As of February 14th 2024, RFC 9512 formally registers "application/yaml" as the media type for all YAML content, and adds "+yaml" as a standard structured...

My team was enjoying a coffee break when I uttered a question I assumed I would regret: "Why don't we try mob programming?"   

Phylum continues to discover malware polluting open-source ecosystems. In this blog post, we take a deep-dive into an npm package trying to masquerade as code profiler which actually installs several malicious scripts including a cryptocurrency and credential…

Inspired by the 1BR Challenge, I wanted to see how much it would cost to transfer 1 billion rows from Postgres to Snowflake. Moving 1 billion rows is no easy task. The process involves not just the transfer of data but ensuring its integrity, error r...

UPDATE: This post was so popular that I recorded a quick podcast about the reception and added a bit more color to my opinions.

A postmortem of the dashboard and API outage that occurred on February 5th and 6th, 2024.

I took part in the Billion Row Challenge. Enjoy a deep, step-by-step summary of how you get from a Parallel Java Streams implementation that takes 71 seconds to a super-optimized version that takes 1.7 seconds. Example code and walkthroughs included!

As an Artificial Intelligence proponent, I want to see the field succeed and go on to do great things. That is precisely why the current exaggerated publicity…

Optimize your GitHub pull request workflow with this step-by-step guide. Improve collaboration & code review.

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Meta's TestGen-LLM is a sneak peek to the future of developer productivity: specialized, orchestrated, and rigorously filtered.

A complete GPT2 implementation as a single SQL query in PostgreSQL.

What the **** does that mean?

I love a good bug, especially ones that are initially hard to explain but then ...

What is it about the way that we humans are wired — that hearing a "hello" from a colleague who just joined a long-running video call causes a jolt of surprise/panic/anxiety to those already in the call, but hearing a "ding" followed by the same "hello" causes…

What is the average size of JavaScript code downloaded per website? Fuck around and find out!

Spoiler: I assumed that I would just code all day and that's it. Well, I was very wrong!

The biggest harm for agile does not come from heretics, it comes from zealots.

Leaders in Industry Support White House Call to Address Root Cause of Many of the Worst Cyber Attacks Read the full report here WASHINGTON – Today, the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released a report calling on the technical community…