/Tips

Ugly Code And Dumb Things

- Armin Ronacher tl;dr: This week I had a conversation with one of our engineers about “shitty code” which lead me to sharing with him one of my more unusual inspirations: Flamework, a pseudo framework created at Flickr. Armin discusses the framework, which he describes as “messy but effective.”

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How To Add A Directory To Your PATH

- Julia Evans tl;dr: “I was talking to a friend about how to add a directory to your PATH today. It’s something that feels “obvious” to me since I’ve been using the terminal for a long time, but when I searched for instructions for how to do it, I actually couldn’t find something that explained all of the steps. So I wanted to try to write down some more complete directions and mention some of the gotchas I’ve run into over the years.”

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4 Quick Steps For Better Incident Resolution In DevOps

tl;dr: Accelerate your time to resolution and build resilience into your systems with this simple 4-step approach. This guide outlines critical best practices for ensuring your organization’s response to incidents is as efficient and effective as possible.

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4 Quick Steps For Better Incident Resolution In DevOps

tl;dr: Accelerate your time to resolution and build resilience into your systems with this simple 4-step approach. This guide outlines critical best practices for ensuring your organization’s response to incidents is as efficient and effective as possible.

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Levels Of Defensiveness

- Marc Gauthier tl;dr: “I like it when running a production system is boring. No outages, no hotfixes, no on-call duties… no problems. It might sound unachievable, but there are steps you can take to get closer to this state. One approach to get there I really like is being defensive with my code.”

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SQL Tips And Tricks

- Ben Nour tl;dr: “A somewhat opinionated list of SQL tips and tricks that I've picked up over the years in my job as a data analyst. Please note that some of these tips might not be relevant for all RDBMs.”

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Tiger Style

tl;dr: “TigerBeetle's coding style is evolving. A collective give-and-take at the intersection of engineering and art. Numbers and human intuition. Reason and experience. First principles and knowledge. Precision and poetry. Just like music. A tight beat. A rare groove. Words that rhyme and rhymes that break. Biodigital jazz. This is what we've learned along the way.”

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SQL Tips And Tricks

- Ben Nour tl;dr: “A somewhat opinionated list of SQL tips and tricks that I've picked up over the years in my job as a data analyst. Please note that some of these tips might not be relevant for all RDBMs.”

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SQL Tips And Tricks

- Ben Nour tl;dr: “A somewhat opinionated list of SQL tips and tricks that I've picked up over the years in my job as a data analyst. Please note that some of these tips might not be relevant for all RDBMs.”

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Effective Changelogs

- David Brownman tl;dr: “The Keep a Changelog project offers some good high-level guidelines, but speaking as someone who is frequently frustrated by changelogs, it seems like more specific advice is in order. I've collected some simple tips and examples to ensure your changelogs are fit for human consumption.”

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