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Andrew Chenby Andrew Chen·4 Jan 2024
Dear readers, I was recently interviewed by the great Brian Balfour (CEO/cofounder of Reforge) and Fareed Mosavat (ex-Reforge/Slack/Zynga) which turned into a lively discussion — I think we could...
The Two Reacts — overreacted
overreacted·4 Jan 2024
The Two Reacts January 4, 2024 Suppose I want to display something on your screen. Whether I want to display a web page like this blog post, an interactive web app, or even a native app that you...
Scalable Continuous Integration for iOS
Alberto De Bortoliby Alberto De Bortoli·3 Jan 2024
Originally published on the Just Eat Takeaway Engineering Blog. How Just Eat Takeaway.com leverage AWS, Packer, Terraform and GitHub Actions to manage a CI stack of macOS runners.
Andrew Chen Archives
Andrew Chenby Andrew Chen·3 Jan 2024
Hi readers, Doing a short round up on various links, books, a quick life update, and other stuff going on. First, I did not write much in 2023 (I was busy!!)
23 Memorable Inks in 2023
Olive Octopus·3 Jan 2024
To close out a year filled with exploring and collecting inks like Pokémon, I reflected back on 23 inks that stood out most in 2023.
Advent of code 2023 in under a second in python (ish!)
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog·2 Jan 2024
Warning, if you plan to complete Advent of Code 2023, this post contains spoilers so don’t read it until you’re done. This was my second year completing Advent of Code live during December.
What Will Happen In 2024 - AVC
AVCby Fred Wilson·1 Jan 2024
What Will Happen In 2024 As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher.
What Happened In 2023 - AVC
AVCby Fred Wilson·31 Dec 2023
What Happened In 2023 I like to bookend the New Year holiday with two posts, one looking back at the year that is ending (What Happened) and one looking forward to the year ahead (What Will...
jOOQ 3.19 offers many new and useful path based join features
Java, SQL and jOOQ.by lukaseder·28 Dec 2023
jOOQ 3.19 finally delivers on a set of features that will greatly simplify your queries further, after jOOQ 3.11 introduced implicit to-one joins: What are these features? Many ORMs (e.g.
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman·21 Dec 2023
- Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started.
jOOQ workaround for "can't specify target table for update in FROM clause"
Java, SQL and jOOQ.by lukaseder·20 Dec 2023
In MySQL, you cannot do this: create table t (i int primary key, j int); insert into t values (1, 1); update t set j = (select max(j) from t) + 1; The UPDATE statement will raise an error as...
10 ways to speed up web image loading
ByteofDevby Jacob Jackson·19 Dec 2023
10 ways to speed up web image loading According to the HTTP Archive, images make up almost half of the weight of an average website, with around a megabyte per page.
Favorite Books of 2023
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Booksby John Hill (noreply@blogger.com)·18 Dec 2023
Favorite Books of 2023 For the fifteenth and last time on this blog, I'm highlighting my favorite books of the year, selected from the many books I reviewed or featured as "Book Briefs" on this...
AutoGrow Textareas with CSS
David Walsh Blogby David Walsh·18 Dec 2023
AutoGrow Textareas with CSS As the demands of the web change and developers experiment with different user experiences, the need for more native language improvements expands.
New Social Caption Generator Uses AI to Help Sellers Post More Easily
eBay Tech Blogby eBay News Team·18 Dec 2023
For eBay sellers, social media can be an invaluable tool for publicizing, promoting, and popularizing their listings — but figuring out the best phrasing can feel challenging.
Salmon in the Loop
The Gradientby Kevin McCraney·16 Dec 2023
One of the most fascinating problems that a computer scientist may be lucky enough to encounter is a complex sociotechnical problem in a field going through the process of digital transformation.
jOOQ 3.19 has been released with support for DuckDB, Trino, and much more
Java, SQL and jOOQ.by lukaseder·15 Dec 2023
New Dialects It’s been a few releases since we’ve added support for new dialects, but finally some very interesting RDBMS of increasing popularity have joined the jOOQ family including: - DuckDB...
The JDBC driver Maven Central coordinates for the most popular RDBMS
Java, SQL and jOOQ.by lukaseder·13 Dec 2023
Do you need to add a JDBC driver to your application, and don’t know its Maven coordinates? This blog post lists the most popular drivers from the jOOQ integration tests.
I'm Still Alive; also, join the 7th Annual Uber Frugal Month Group Challenge! - Frugalwoods
Frugalwoodsby Liz Frugalwoods·13 Dec 2023
I’m still here! I took an unplanned (and therefore unannounced) break from writing the blog, which was intended to be for a week, but expanded to a month and then two months… WHOOPS.
A Chain Reaction — overreacted
overreacted·11 Dec 2023
A Chain Reaction December 11, 2023 I wrote a bit of JSX in my editor: Right now, this information only exists on my device.
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