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How value dominance, shallow understanding, and imitation hurts software, systems, and organizations? This article answers that question with tons of examples and analysis of the cargo culting phenomenon in the software world. It also build a mental model called VSI (Value dominance, Superficial understanding, and Imitation) to help the readers prevent, spot, and eliminate cargo cults

Discover why Gitpod is moving away from Kubernetes for cloud development environments after 6 years of experience at scale. Learn about Gitpod Flex and our new approach to development infrastructure for developers.

On October 30, 2024, cloud hosting provider OVHcloud (AS16276) suffered a brief but significant outage. Within this post, we review Cloudflare’s perspective on this outage.

Indexes can dramatically boost your database performance, but knowing when to use them isn’t always obvious. This blog covers what indexes are, when to use them, how to choose the right type, and tips for spotting missing ones. Whether you're optimizing queries, enforcing uniqueness, or improving sorting, you'll learn how to fine-tune your indexing strategy without overcomplicating it.

Autovacuum is an automatic process designed to clean up these dead tuples and maintain optimal database performance. In this blog, we will explore the main situations when autovacuum should run.

A guide to essential tsconfig.json options for boosting TypeScript code safety, performance, and reliability.

With Active LTS support extending into late 2025, Node.js v22.x is an excellent choice for those aiming for long-term support in production environments.

Go’s runtime package provides two intriguing features: Finalizers and KeepAlive, which help manage object lifecycle in unique ways. Finalizers let you …

Blog for DoltHub, a website hosting databases made with Dolt, an open-source version-controlled SQL database with Git-like semantics.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the PostgreSQL open-source database system that could allow unprivileged users to alter environment variables, and potentially lead to code execution or information disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10979, carries a CVSS score of 8.8.

The GIMP team finally announced that the long-awaited release of GIMP 3.0 is finally imminent

I used to think database locks are two types, shared and exclusive. Readers acquire many shared locks on a resource (row, object or table) but only one writer can acquire an exclusive lock. If a…

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, …

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Follow an overview of methods like TCP FastOpen, TLSv1.3, 0-RTT, and HTTP/3 to reduce handshake delays and improve server response times in secure environments.

Because Postgres have counterintuitive rules around case.

We at Tembo truly love Postgres. We're convinced everyone would love Postgres just as much as we do if only upgrading Postgres between major versions wouldn't be so darn difficult.

This blog post showcases why fundamental code security is essential for an application despite all hardening measures applied in the underlying infrastructure.

Learn how to build smaller, more secure Docker container images using Multi-Stage Builds. This guide explains common sources of image bloat, best practices for slimming down production images, and practical examples for Node.js, Go, Rust, and other application stacks. Start optimizing your containers today!

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Discover why embracing the title of "architect" can be detrimental to both individual careers and organizational efficiency. This blog post delves into the pitfalls of becoming an ivory tower architect and the common issues faced by staff engineers. Learn how role fragmentation creates unnecessary friction and inefficiencies within engineering teams. Understand why versatile generalists who continuously learn and adapt are crucial for innovation and productivity. Explore practical insights and personal experiences that highlight the importance of staying grounded and hands-on in the tech industry. Avoid the common traps and foster a collaborative, efficient engineering culture.