PinnedEdward WrightinVorTECHsaWhat’s the point (in polygon)?Sometimes you can beat library performance by 3 orders of magnitude.Oct 16, 20201Oct 16, 20201
Edward WrightinVorTECHsaMocking in Async RustThere are four words in this title, and most of them deserve some kind of explanation. Let us set the scene first and look into mocking…Oct 24, 20231Oct 24, 20231
Edward WrightinVorTECHsaUsing Rust in-process with JavaHow scaling vertically can make horizontal scaling achievable.Aug 31, 2021Aug 31, 2021
Edward WrightinVorTECHsaWhen Parquet Columns Get Too BigThis article is for engineers who use Apache Parquet for data exchange and don’t want nasty surprises.Jun 10, 2021Jun 10, 2021
Edward WrightinVorTECHsaIntegrating Rust into PythonIn my last blog post, I detailed how making a very small change to some complex production Python code, introducing Rust to handle a code…Apr 12, 2021Apr 12, 2021
Edward WrightinVorTECHsaUsing Rust to corrode insane Python run-timesThere are times when adopting a standard approach just isn’t good enough. This post is about making minimal changes for maximum effect…Mar 17, 20213Mar 17, 20213
Edward WrightinVorTECHsaFailing is important (if you want to succeed)Edward WrightNov 17, 2020Nov 17, 2020
Edward WrightinVorTECHsaThe Curious Case of the Sorted ArrayMicroprocessors. Those tiny circuits with their billions of transistors working together at crazy speeds. As a software engineer, we tend…Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020