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TLDR DEV 2026-01-23

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01GENERAL

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02ARTICLES & TUTORIALS

SCALING POSTGRESQL TO POWER 800 MILLION CHATGPT USERS

OpenAI scaled PostgreSQL to support 800 million ChatGPT users and millions of queries per second for its predominantly read-heavy workloads. To achieve this, its team offloaded write-heavy operations to sharded systems like Azure Cosmos DB and implemented application and query optimizations. Their architecture uses a single primary Azure PostgreSQL instance and nearly 50 global read replicas.

links.tldrnewsletter.com14 min read

WHAT IS A DESIGN ENGINEER?

A design engineer bridges the gap between design and frontend development, creating software that not only works perfectly but also feels great to use. They directly implement designs in code, build and maintain design systems, and add in the critical final details of UI polish, like micro-interactions and animations.

nucleate.dev5 min read

WHY DOES SSH SEND 100 PACKETS PER KEYSTROKE?

A developer building a high-performance SSH game found that a single keystroke generated over 100 small packets. The root cause was identified as OpenSSH's keystroke timing obfuscation feature, which sends "chaff" packets to disguise typing patterns. By patching Go's SSH library to disable the `ping@openssh.com` extension server-side, the developer achieved a dramatic >50% reduction in CPU and bandwidth. LLMs assisted in the debugging process.

eieio.games9 min read

03OPINIONS & ADVICE

YOUR APP SUBSCRIPTION IS NOW MY WEEKEND PROJECT

This dev replaced his subscription apps, like Wispr Flow and Loom, by vibecoding his own personal alternatives. Despite having no prior macOS development experience, he quickly created custom applications that perfectly suited his specific needs for free. However, these apps are not production-ready, but rather perfect for personal projects.

rselbach.com3 min read

MY FIRST YEAR IN SALES AS A TECHNICAL FOUNDER

A technical founder had a challenging but rewarding first year in sales. High-touch sales are vital for bootstrapped SaaS growth. Their best channel was their LinkedIn B2B sales funnel, with disciplined discovery calls.

fabiandietrich.com10 min read

04LAUNCHES & TOOLS

REMOTION AGENT SKILLS

Remotion Agent Skills allow videos to be made programmatically with coding agents like Claude Code.

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TOWNIE'S BACK IN TOWN!

Townie v5 is an AI agent powered by Claude 4.5 designed to integrate directly into the browser alongside the code editor. The agent can perform nearly any action a user can, including managing code, files, versions, and databases, allowing for the rapid scaffolding of features or full-stack applications.

blog.val.town3 min read

05MISCELLANEOUS

KEEPING 20,000 GPUS HEALTHY

Modal runs a globally distributed pool of over 20,000 GPUs across multiple cloud providers. Its approach begins with instance type testing and selection, evaluating performance and reliability differences between cloud hyperscalers. This is followed by machine image preparation and automated boot checks to guarantee GPU health before customer workloads begin. Throughout an instance's life, Modal performs continuous passive and active healthchecking.

modal.com11 min read

THE CONTEXT COLLAPSE PROBLEM

AI coding assistants deliver productivity gains on new projects but underperform on legacy codebases, a "context collapse problem" caused by the invisibility of institutional knowledge and historical decisions. Good solutions include treating documentation as infrastructure, incrementally restructuring code for AI legibility, and initially using senior engineers as "human context bridges.”

codegood.co11 min read