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This is exactly how we arrived at our solution. We needed to satisfy the constraint; locking was one means of addressing the constraint. Maybe we were lucky in our implementation, …

> up to 50000 atomic, short-lived transactions per second 50000? > You need distributed locking if the transactions can take seconds or hours, and the machines involved can fail wh…

We reviewed Redis back in 2018 as a potential solution for our use case. In the end, we opted for a less sexy solution (not Redis) that never failed us, no joke. Our use case: hand…

Congrats on writing and completing a book! I was involved in a few myself long ago, when I had the time available to contribute to those endeavors. In a world that often measures "…

> The vulnerability was addressed with the release of Docker Engine v18.09.1, but it was not included in subsequent major versions, causing a regression. Without further informatio…

> Resume fraud is rampant. So is interview fraud. The remote-interviewee-answers-questions-while-her-face-reflects-windows-popping-up-on-her-screen is tiring at this point. So, I d…

What I find more important than the timestamp format -- the timestamp source. Centralize from where the ts is set (the db is a great place to do this.) Don't let client-code set th…

You learned some great lessons there, but I would challenge one item early in the "script": > 2. Verify if it’s a problem from search volume. It contextually depends, but correlati…

I really like your on-device storage approach. I did something similar with an app for my smartwatch a few years ago to prompt/track my gym workouts. At the time and on the particu…

Way back in the day, I picked up a cheap ($5!!!) copy of Readings in Database Systems from Michael Stonebraker. I found it fascinating to read the original papers that proposed con…

This is generally good advice with depth, but I would add a disclaimer: organizational practices and idioms should be taken into account. A few examples where these points would ne…

As April Fools jokes go, this is really well done. On one hand, this could easily be read as the musings of some overzealous, re-awakened and re-charged techbro/middle-manager who …

Yes, we had some "stakeholder training" that was necessary. The biggest complaint: "I don't understand why this takes so long." Our stakeholders were mostly plant operations people…

I recently inherited a project that was "late". The team and project were 6 months into execution, and had nothing to show for it. The status on my Day 1 was "estimates were missed…

I make my own pasta when the sauce warrants it. In my experience, homemade noodles will absorb sauce much better than the store-bought version. And, with a good sauce, the result i…

I'm not sure if this was intended to "flip the script" on the talented & smart, as this is sage advice for any entrepreneur. It wouldn't surprise me if the author was trying to giv…

> let’s just consider it an expensive learning opportunity to redesign the system so it can’t happen again. Also, Zuck: but hey everyone, keep on moving fast and breaking things!

Well-executed RCAs are just so satisfying to me. Blameless culture is absolutely critical to getting to the "right answers". Across the teams in my company, I hit nirvana when revi…

This book is still on my shelf. When I first ordered and received it, I sat down and read it cover to cover. One of the things I really enjoyed was seeing how differently all of th…

I was thinking you were asking questions and/or engaging to understand, of which I've made an incorrect assumption.

Allow me to clarify a few things: - Format: we don't dictate format on docs. In terms of sharing important information, it's irrelevant. Dealer's choice. - Audience: we are writing…

I'm a documentation zealot. My eng teams understand we treat docs as products; they are project deliverables, and we allocate time to ensure we produce and maintain concise, clear …

I used to run a fairly good-sized light show, until it became too much work (job change, kids/family, etc.) xlights powered my shows and taught me a lot about the protocols and har…

It's been 20+ years but I loved this shirt for it's SQL agnostic-ity: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/lol-code-geek-select-from-user... (This shows the shirt you could buy once-upon-…

That's right. It's all part of the back-and-forth of good faith.