Software Engineering

What every developer needs to know about observability and how to leverage OSS tools to make your code better — This is the second in a three-part series that will review some of the observability technologies available to developers today, why they make coding better, and what specific insights they can provide. Here is the link to part one in case you missed it. TLDR: In this post, we’ll run…

繼之前的一篇職場回顧文章：成為 Software Engineer 半年後的小回顧 —… — 繼之前的一篇職場回顧文章：成為 Software Engineer 半年後的小回顧 — 我遇到的困難與反思之後，時間過得很快，我成為正職的軟體工程師也終於要滿一年了。其實半年雖說聽起來是蠻短的時間，不過以職場來說卻是一段足以經歷大大小小的事的一段時間，因此我決定養成習慣，每半年就紀錄一次自己的職場經驗與心得，除了自我檢視以外，也分享一些自身的經驗 …

Understanding the challenges in scaling WebSocket servers — In my previous article, I wrote about designing and building a WebSocket server in a microservice architecture. Although the implementation works fine for a single instance of a WebSocket server, we will start facing issues when we try to scale up the number of WebSocket server instances (aka horizontal scaling)…

As an architect, we are constantly trying to design the perfect system; something that is sustainable, meets the future requirements… — As an architect, we are constantly trying to design the perfect system; something that is sustainable, meets the future requirements, minimizes technical debt, leverages all the right tools, standards. It’s a masterpiece that will live on well beyond our time on the project. That is what we hope.

I’m moving jobs. I don’t do this often. This is only the third time in 25 years. At MathWorks (that’s MATLAB) up until 2018, I lived… — I’m moving jobs. I don’t do this often. This is only the third time in 25 years. At MathWorks (that’s MATLAB) up until 2018, I lived research *into* production. Since 2019 at Java runtime and OpenJDK distribution provider Azul, I’ve learnt tons *about* production proper in my shorter though massively…

These are the principles I apply when addressing technical challenges to optimize efficiency, quality, and happiness. — These are the principles I apply when addressing technical challenges. I’m working on being the old guy. I’m trying desperately not to be grouchy as well. I’ve found these principles to optimize efficiency, quality, and happiness. This could have been titled “Measure twice. Cut once.” or “Work smarter not harder.”…