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The MMO Palia has a complex architecture, using Unreal Engine for its game engine and a microservice approach with services for specific player features. The game uses ScyllaDB (column store) for its main database along with PostgreSQL for specific use cases where a relational model is necessary. This article goes into deep detail about the architecture of the MMO and the reasoning behind each decision.
Netflix heavily uses Java for its backend apps. It started with a microservice architecture that evolved over time to incorporate new technologies. Initially, the company employed Groovy scripts and reactive programming for tailored API responses. It has since migrated to GraphQL Federation for a unified API, removing the need for custom backend layers. Netflix uses recent Java versions for performance gains and actively uses Spring Boot.
When we build layouts in CSS, we always wanted a way to change a specific UI based on the width of its container, not the viewport. CSS container queries help us to write truly fluid components that change based on their container size. This is a deep-dive tutorial into container queries.
GitHub Copilot is more effective if you provide it with more context. This means giving Copilot full visibility into projects, adding top-level comments, having meaningful names, and providing example code. Devs should also take advantage of Copilot’s built-in features, such as its inline chat.
Text expanders are a smarter alternative to learning to type faster. You define short abbreviations for frequently used text and the tool automatically expands them as you type. This saves time and lets you “type faster” without actually increasing your typing speed.
Developers shouldn’t let ego get in the way of asking for help. Asking for help shows a commitment to success, both for themselves and the product. Furthermore, getting stuck shows that there’s something to learn. Experienced teammates can offer valuable insights and techniques beyond just solving the immediate problem.
LLocalSearch is a locally-running meta search engine that uses LLM Agents. Users can ask it questions and the system will use a chain of LLMs to find the answer. Users can see the progress of the agents and the final answer.
Fx is a terminal JSON viewer and processor.
Borp is a test runner optimized for Node.js with built-in TypeScript support and code coverage capabilities via c8.
This article discusses how and why pair programming is so effective, how you can treat your AI assistant as a paired programmer, and the best ways to make this pairing work (as well as the methods that don’t). A good working paradigm is for the AI to focus on the syntax and implementation, while the human focuses on the big picture and provides instant code review. This can reduce the feedback window between code and code review to minutes, allowing you to iterate and elaborate on ideas without futzing about with semicolons and type definitions.
The Generative AI bubble might be unsustainable. Despite significant advancements in the space, there are still core issues like hallucinations and security risks, and revenue generation remains disproportionately low. If no groundbreaking solution emerges to address these problems and justify the high costs by the end of 2024, the bubble may begin to burst.
Jpegli is a new JPEG coding library by Google that can compress high-quality images 35% more than traditional JPEG codecs.
A research report by Microsoft about what makes a great software engineer.
A funny classification of programming languages as P-languages (scripting), C-languages (prone to undefined behavior), J-languages (object-oriented focus), and others.
Intl.Segmenter, a native way to split strings into words, sentences, and even graphemes, will reach cross-browser support with Firefox 125 (out on April 16).