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May 13, 2019

🤓 #19: Python at Netflix

JS array push VS concat, build multiplayer games on the web, JPEG in depth, AWS Fargate comparison, Rust crash course, Cloudwatch scheduling

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Best 7 links of week #19, 2019

Python at Netflix

Python at Netflix


Discover how a big company like Netflix uses Python across different departments: CDN, machine learning, devops, recommendation, etc.

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Javascript Array.push is 945x faster than Array.concat 🤯🤔

JS: Array.push X Array.concat


An interesting overview of two common JavaScript array methods, push and concat, and why concat is much slower than push.

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How to Build a Multiplayer (.io) Web Game, Part 1 - victorzhou.com

How to Build a Multiplayer Web Game


A wonderful series of articles to introduce you to the art of creating multiplayer browser-based games using mostly JavaScript, Node.js and websockets.

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Unraveling The JPEG

Unraveling The JPEG


JPEG images are everywhere in our digital lives, but behind the veil of familiarity lie algorithms that remove details that are imperceptible to the human eye. This produces the highest visual quality with the smallest file size—but what does that look like? Let's see what our eyes can't see!

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How Far Out is AWS Fargate?

How Far Out is AWS Fargate?


An interesting article for serverless lovers. It describes the current status of Fargate, the AWS Docker-based serverless runtime, and compares it with AWS Lambda and Kubernetes.

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Rust crash course (video)


Learn all the fundamentals of the Rust programming language in this excellent video. Really good if you have tried multiple times to get started with this language but you were discouraged by the sheer amount of new concepts to understand.

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Using CloudWatch and Lambda to implement ad-hoc scheduling | theburningmonk.com

Using CloudWatch and Lambda to implement ad-hoc scheduling


A while back I wrote about using DynamoDB TTL to implement ad-hoc scheduling. It generated some healthy debate and a few of you have mentioned alternatives including using Step Functions. So let’s take a look at some of these alternatives, starting with the simplest – using a cron job.

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Book of the week

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The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction
by William E. Shotts Jr.

The Linux Command Line takes you from your very first terminal keystrokes to writing full programs in Bash, the most popular Linux shell. Along the way you'll learn the timeless skills handed down by generations of gray-bearded, mouse-shunning gurus: file navigation, environment configuration, command chaining, pattern matching with regular expressions, and more. In addition to that practical knowledge, author William Shotts reveals the philosophy behind these tools and the rich heritage that your desktop Linux machine has inherited from Unix supercomputers of yore.
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