Delta Lake, an open-source storage layer that brings ACID transactions to Apache Spark and big data workloads, comes with a nifty feature called Time Travel. It's like version control for your data, allowing you...

Let's break down what a Bloom filter actually is: * A space-efficient probabilistic data structure * Used to test whether an element is a member of a set * Can have false positives, but never false negatives...

SystemTap it's like having x-ray vision for your Linux system, allowing you to peek into the kernel and user-space applications without breaking a sweat. SystemTap lets you: * Create custom, lightweight probes * Collect detailed performance...

Thought about OpenAI's language models o1 and o3 for 5 seconds * In September 2024, the company presented a preview of the o1 language model. * OpenAI announced the o3 and o3-mini models. * The previous model...

Go's concurrency model, combined with non-blocking I/O techniques, can significantly boost your application's performance. We'll explore how epoll works under the hood, how goroutines make concurrent programming a breeze,...

We're building a custom Prometheus exporter using Quarkus Jakarta, focusing on avoiding high cardinality and ensuring efficient metrics. Buckle up for some metric magic! Why Custom Exporters? Aren't We Reinventing the Wheel?...

Before we start our fitness journey, let's talk about why we're even bothering. Kafka consumers with a large memory footprint can lead to: * Slower processing times * Increased infrastructure costs * Higher risk of...

Seccomp, short for "secure computing mode," is like a bouncer for your container's syscalls. It decides which syscalls get VIP access to the kernel and which ones get left out in the...

To optimize MongoDB for write-heavy workloads: * Choose a shard key that distributes writes evenly * Monitor and manage chunk balancing * Fine-tune indexes for write efficiency * Use write concern judiciously * Consider using the WiredTiger storage engine The Write...

* The company offers the new Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano Super developer kit with generative AI for creating chatbots, AI agents, or AI-powered robots. * Its small size makes it suitable for “hobbyists and students.” * Compared to the...

Kubernetes is powerful, but its YAML manifests can be about as fun as watching paint dry. Enter Helm, the package manager for Kubernetes that's here to save our sanity. Think of it as npm...

For those who like their info like they like their coffee - quick and strong: * Ansible: Easy to learn, agentless, YAML-based * Puppet: Mature, great for large enterprises, uses its own DSL * Chef: Ruby-based, highly customizable, steep...

You're a backend engineer, knee-deep in code, cranking out APIs like there's no tomorrow. Suddenly, a wild update on framework appears! Do you: * A) Panic and consider a career change to goat...

The Usual Suspects: iostat, vmstat, and dstat Let's start with the holy trinity of performance monitoring tools: 1. iostat: The I/O Detective When disk I/O is giving you headaches, iostat is your...

Understanding consensus algorithms is crucial for backend engineers working with distributed systems. These algorithms ensure data consistency and reliability across multiple nodes, forming the backbone of modern distributed architectures. We'll explore the basics, popular...