How to effectively scale your database, and the processes involved in selecting appropriate database scaling patterns. — If your application is experiencing load problems, time to bring out the champagne! Your web-app must be pretty successful to get to this stage. You’ve reached the capacity number of users that your application is able to handle, things are beginning to slow down and error out. Network requests start…

Scaling solutions you need to know, and the processes involved in selecting appropriate scaling patterns — Almost all applications start out with one universal goal — to build their user base and prove that there is a market for the application. With increased users comes increased traffic, and increased traffic leads to more load on your application’s infrastructure. While this milestone is certainly one you should…

What’s the difference, and which is right for you? — Software engineering practices are constantly evolving, but there are a few key technologies that have had a tremendous and sustained impact on today’s digital world. Two notable examples are Representational State Transfer (REST) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), which are both used for API development and communication. …

Edge databases are the secret weapon you need to stay ahead of the competition. — Edge databases are an emerging solution in database technology. They utilize a new form of computing that is rapidly increasing in popularity — edge computing. You’re probably wondering what on Earth is edge computing? And why would you use an edge database over a cloud service? …

The fastest and most optimized rendering pattern — SSG with SWR pattern. — An increase from a 1 second load time to a 5 second load time increases your bounce rate by 90% (Google, 2017). This study from Google was conducted in 2017. Users are even more impatient and expect fast speeds now than they did back then. …

Most creators don’t even know all of these incredibly useful tools exist. — Tools will make or break your creator hustle. Let me explain. Imagine there are two painters. Both are of the same skill level, and they have a bunch of houses to paint. One painter has a paintbrush. The other has a paintbrush, roller, and a paint-spray gun. Who do you…

Most developers don’t even know all of these ridiculously useful free tools exist. — Tools are much more valuable than you might think. Let me explain. Try breaking through a stone with a hammer and chisel. Now try breaking through it with a jackhammer. Now that we’re all on the same page, let’s jump in! READMEs have never been easier No more looking up or memorizing markdown again. Readme.so…

How this quality manifests and how you can cultivate it to level up your development career — Most developers are letting this quality stagnate their careers and keep themselves stuck on the lower end of the software development totem pole. I know I had been. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with a wide range of developers, leads, engineering managers, and so forth in my career. Throughout…

Everything you need to know about using the stack and queue data structures — Linear data structures are essential to software engineering and provide the foundations required to build the many features we use every day — think news feeds and notifications systems. …