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🔐 RELIANOID & NIST Cybersecurity Framework Alignment

At RELIANOID, security is built into both our Load Balancer and our internal operations. We align our product and organizational practices with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) across its five core functions: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. ✔️ Consistent security controls acro..

NIST Cybersecurity Framework RELIANOID compliance
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Goodbye Microservices

Twilio Segment collapsed 140+ destination-specific microservices into asingle monolith, one repo, one set of dependencies, one test harness. They leveled out version sprawl and builtTraffic Recorder, a homegrown yakbak-based HTTP playback tool. That killed off hours-long test runs, dropping them to.. read more  

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Why I Didn’t Sign the Resonant Computing Manifesto: The Foundations Need Work

A sharp critique of theResonant Computing Manifestopushes it past vague ideals. It calls for real governance scaffolding, not just poetic prose. Without that? The manifesto risks becoming just another glossy PDF for entrenched players to wave around while changing nothing. Under the hood:What’s real.. read more  

Why I Didn’t Sign the Resonant Computing Manifesto: The Foundations Need Work
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Rust unit testing: file writing

To test file writes without hitting the disk, the author swaps in a closure that takes a file handle. That handle’s a test double, so after the code runs, you can crack it open and inspect what got written... read more  

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Full Unicode Search at 50× ICU Speed with AVX‑512

StringZilla v4.5drops a major speed bomb on Unicode text processing. Think10× faster tokenization and case folding. Up to150× faster for case-insensitive substring search. It leaves ICU and PCRE2 wheezing in the dust. Under the hood: SIMD all the way, AVX-512 on newer chips, plus script-aware SIMD k.. read more  

Full Unicode Search at 50× ICU Speed with AVX‑512
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pqr.sql: Generate QR Codes with Pure SQL in PostgreSQL

A developer jammed out aQR code generator in pure SQL, just PostgreSQL, no extensions or libraries. One gnarly single-statement query. It even runs faster onPostgreSQL 17than on 16, thanks to engine tweaks... read more  

pqr.sql: Generate QR Codes with Pure SQL in PostgreSQL
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5 engineering dogmas it's time to retire

Dependencies are risky, especially in smaller companies - avoid unnecessary packages to prevent security incidents and maintain code simplicity. Feature flags can become overwhelming if abused, leading to complex codebases and false sense of security - use them wisely. Commenting code is a balance -.. read more  

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