Yusuf Birader
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Move Fast And Don't Break Things: Automatic Apache Kafka® Migrations With Orbit
How WarpStream automatically migrates producers off an existing Kafka cluster with zero downtime.
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The Art of Being Lazy(log): Lower Latency and Higher Availability With Delayed Sequencing
How WarpStream cuts produce latency in half by decoupling durability from sequencing.
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Shadowing Kafka ACLs: A Safer Path to Authorization
A safer way to roll out Kafka ACLs without risking a production outage.
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Doubling Down
CS fundamentals in the face of the AI apocalypse
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What I wish I knew before quitting my job
A lesson in leaving.
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Efficiency is the Enemy of Invention
Slow is fast and fast is smooth.
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What "work smart, not hard" actually means
Digging deeper into a misunderstood saying.
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Born Again
Nothing stays the same.
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Why I no longer get writer's block
A sure fire way to get past the blank screen.
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How to become a Patent Attorney (UK/EU)
An insider's guide.
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Book Review: The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Oceans
The boundless deep
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Building Terminal: A Case Study
A web-based tool for testing and debugging webhooks.
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How I learned to learn as a developer
The software world moves fast. Developing efficient learning patterns is the key to thriving.
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Which programming language should you learn first?
Hint: It's the one that lets you eagerly write crappy programs.
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Bytes, Runes, and Strings: How Text Works in Go
An exploration of the intricacies of handling text and character encoding in Go.
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A No Nonsense Guide to Unicode
A guide to one of the world's most important character sets.
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Ask What, Not How
Why you should write declarative code.
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The Ruby Tap Method
A handy method to add to your debugging arsenal.
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Horizons
The rising sun
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