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Consistent Hashing

19h ago · 2 min read · Adding more servers (horizontal scaling) is the key to managing load. Distributing data access across a set of servers allows for high throughput. In cloud systems it's a given that a server will go d

Design a Rate Limiter

Mar 4 · 3 min read · Clients are identified by user_id, Ip address or other modalities where server side rate limiters offer more control and not prone to manipulations over their client side variations. RateLimiters have

Twenty Three lessons: Mary Kay Ash

Mar 4 · 2 min read · Summary of the @shaneparrish #podcast The golden rule of leadership (treat employees with the same respect, empathy, and consideration as you'd like) Build with people (people are the asset) Succum

The Odyssey Plan: Design Thinking for Your Career

Jan 30 · 3 min read · While navigating a job change I came across the Odyssey Plan from Stanford's Life Design Lab. It's a framework from Bill Burnett and Dave Evans (the "Designing Your Life" authors) that applies design thinking to career planning. As engineers, we prot...

Missing initial migration

Jan 23 · 1 min read · Using the Flask-Migrate extension you can create database migrations for your application. Flask application’s typically auto-create db tables on start So running flask db upgrade you’ll get: INFO [alembic.env] No changes in schema detected. To cr...