On structures that last
Last year I read over 20 books. One of them was Antifragile, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. One of the ideas that I found intriguing, was the following statement (I’m quoting...
Pearls: putting EventStore in reverse
Pearls of design, beautiful patterns, efficient approaches. After covering Jil and its extremely efficient serialization of primitives it’s time to put things in reverse. By things, in this case, I...
On sharing your opinion
Two short stories, one topic.
Never ending Append Blobs
In this article I’ll describe an easy and fast way to use Azure Storage Append Blobs to create a never ending Append Blob. Yes, a regular Append Blob has its...
Pearls: Jil, serialization of primitives
The last pearl of design that I covered was an implementation for the discriminated union in the probuf-net library. Now, it’s time to move to an area that is less...
On reading whitepapers
There is an ancient technique that can help you in achieving mastery in computer science. No, I don’t mean a “from zero to hero in 2 hours” kind of online...
Pearls: the protobuf's discriminated union
Google Protocol Buffers is a proven protocol for serializing data efficiently. It has a wide adoption, enabling serialization for almost every platform, making the data easy to exchange between platforms....
The batch is dead, long live the smart batch
It lurks in the night. It consumes all the energy. It lasts much too long. If you experienced it, you know it’s unforgettable. If you’re lucky and you did not...
Podsumowanie roku 2017
Rok 2017 dobiega ku końcowi. Jak zawsze, to dobry czas na podsumowanie.
Different forms of drag
Have you heard about this new library called ABC? If not, you don’t know what you’re missing! It enables your app to do all these things! I’ll send you the...