GitHub Actions: introducing the new, larger GitHub-hosted runners beta
Now your team can spend less time managing infrastructure and more time writing code.
Git’s database internals IV: distributed synchronization
We’re examining Git’s internals to help make your engineering system more efficient. This post views Git as a distributed database and looks into its synchronization techniques, specifically ‘git fetch’ and ‘git push’.
Focus On Behavior, Not State, for a More Maintainable Codebase - Shopify
This post is about how we moved from focusing on state (what an object is) towards behavior (what an object does) while building our Purchase Options APIs as a way to create a more maintainable codebase.
Databases For Front-End Developers: The Concepts Under The Hood (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine
In the second part of “Databases For Front-End Developers” series, Atila Fassina explores concepts to equip you to have your own opinions about which kinds of databases suit your specific needs.
Useful JavaScript Data Grid Libraries — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Zara Cooper provides a rundown of some popular data grid libraries that would be a great addition to any data-heavy application and shares recommendations on what factors to consider when choosing a suitable data grid library.
From Development to Real Users: How to Create a Web Performance Story
Some of the most common questions asked when it comes to work with performance are, How do you convince stakeholders that improving the performance of your project is actually worth the investment? How can you prove that the work is necessary to begin with? Or prove that you have shipped improvements? And what is the impact of certain changes on users in different scenarios?
Lessons Learned from Algorithmic Impact Assessments in Practice
TL;DR Understanding algorithmic impact is critical to building a platform that serves hundreds of millions of listeners and creators every day. Our approach includes a combination of centralized and distributed efforts, which drives adoption of best practices across the entire organization — from researchers and data scientists to the engineer pushing the code.
Scaling Translations at Spotify
Last year, we added support for 36 new languages to our products in one go, for a total of 62 languages. This article describes how we delivered on such an immense localization effort at Spotify. We called the project Scaling Translations.
What you can expect at GitHub Universe 2022: cloud, security, community, and AI
Register now to attend GitHub Universe virtually or in-person at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on November 9-10.
Git’s database internals III: file history queries
Git’s file history queries use specialized algorithms that are tailored to common developer behavior. Level up your history spelunking skills by learning how different history modes behave and which ones to use when you need them.
BuildRock: A Build Platform at Slack
Our build platform is an essential piece of delivering code to production efficiently and safely at Slack. Over time it has undergone a lot of changes, and in 2021 the Build team started looking at the long-term vision. Some questions the Build team wanted to answer were: When should we invest in modernizing our build…
Finding The Balance (September 2022 Desktop Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
Let’s welcome September with some fresh desktop wallpapers. Designed by artists and designers from across the globe, they come in versions with and without a calendar for the month. Enjoy!
Introducing thresholds in Security Event Alerting: a z-score love story
Today we are excited to announce thresholds for our Security Event Alerts: a new and improved way of detecting anomalous spikes of security events on your Internet properties. By introducing a threshold, we are able to make alerts more accurate and only notify you when it truly matters
Interpolating Numeric CSS Variables
We can make variables in CSS pretty easily:
Uploading file data in a performant manner
Learn how to upload files to Dropbox using the Dropbox API in a performant manner
What’s new in Figma: August 2022
A round-up of updates and improvements to Figma and FigJam
Git’s database internals II: commit history queries
This post explores Git commit history as a database where ‘git log’ is the query language. Learn about Git’s custom query index – the commit-graph file – and how to make sure it’s enabled in your repositories.
Understanding useMemo and useCallback
What's the deal with these two hooks?! Lots of devs find them confusing, for a whole host of reasons. In this tutorial, we'll dig deep and understand what they do, why they're useful, and how to get the most out of them.
Some ways to get better at debugging
Some ways to get better at debugging
RailsConf 2022: 10 Shopify Tech Talks You Might Have Missed - Shopify
Watch Shopify's tech talent tackle topics ranging from virtual machines, performance improvements, and investing in open source teams at RailsConf 2022
How To Improve And Measure Your Progress Learning Web Design — Smashing Magazine
Ever felt overwhelmed by the number of things you need to learn? Today, we look at how [Uxcel](https://uxcel.com/) eases this transition and approaches actively learning new skills to take our careers to the next level.
Git’s database internals I: packed object store
This blog series will examine Git’s internals to help make your engineering system more efficient. Part I discusses how Git stores its data in packfiles using custom compression techniques.
Improving Meta’s SLO workflows with data annotations
When we focus on minimizing errors and downtime here at Meta, we place a lot of attention on service-level indicators (SLIs) and service-level objectives (SLOs). Consider Instagram, for example. There, SLIs represent metrics from different product surfaces, like the volume of error response codes to certain endpoints, or the number of successful media uploads. Based […]
