Lobster Roll

Stories by Sinjo

Can Bundler Be as Fast as uv? (tenderlovemaking.com)
L 48 pts 12 comments by Sinjo Dec 29, 2025 performanceruby Programming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Ruby 3.4 highlights (blog.sinjakli.co.uk)
L 32 pts 7 comments by Sinjo Jan 1, 2025 ruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Waiting for apt locks without the hacky bash scripts (blog.sinjakli.co.uk)
L 18 pts 4 comments by Sinjo Oct 25, 2021 linux Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds (tomshardware.com)
L 17 pts 1 comments by Sinjo Sep 28, 2025 networkingretrocomputing Data / Databases / InfrastructureGaming / Retro Computing thread
Why do things go right? (safetydifferently.com)
L 16 pts 3 comments by Sinjo Oct 23, 2018 practices Productivity / Career / Business thread
How Complex Systems Fail (web.mit.edu)
L 16 pts 5 comments by Sinjo Mar 18, 2015 pdfprogramming Programming (General) thread
In search of performance - how we shaved 200ms off every POST request (gocardless.com)
L 12 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Aug 20, 2015 apinetworkingrubyweb Web DevelopmentProgramming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Thieves drain 2fa-protected bank accounts by abusing SS7 routing protocol (arstechnica.com)
L 11 pts 2 comments by Sinjo May 4, 2017 security Security / Privacy thread
Lessons Learned the Hard Way: Postgres in Production at GoCardless (youtube.com)
L 10 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Jul 26, 2016 databasesvideo Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
[Slides](https://speakerdeck.com/sinjo/lessons-learned-the-hard-way-postgres-in-production-at-gocardless), for those less inclined to watch a video!
Using strace to solve a problem which didn't exist (blog.sinjakli.co.uk)
L 8 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Feb 24, 2015 linux Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Zero-downtime Postgres migrations - a little help (gocardless.com)
L 6 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Dec 15, 2015 databases Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Zero-downtime Postgres migrations - the hard parts (gocardless.com)
L 6 pts 0 comments by Sinjo May 27, 2015 databases Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Syncing Postgres to Elasticsearch: lessons learned (gocardless.com)
L 6 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Jan 6, 2015 databasesdistributed Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Anarchy in the Database: A Survey and Evaluation of Database Management System Extensibility (vldb.org)
L 4 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Jul 3, 2025 databasespdf Data / Databases / InfrastructureProductivity / Career / Business thread
Debugging the Postgres query planner (gocardless.com)
L 4 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Feb 28, 2019 databases Programming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
From idea to reality: containers in production at GoCardless (gocardless.com)
L 4 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Jul 14, 2016 devopsprogramming Programming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Debugging Outside Your Comfort Zone: Diving Beneath a Trusted Abstraction (infoq.com)
L 3 pts 2 comments by Sinjo Jun 7, 2023 databasesdebugging Programming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
ForwardSlash: taking back the RESTful operator (blog.sinjakli.co.uk)
L 3 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Apr 4, 2016 programmingsatire Programming (General) thread
find-deleted: checkrestart replacement (blog.goeswhere.com)
L 1 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Mar 22, 2017 linuxprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
All fun and games until you start with GameDays (gocardless.com)
L 1 pts 0 comments by Sinjo Mar 22, 2017 devopspracticestesting Programming (General)Data / Databases / InfrastructureProductivity / Career / Business thread
Disclosure: author is a colleague.