Running distributed cron jobs using Kubernetes
Good blog post by the engineering team at Stripe on using Kubernetes to run a distributed cron scheduler https://stripe.com/blog/operating-kubernetes
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How data streams work (AKA queue design)
Good blog post by Timothy Downs on how queues and data streams work with a layman example at https://hackernoon.com/introduction-to-redis-streams-133f1c375cd3 Quoting the example here We have a very...
Overheard : Failure
When you do your job well, no one notices. When you screw up the whole internet notices – Julia Grace during a great keynote speech at...
Overheard : Communication
Mark Horstman, on his podcast about when not to use email (https://www.manager-tools.com/2017/05/when-not-use-email-part-2) No delivery of information is purely about information. Every delivery of information has some...
Overheard : Quote about Servant Leadership
Quote (or rather statement) by Arthur Brooks on Servant Leadership. Credits for capturing the statement and documenting it, goes to Bret Simmons. “We in this country...
Overheard : Overnight Success
Miki Agrawal on perseverence It takes 10 years to be an overnight success