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- Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering
I didn’t realize that a Unix pipe does buffer like this. Interesting.
- Get your work recognized: write a brag document
- Some blogging myths
I love this "encouragement" from Evans for bloggers. People have asked me so many times how to approach blogging and I just tell them to start. That is the key. Just start. Evans…
- New talk: Learning DNS in 10 years
This is a great article to learn about details of DNS, but is also a fun read about how standards are set and "learning hard things". And Evans publishes this "how to" as a zine…
- Some possible reasons for 8-bit bytes
It seems a little odd, but this very topic came up at my last book club meeting! The question was prompted why bytes are 8-bits and we mostly came up with similar answers to this…
- Reasons for servers to support IPv6
Good bite-sized info on IPv6. I wonder if IPv4 will ever be turned off. 🤔
- DNS doesn't "propagate"
If your curious to know how the Domain Name System manages records, and in effect runs a giant, always-on, distributed database this has some good info. It also helps to clearly…
- Blog about what you've struggled with
If you are looking for inspiration as a blogger, particularly a technical blogger, I like this approach from Julia Evans.
- What is the OSI model?
I've attempted to use the OSI model to solve complex problems in other technical domains and it has never worked very well. The takeaway I got from this article is it isn't even…
- Things your manager might not know
Wonderful overview of things that you can and probably should bring up to your manager, many of which you might be assuming they are aware of. I love the detail here.
- Firecracker: start a VM in less than a second
This tech is really interesting and the ability to launch a full virtual machine in a second allows for some really interesting use cases.
- How containers work: overlayfs - Julia Evans
Simplified and easy-to-understand overview.
- What's a senior engineer's job? - Julia Evans
It’s a little surprising that 20-30 years into the discipline of software engineering we are still debating what different levels mean, but there is a lot of ambiguity and…
- Some possible career goals — Julia Evans
This is a good list to keep around for reference. I’ve had many experiences talking with people about their career objectives and next steps, and one of the most challenging…
- Why sell zines? - Julia Evans
I've enjoyed Julia Evans' zines and this background on why she charges for them is a good read on making a side project sustainable.
- New zine: Help! I have a manager! - Julia Evans
I love these zines that Julia Evans has been creating and this is a stellar idea to make one for people to better understand what their manager is doing and how to work with them.…
- Glitch: write fun small web projects instantly - Julia Evans
Overview of Glitch that sounds pretty awesome for doing small web projects and sharing them. 💚
- Reasons Kubernetes is cool — Julia Evans
Nice, simple writeup on some of the highlights that make Kubernetes a compelling platform. This was helpful for me to help see the differences between Kubernetes and some of the…
- What can developers learn from being on call? - Julia Evans
Great blog post sharing insights that developers learn when supporting their systems in production. Honestly this seems like basic stuff, but it’s worth reading again and again.