28 November 2024

22 links · Thursday

Long-Running Jobs From Scratch: How to Build Them

In this video, I’ll show you how to build long-running jobs from scratch in .NET. We’ll refactor a CSV import endpoint to use job operations, improving performance and resilience Source code: https://mailchi.mp/024eedad17aa/long-running-jobs Join my mailing …

You can use C-Reduce for any language

C-Reduce is a tool by Regehr and friends for minimizing C compiler bug reproducers. Imagine if you had a 10,000 line long C file that triggered a Clang bug. You don’t want to send a massive blob to the compiler developers because that’s unhelpful, but you also…

Surviving a Week Without Power: Ultimate Home Backup Solution!

Dave describes the various stages of emergency power backup, from small Costco generators to large industrial standby units, and compares their capabilities. Free Sample of my Book on the Spectrum: https://amzn.to/3zBinWM Dave's Attic - Friday 4PM Podcast - …

The Reality of an Employer’s Market

Learn how to navigate the current employer’s market in tech, where employers hold the leverage. Tips for job seekers to stay proactive and resilient.

Why PostgreSQL major version upgrades are hard

Upgrades between PostgreSQL major versions are famously annoying. You can’t just install the server binaries and restart, because the format of the data directory is incompatible. Why is that? Why can’t we just keep the data format compatible?

Examining Meta-Analysis – R Works

In this post we would like to review the idea of meta-analysis and compare a traditional, frequentist style, random effects meta-analysis to Bayesian methods.

Voice Activity Detection in Elixir and Membrane

I hacked on something quite useful in the last few weeks, off and on. Voice Activity Detection in Elixir with Silero VAD through ONNX. I'll show what I did and try to give an idea of what it is and why it is useful.

How I smash burgers

I'm neither a burger expert nor a connoisseur of any kind, yet I sure have a lot of fun smashing burgers at home. Needless to say, I shamelessly enjoy gobbling them too!

Legendary Storytelling: Lessons from The Dragon and The City

The ‘Dragon and the City’ is a storytelling framework where a city, representing our everyday world, faces a threat—a dragon—that disrupts the status quo. The dragon, while terrifying, often sits upon a treasure, symbolizing the reward of overcoming the obstac…

Useful things I've 3D printed

3D printers are ridiculously cool. There’s something about seeing a digital object slowly manifest in the real world that is pure magic. But they’re also useful. Being able to custom manufacture replacement parts can save otherwise perfectly-working equipment …