The Daily Index — Monday, November 6, 2023 · TLDR Index

ARTICLES & TUTORIALS

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A DISCUSSION ON STATELESS & STATEFUL SERVICES (MANAGING USER STATE ON THE BACKEND)

Stateless services are easier to scale in distributed systems as more and more services can be added as load increases. However, for stateful services, certain techniques must be used for scaling, such as replication to external storage and distributed caching. In both cases, techniques like load balancers and sticky sessions are used to route traffic to the appropriate nodes.

scaleyourapp.com · 8 min

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FROM CHAOS TO COHESION: ARCHITECTING YOUR OWN MONOREPO

The monorepo architecture is successfully implemented by tech giants like Google and Meta. The approach helps developers to share code, tools, and resources across teams and projects. This article outlines steps to architect a simple monorepo, including organizing the code and adopting a branching strategy like trunk-based development. It suggests minimal requirements for implementing a monorepo and goes through the steps of maintaining one.

monadical.com · 11 min

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FROM MICROSOFT INTERN TO META STAFF ENGINEER: RAVIRAJ ACHAR

A Meta staff engineer shares their career journey, highlighting key experiences and lessons learned along the way. Starting with their Microsoft internship, they emphasize the importance of feedback and learning from code reviews. They then discuss their growth at Meta, from mid-level to senior engineer, focusing on the significance of impact and tackling challenges. The author also talks about their transition to a distributed systems team and dealing with imposter syndrome. Finally, they describe their journey to the Staff Engineer level, which involved mentorship, building empathy, and consistent performance.

developing.dev · 14 min

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A GUIDE TO PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERS

Public speaking skills are useful for software engineers in the context of tech presentations and meetings. This author covers key aspects of good public speakers, emphasizing the importance of open body language, avoiding common eye contact mistakes, improving posture, and keeping hands open. They also provide tips for boosting confidence through warm-up techniques, maintaining a dynamic speech rhythm, matching the volume of top speakers, and practicing.

careercutler.substack.com · 10 min

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BUILDING A HIGH PERFORMANCE JSON PARSER

This is a case study of building a high performance JSON parser using Go. The parser supports streaming operations to reduce latency. Furthermore, the parser is compatible with the JSON API provided in the Go language. The parser also offers its own API, which is more efficient than the default JSON API.

dave.cheney.net · 22 min

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HOW TO WRITE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION THAT PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY READ AND USE

Good documentation is clear, reproducible, and doesn't assume the reader's knowledge level. Documenting as you go along, rather than waiting until the end, is recommended because it allows for capturing details and maintaining clarity. Documentation should be modular so that parts can be expanded or skipped as needed. It should be reviewed by peers and ideally by potential users to ensure its comprehensiveness and usability.

medium.com · 6 min

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SUNDAR'S MEETING WITH TIM

Emails and details of Apple’s meeting with Google CEO Sundar Pichai have been released as part of Google’s antitrust case. The two companies have differing views on privacy.

open.substack.com · 5 min

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CAN NEXT.JS HANDLE 5,000 PAGES?

An engineer pushed Next.js to its limits and tested the framework’s performance locally and in production by building a website with 5,000 SSR pages.

dev.to · 16 min

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POST MORTEM ON CLOUDFLARE CONTROL PLANE AND ANALYTICS OUTAGE

Cloudflare had an incident that impacted its network and security services. It goes into detail on why this happened, describing its control plane architecture.

blog.cloudflare.com · 12 min