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Stories by utsav

The case against Low Priority Alerts (utsavshah.com)
L 30 pts 14 comments by utsav Oct 13, 2020 devops Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Guido van Rossum on improving Python's performance (softwareatscale.dev)
L 25 pts 4 comments by utsav Oct 6, 2021 performancepython Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Go for Internal Services (reliability.substack.com)
L 14 pts 0 comments by utsav Nov 11, 2020 go Programming (General) thread
The Hidden Performance Cost of NodeJS and GraphQL (softwareatscale.dev)
L 12 pts 2 comments by utsav Oct 8, 2023 nodejsperformance Web DevelopmentData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
SQL vs NoSQL is the Wrong Distinction (softwareatscale.dev)
L 12 pts 9 comments by utsav Aug 25, 2021 databases Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Why you should frequently turn down ~30% of canary instances (reliability.substack.com)
L 12 pts 2 comments by utsav Nov 3, 2020 scaling Productivity / Career / Business thread
Do you have a framework for good engineering interview questions?
L 11 pts 7 comments by utsav Mar 19, 2021 askjob Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
I've recently started at a ~60 person, ~20 engineer startup and want to come up with new interview questions for senior engineers. I could copy interview questions from $RELATIVELY_BIG_CORP where I worked previously, but as many have discussed here before, there's no point to ask people about trees/...
Run Python Applications Efficiently With malloc_trim (reliability.substack.com)
L 10 pts 7 comments by utsav Nov 29, 2020 programmingpython Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Interview with Emma Tang: ex Data Infrastructure Lead, Stripe (softwareatscale.dev)
L 5 pts 0 comments by utsav Jun 6, 2021 audiodatabasesperson Data / Databases / InfrastructureCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Getting to Deterministic Builds on Windows (nikhilism.com)
L 4 pts 0 comments by utsav Mar 16, 2021 compilerswindows Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
The Story of Google Web Server (and more) (softwareatscale.dev)
L 4 pts 0 comments by utsav Dec 20, 2020 audiopersonscaling Productivity / Career / BusinessCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Quadratic C.I. Cost Growth (softwareatscale.dev)
L 3 pts 2 comments by utsav Jun 30, 2023 testing Programming (General) thread
Mitigate Connection Leaks in Production via Proxies (reliability.substack.com)
L 2 pts 0 comments by utsav Dec 9, 2020 devopsscaling Data / Databases / InfrastructureProductivity / Career / Business thread