Quastor Daily·4yHow Khan Academy Rewrote their Backend
Khan Academy recently went through a massive rewrite of their old Python 2 monolith with a services-oriented backend written in Go. We’ll be summarizing the technical choices, execution and results of the rewrite. Plus, a couple awesome tech snippets on How Etsy built their bidding system for Etsy Ads and how Databricks uses Scala at Scale.
AWS Tip·4yServerless Architecture Tech To Begin With
When a device is offline, your customers should be able to continue to use your application, not only to access data but also to create and modify them. When the device comes back online, the application must reconnect to the backend, synchronize the data and resolve conflicts, if any. AWS A mplify with AppSync allow us to create web app quickly with built-in support for API, Authentication, and other basic services that most apps need.
Towards Dev·4yA practical guide into DevOps as a back-end engineer
How to set up a digital ocean droplet, a GCP instance, or an AWS EC2 instance. Decide which cloud platform you will use then select the link for a walk-through on how to get started. Use docker-compose to build, deploy, run, update, and stop containers using simple commands.
DEV·4yMistakes to Avoid As a Backend Developer
A backend engineer is an individual who deals with the server-side, database, and configurations. This developer must have good knowledge of data structure and algorithms to implement the data in the right way. If you are a backend developer, there are things you need to do to ensure your software responds as fast as possible.
This Dot·4yBuilding full-stack React apps with Next.js API routes
Next.js provides API routes that allow developers to create API endpoints using the Next.js folder structure. We can use API routes to build either a RESTful API, or a GraphQL API. API routes go in the pages/api directory of a Next.JS project.
Product Hunt·4ySQL playground - Free private sample PostgreSQL databases
No local installations or spinning up cloud instances. Choose a database type, and get a unique connection string right away. Create a private Postgres database with a predefined structure & test data in the shortest time. No database installation, no local installations, and no cloud instances to spin up.
Changelog·4yslashbase/slashbase: The open-source collaborative IDE for your databases.
Slashbase is an open-source collaborative IDE for your databases in your browser. Connect to your database, browse data, run a bunch of SQL commands or share queries with your team, right from your browser! It's written in Golang and Nextjs React Framework (SPA) and runs as a single Linux binary with Postgres.
Hacker News·4yDatabases in 2021: A Year in Review
It was a wild year for the database industry, with newcomers overtaking the old guard and vendors fighting over benchmark numbers. We also had to say goodbye to some of our database friends through acquisitions, bankruptcies, or retractions. Here are some of the highlights and a few of my thoughts on what they might mean for the field of databases.