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My Mental Model on Choosing a Database for a Particular Problem

Dimensions to Think About Access and Write Patterns Consistency Fault Tolerance Scalability Read Scalability Write Scalability Elastic Scalability Maintenance and Observability Self-healing Cost Regulations and Compliance Small Details That Could be Deal Breakers Practicality of This Mental Model...

Thu Apr 8, 2021 05:03
Whiteboard-style Coding Interviews Might Not Be as Bad as You Think

There are Various Hiring Strategies Today's Problems vs. Tomorrow's Today's Problems Tomorrow's Problems Mixed Hiring Strategies Hiring Into a Team vs. Company Specialist vs. Generalist Hiring Strategy Relationship with Whiteboard-style Coding Interviews Whiteboard-style Coding Interviews These Interviews are...

Mon Apr 5, 2021 01:39
C++, Getting Started with the Basics: Working with Dependencies and Linker

Intro Taking a Library Dependency inside Our Own C++ Code Setting up the Build Pipeline Back to Basics: Compilation of a C++ Program Preprocessing the Headers Linking Resources Intro As I mentioned in my previous post about C++, I am learning C++. It has been a bumpy ride so far, and C++ is certainly not an...

Tue Mar 23, 2021 21:03
C++, Getting Started with The Basics: Hello World and The Build Pipeline

Intro Hello World The Build Pipeline What's Next? Resources Intro I am probably the least qualified person to be writing a blog post about C++. So, please approach this post with some caution. But, why am I writing it then? Well, I am currently learning C++, and it has been an unusual experience compared to my other...

Fri Mar 19, 2021 03:55
Configure Free Wildcard SSL Certificate on AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) Through Terraform

Request Certificate Creation With AWS Certificate Manager Domain Name Validation Through Route53 DNS Configuration Wiring It up with Application Load Balancer Redirecting HTTP Traffic Through an ALB Rule Resources Last week, I have moved all my personal compute and storage from Azure to AWS. I took this opportunity as...

Sat Dec 26, 2020 01:52
Redis Cluster - Benefits of Sharding and How It Works

Content The Problem Redis Cluster: Enter Key Distribution Hash Tags: Getting back into control of your sharding strategy Redirection Distributing Reads Conclusion Redis is by far one of the most frequently used data stores. It's fascinating how much our our software-developer-minds go to Redis when we are faced...

Sat Dec 26, 2020 01:52

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