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AI Agent Build, Day 1

Progress and lessons from building an AI agent in Python

Sep 23, 2026 · 7 min read Latest post webdev

Adding Simple Search to your Jekyll Blog

How to add simple search functionality to your Jekyll blog.

Jun 22, 2017 · 2 min read Latest post techtalks

Tech Talk: Scaling Twitter Core Infrastructure

A few scaling principles learned while scaling Twitter's infrastructure.

Jun 21, 2017 · 1 min read Latest post techtalks

Tech Talk: GOTO 2014 - Scaling Pinterest - Marty Weiner

The evolution of Pinterest's architecture and tech stack, and lessons learned.

Jun 19, 2017 · 3 min read Latest post techtalks

Tech Talk: Scaling Instagram with Mike Krieger

How Instragram scaled their infrastructure, and lessons learned.

Jun 18, 2017 · 2 min read Latest post distributed-computing

Scalability Patterns for Databases and Web Apps

Common patterns used to scale relational databases and web apps.

Jun 17, 2017 · 5 min read Latest post techtalks

Tech Talk: Drew Houston - Finding Your Way as an Entrepreneur

Drew's story of founding Dropbox, scaling up, and lessons learned.

Jun 17, 2017 · 1 min read Latest post databases

Database Types and Properties

A short intro to database types, ACID vs BASE, and data normalization.

May 7, 2017 · 7 min read Latest post distributed-computing

The CAP Theorem: a Brief Introduction

An introduction to the CAP theorem, it's proof, and a discussion of partition tolerance.

May 6, 2017 · 3 min read Latest post metrics

Metrics Anthology 1: Metrics and Graphite

An introduction to common metrics services.

Nov 29, 2016 · 3 min read Latest post linux

Linux Signals and Process State

An overview of Linux signals, signal handling, and process states. And zombies!

Jun 26, 2016 · 6 min read