ABEND dump #10
Being a wizard, postgres tips, building an HTTP server, writing your own DB
Welcome to the ABEND dump, where I share the most interesting content I’ve been reading, listening to, and watching lately.
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So you want to be a wizard by Julia Evans
Julia Evans is amazing at teaching and her zine on how to approach learning hard things and get better at programming is pure gold!
10 Postgres tips for beginners
Even if you’ve been using Postgres for quite a while, perhaps you can learn one thing or two by reading this insightful article — I certainly did regarding how Postgres performs the autovacuum.
25 lines web server
This video from Computerphile is another testament to why it’s one of my favorite YouTube channels.
If you never tried writing your own HTTP server, watch this video and see how simple it can be if you cut some corners and do it purely for educational purposes.
If you prefer a guided step-by-step approach, the course from codecrafters.io is great too. I did it in Haskell and had lots of fun!
How we’ve saved 98% in cloud costs by writing our own database
Purpose-built databases are something that has piqued my interest lately. Maybe I should write my own just for fun and educational purposes.
If you prefer you could watch ThePrimeagen video on YouTube reacting to the blog post: