-based model to a more modern thread-based model. This change could improve performance and scalability, but it would also require significant changes to the PostgreSQL codebase.

This article discusses the different data structures that can be used to represent a text file in a text editor. The author starts with the simplest possible representation, a giant string, and then discusses the advantages and disadvantages of other representations, such as linked lists and vector. The author concludes by benchmarking the different representations to see which one performs best.

Uncovering hidden dangers when designing Event-Driven Systems.

The paper discusses the problem of automatically annotating decompiled code with meaningful names and types. The author proposes a method that uses machine translation techniques to improve the readability of decompiled code.

The 2023 State of the API report covers the largest and most comprehensive survey on APIs, ever. More than 37,000 developers and API professionals shared their thoughts.

Curious exactly what happens when you run a program on your computer? Read this article to learn how multiprocessing works, what system calls really are, how computers manage memory with hardware interrupts, and how Linux loads executables.

Platform teams have a unique reliance on other teams to ensure adoption of their platform - getting code changes into other teams' codebase is critical to their success. There are a variety of patterns for that cross-team collaboration, and selecting the right ones depends on both the phase of platform adoption and the ability of both teams and codebases to accept external influence.

Real-time recommendation systems power a vast number of modern customer experiences. Learn what it takes to build a real-time recommender in this comprehensive guide.

Moving on from Python Machine Learning might seem impossible. Let me break down why and how you can do it.

The series documents the step-by-step process of creating a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) from scratch using the Rust programming language, providing an in-depth exploration of the technical aspects and challenges faced during each phase of development. It offers a valuable resource for those interested in understanding JVM internals and learning about systems-level programming with Rust.

Watch and Listen

The Shelter Protocol is a protocol for creating end-to-end encrypted, federated, user-friendly web applications. This talk delves into the technical details of Shelter Protocol, explaining key components, event lists, content addressing, message interpretation via smart contracts, and contract versioning. 

Learn Next.js by building a custom API with MongoDB using the latest app router. You will build an authentication system that can register the user, login, create a secure cookie with JWT Token, use email service, verify the user's email, forget password, middleware route protection, and much more. Also, you will learn about integrating Appwrite for the back end. Finally, you will learn about deploying everything to Vercel.

Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries

Comprehensive, on-demand open source intelligence for any website.

Get up and running with large language models locally.

Powerful editor for creating beautiful, pre-designed, mobile-ready emails.

Generate SDKs (client libraries) for your API.

Building a modern alternative to Salesforce.

Management of multiple Git SSH keys made easy.

A blazing fast multi-language serialization framework powered by jit and zero-copy.

A reactive runtime for building durable AI agents.

TypeChat is a library that makes it easy to build natural language interfaces using types.

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