internet slice, aug-oct

October 31st, 2024

The quiet plan to make the internet feel faster

networking, internet infrastructure

Do Quests, Not Goals

setting long-term goals

In the Age of A.I., What Makes People Unique?

the human condition, expression in the age of AI

Why is spawning a new process in Node so slow?

performance benchmarking

Eating the Birds of America: Audubon’s Culinary Reviews of America’s Birds

birding, strange natural history

On Being A Senior Engineer

software engineering careers

The journey of an internet packet: Exploring networks with traceroute

computer networking

A good day to trie-hard: saving compute 1% at a time

systems programming, data structures

Debugging in the Multiverse

debugging, devtools

B-trees and database indexes

databases, data structures

A few notes on AWS Nitro Enclaves: Attack surface

computer system security

Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake

op-ed, sports betting

The Rebirth of Rocketry

rocket science

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's even harder to write code for humans

networking, dev ex

The Friendship That Made Google Huge

software history

There’s something off about this year’s “fall vibes”

artificial intelligence, autumn

How Gothic Architecture Became Spooky

architectural history