Programmer Weekly (Issue 217 August 8 2024)

Programmer Weekly - Issue 217

August 08, 2024

Programmer Weekly

Welcome to issue 217 of Programmer Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

Quote of the Week

 

"Languages that try to disallow idiocy become themselves idiotic." - Rob Pike

Reading List

How we improved our continuous integration build times from hours to less than 30 minutes.

And why it is so easy to get wrong...

Persisting to flash is a necessary evil for many embedded devices. Let’s take a look at some of the pitfalls and how they may be avoided.

The article explores the spectrum of data replication algorithms, categorizing them based on how they handle replica failures—ranging from quorum-based leaderless replication to reconfiguration-based replication and leaderful consensus. It provides a detailed analysis of each type's resource efficiency, availability, and latency, offering guidance on choosing the appropriate algorithm for specific use cases.

A high-level overview of how PostgreSQL stores data on disk, covering segments, pages and more.

Demystifying the Compression of Large Language Models.

Watch and Listen

The abstract syntax tree (AST) is typically an internal aspect of a language, but Peter Saxton's EYG language focuses on an AST-first approach. This method prioritizes defining the core capabilities first, facilitating understanding of typed, functional programming languages and making it easier to create new languages by simply defining the desired syntax and parsing it into EYG.

Docker Tutorial for Beginners teaching you everything you need to know to get started.

Learn what is Nginx, why do we need it, Nginx Use Cases as web server, reverse proxy and load balancer. As well as how to configure Nginx, Apache vs Nginx, and Nginx relevance in the Kubernetes world.

Books

Your gateway to the dynamic world of graphics programming. This free book will teach you graphics programming in JavaScript using WebGPU, drawing from my own learning journey.

Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries

SQL-only webapp builder, empowering data analysts to build websites and applications quickly.

An implementation of Shazam's song matching algorithm.

Request analytics from the nginx access logs. 

Rhombus is an experimental, general-purpose programming language with conventional expression syntax that is built on Racket and that is macro-extensible in the same way as Racket.

A FUSE Filesystem for your Google calendar.

Extract patterns from (streaming) unstructured log messages.

A command-line interface for LLMs written in Bash.

Limbo is a work-in-progress, in-process OLTP database management system, compatible with SQLite. 

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