Netflix overhauled its logging pipeline to chew through5 PB/day. The stack now leans onClickHousefor speed andApache Icebergto keep storage costs sane. Out went regex fingerprinting - slow and clumsy. In came aJFlex-generated lexerthat actually keeps up. They also ditched generic serialization in fa.. read more  

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A missingVPC Gateway Endpointsent EC2-to-S3 traffic through aNAT Gateway, lighting up over$1,000in unnecessary data processing charges. All that for in-region traffic hitting an AWS service. Why? AWS defaulted the route to the NAT Gateway. It only takes the free S3 Gateway Endpoint if youtellit to. .. read more  

A Linux user takes FreeBSD for a spin - and comes away impressed. What stands out? Clean, deliberate engineering.Boot environmentsmake updates stress-free. The newpkgbasesystem adds modularity without chaos. And the OS treatsuptimenot just as a metric, but as a design goal. The essay makes a solid c.. read more  

This post outlines the various Terraform project files and their purposes, such as vars.tf for default variable declarations, terraform.tfvars for overriding default variable values, terraform.tf for tfstate backends and provider declarations, version.tf for Terraform version constraints, and .terra.. read more  

Object-oriented programming didn’t die - it evolved. Now it lives in the guts of infrastructure. Services talk through strict interfaces, crossing process and network lines like pros. Classes and objects? They're nowOpenAPI schemas,Docker containers, andKubernetes clusters- same old encapsulation ga.. read more  

Zig bringscross-compilationandC interoperabilityto the forefront - no extra setup, no toolchain fuss. It builds across architectures, links with C code like it was born to, and skips headers entirely. Its real flex?Compile-time execution, sharperror handling, and azero-fat runtime. All wrapped in a .. read more  

“Ghost in the Shell” turned 30 this week. Still hits hard. Back in 1989, it dropped cyberpunk bombs that would take the real world decades to catch up with: government-grade AI hackers, behavior-based intrusion detection, malware tailored for humans, and remote code attribution that vanishes into th.. read more  

GitHub Copilot and friends tend to shine in languages with rich static types - think Rust or Scala. Why? The compiler does the heavy lifting. It flags mistakes fast, keeps structure tight, and gives the AI sharper signals to riff on. But drop that agent into a sprawling legacy repo, and cracks show... read more  

Lazygit is a snappy terminal Git UI that’s picking up steam - and for good reason. It streamlines common tasks like staging, rebasing, and patching without dragging you through clunky menus. The interface sticks close to native Git commands but adds just enough structure to reduce context switches a.. read more  

Modern frontend apps love to complicate state. But they keep forgetting the URL - shareable, dependency-free, and built for the job. This piece breaks down how a well-structured URL can capture UI state, track history, and make bookmarking effortless. NolocalStorage. No cookies. No bloated global st.. read more