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May 2024

Notes on The Every Computer Performance Book
Notes on The Every Computer Performance Book by Bob Wescott.
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ABEND dump #10
Being a wizard, postgres tips, building an HTTP server, writing your own DB
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April 2024

January 2024

ABEND dump #8
Paul Graham essays, more Haskell, OCaml, how GitLab does major PG upgrades, and an anime/mangá recommendation?
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On rewriting a Go command-line program in Haskell
As promised in my previous post, I decided to share here my experience of using Haskell for some mundane practical tasks.
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Revisiting Haskell after 10 years
Perspective on experimenting with Haskell again after almost 10 years
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December 2023

ABEND dump #7
Haskell, OpenAI drama, chasing performance, five nines, and PromCon 2023
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September 2023

ABEND dump #6
Computer inception, Richie Rickey retiring, and advice from Bjarne Stroustroup to young programmers
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August 2023

Lessons in Reliability: Margaret Hamilton's Software Engineering Approach
Mistakes will happen, eventually, no matter how much training. Margaret Hamilton knew that!
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July 2023

ABEND dump #5
After some vacationing, the ABEND dump is back
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May 2023

Don't obsess about choosing a first programming language, be water!
Does it matter the first programming language I choose? Or doesn't it?
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