1d ago · 10 min read · In the journey of creating a new programming language, there's a moment when the focus shifts from parsing syntax and generating code to breathing life into the runtime. For any modern language aspiring to relevance, this inevitably means tackling co...
Join discussion2d ago · 39 min read · TLDR: A lost update occurs when two concurrent read-modify-write transactions both read the same committed value, both compute a new value from it, and both write back — with the second write silently discarding the first. No error is raised. Both tr...
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2d ago · 30 min read · TLDR: A dirty write occurs when Transaction B overwrites data that Transaction A has written but not yet committed. The result is not a rollback or an error — it is silently inconsistent committed data: one table reflects Transaction B's intent, anot...
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4d ago · 12 min read · Introduction I was working on a service that accepts a large file over HTTP, validates it, encrypts it, uploads it to cloud storage, parses it, processes the records, and stores the results. Nothing e
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6d ago · 3 min read · In modern JavaScript, you use Promises (async/await) or Web Workers for "concurrency." In Rust, you have OS-level threads (std::thread). These are much more powerful but also more dangerous in other languages. In Rust, this is called "Fearless Concur...
Join discussionApr 5 · 14 min read · If you're already familiar with the MCP protocol, you know it allows LLMs to interact with external services. If not — a quick example.You're running Claude Code locally on your machine and want it to
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Apr 5 · 18 min read · TLDR: Platform threads (one OS thread per request) max out at a few hundred concurrent I/O-bound requests. Virtual threads (JDK 21+) allow millions — with zero I/O-blocking cost. Spring Boot 3.2 enables them with a single property. Avoid synchronized...
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