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Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes: Kubernetes Backup and Recovery with CNPG and ZFS Snapshots

Dec 30, 2024

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Introduction: In the final episode of the Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes series, Jérôme Petazzoni dives into advanced backup and recovery techniques for PostgreSQL, …
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Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes Ep.4: Kubernetes Storage: Benchmarking ZFS, Cloud Disks, and Local Paths

Dec 23, 2024

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Introduction: In Episode 4 of the Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes series, Jérôme Petazzoni benchmarks the performance of various Kubernetes storage classes, including …
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Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes Ep.3: Exploring Kubernetes Storage with OpenEBS and ZFS

Dec 18, 2024

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Introduction: In Episode 3 of the Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes series, Jérôme Petazzoni introduces ZFS, a versatile file system renowned for its features like …
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Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes Ep.2: Automating Database Maintenance with Kubernetes and CNPG

Dec 12, 2024

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Introduction: In this episode, Jérôme Petazzoni explores how Kubernetes and CNPG (Cloud Native PostgreSQL) work seamlessly to manage database operations during node …
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Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes Ep.1: Provisioning a Cluster and Configuring PostgreSQL on Kubernetes

Dec 9, 2024

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Introduction: In this introductory episode, Jérôme Petazzoni walks through the critical steps of provisioning a Kubernetes cluster tailored for running databases like …
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Fearless Concurrency Ep.7: Lock-Free Structures and Channels for Scalable Rust Code

Dec 5, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 7 of the Fearless Concurrency in Rust series! In this final episode, we explore advanced concurrency techniques that enable efficient, …
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Scalable JSON Streaming with HTTP and Go - Ep.5

Nov 25, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to the final episode of the JSON for Engineers series! In this concluding session, we tackle the challenges of working with large JSON datasets, …
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Fearless Concurrency Ep.6: Understanding Rust ARC for Efficient Multithreading

Nov 21, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 6 of the Fearless Concurrency in Rust series! In this episode, we explore the powerful concept of ARC (Atomic Reference Counting) and its …
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JSON Handling and Type Management with Large Datasets in Go - Ep.4

Nov 14, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 4 of the JSON for Engineers series! In this episode, we tackle the complexities of working with JSON data, especially when dealing with …
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Fearless Concurrency Ep.5: Ensuring Memory Safety with Mutexes and RwLocks in Rust

Nov 8, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 5 of Fearless Concurrency in Rust! In this episode, Herbert Wolverson dives into advanced concurrency tools, focusing on RwLock for …
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Managing JSON Field Tags and Value Handling in Go - Ep.3

Oct 31, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 3 of JSON for Engineers! In this episode, Miki Tebeka explores the intricacies of JSON field mapping and value handling, especially when …
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Transitioning from C and C++ to Rust: A Beginner’s Guide

Oct 29, 2024

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Introduction: As you embark on the journey from C or C++ to Rust, you’ll discover a world of exciting possibilities. Rust’s emphasis on safety, concurrency, …
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Fearless Concurrency Ep.4: Understanding Mutexes and Thread Safety in Rust

Oct 25, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 4 of Fearless Concurrency in Rust! In this episode, we explore how Rust’s ownership and borrowing rules impact multithreaded programming, …
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Exploring JSON Encoding and Data Handling in Go - Ep.2

Oct 17, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 2 of JSON for Engineers! In this episode, we explore the unique characteristics of JSON as a schema-less format, discussing both its …
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Fearless Concurrency Ep.3: Managing Threaded Programs and Data Races in Rust

Oct 10, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 3 of the Fearless Concurrency series! In this episode, Herbert explores advanced threading techniques in Rust, focusing on scoped threads …
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Data Integrity with JSON Serialization - Ep.1

Oct 3, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 1 of JSON for Engineers! In this first episode, Miki Tebeka dives into the fundamentals of serialization, with a special focus on JSON, …
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Fearless Concurrency Ep.2: Managing Threaded Programs and Data Races in Rust

Sep 26, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 2 of the Fearless Concurrency in Rust series! In this episode, Herbert Wolverson dives into the fundamentals of threading in Rust, …
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Ep. 7: Enhancing AI with Message Chaining and Accuracy Scoring

Sep 19, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to the final episode of our Intro to Generative AI series! In this episode, Daniel Whitenack takes the concepts you’ve been learning and shows …
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Fearless Concurrency Ep.1: Rust's Approach to Safe and Manageable Multithreading

Sep 12, 2024

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Introduction: In Episode 1 of the Fearless Concurrency in Rust series, Herbert Wolverson introduces the foundational concept of threads in programming, tracing their …
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Ep. 6: AI Techniques: Real-Time Web Parsing and Contextual Conversations

Sep 5, 2024

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Introduction: In Episode 6 of the Intro to Generative A.I. series, Daniel shifts the focus from basic search techniques to more dynamic, on-the-fly AI applications. He …
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Ep. 5: Key Techniques for Accurate AI-Driven Information Retrieval

Aug 22, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 5 of our Intro to Generative AI series! In this episode, Daniel explores practical techniques for enhancing AI models’ ability to …
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Ep. 4: Streamlining Prompt Engineering and Context Handling in Generative AI

Aug 8, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 4 of our Intro to Generative AI series! In this episode, Daniel dives into the essential technique of prompt engineering, focusing on …
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Ep. 12: Implementing Robust Transaction Handling in Go

Aug 5, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 12 of our Ultimate Software Design series! In this final installment, Bill guides us through the advanced implementation of transaction …
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Ep. 11: Enhancing Go Code with Effective Application Layer Tests

Jul 30, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 11 of our Ultimate Software Design series! In this episode, Bill delves into the intricacies of implementing robust application layer …
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Ep. 3: Proper Prompt Formatting for Enhanced AI Model Performance

Jul 25, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 3 of our Intro to Generative AI series! In this episode, Daniel explores the critical aspect of prompt formatting when working with AI …
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Ep. 10: Building Secure Go Systems: Key Management, Middleware, and Error Handling

Jul 23, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 10 of our Ultimate Software Design series! In this episode, Bill dives into the integration of authentication and authorization …
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Ep. 9: Go Package Design: Authorization and API Structures

Jul 17, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 9 of our Ultimate Software Design series! In this episode, Bill delves into the intricacies of implementing robust authorization and API …
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Ep. 2: Mastering LLM Integration with Go and Prediction Guard

Jul 6, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 2 of our Intro to Generative AI series! In this segment, Daniel dives into the practical aspects of working with large language models …
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Ep. 8: Enhancing Go Application Security with JWT and OPA

Jul 2, 2024

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Introduction: In this segment, Bill delves into the fundamental aspects of authentication and authorization, equipping Go developers with essential knowledge and advanced …
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Ep. 1: Enhancing Your Go Projects with Generative AI: Exploring LLMs

Jun 20, 2024

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Introduction: Welcome to the first episode of our “Intro to Generative A.I” series! In this episode, Daniel dives into the intriguing world of large language …
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Ep. 7: Building Resilient Go Applications: Key Error Handling Techniques

Jun 20, 2024

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Introduction: Going into more detail on error handling, Bill provides a comprehensive overview of effective strategies and best practices for Go developers. By exploring …
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Ep. 6: GoRoutines and Error Handling: Essential Techniques for Software Engineers

Jun 14, 2024

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Introduction: Continue the dive into the complexities of Go’s concurrency model in this segment of the “Ultimate Software Design” series, where Bill …
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Ep. 5: Efficient Concurrency in Go: Managing GoRoutines and Load Shedding

Jun 11, 2024

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Introduction: In this installment, Bill delves into the concept of load shedding in Go, explaining its importance in managing GoRoutines and ensuring clean shutdowns. How …
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Ep. 4: Mastering Kubernetes Networking: Essential Insights for Efficient Deployment

Jun 3, 2024

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Introduction: In this detailed discussion, Bill delves into the critical aspects of networking within Kubernetes clusters, emphasizing the necessity of properly defining …
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Ep. 3: Mastering Kubernetes: Setting Up Environments with Kind

May 28, 2024

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Introduction: In this installment of the Ultimate Software Design series, Bill guides us through setting up a Kubernetes environment using Kubernetes inside Docker …
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Ep. 2: Elevating Software Design in Go: Package Architecture in Modern Development

May 21, 2024

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Introduction: In this insightful episode, Bill dives deep into the realm of package design, shedding light on its crucial role in software development. Here are three key …
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Ep. 6: Exploring Concurrency Pitfalls: Rust vs. C++ and Go

May 20, 2024

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Introduction: Join Herbert in an insightful discussion on concurrency, where he tackles the complexities of data races and how various programming languages address them: …
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Ep. 1: Mastering Software Design: Architectural Layers and Coding Modes

May 14, 2024

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Introduction: Embark on a journey into the heart of software design with the Ultimate Software Design series, where Bill navigates through the intricacies of crafting …
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Ep. 5: Rust Safe at any Speed: Clearly Indicating Intent

May 13, 2024

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Introduction: Delving into the intricate realm of type coercion, Herbert’s insights offer invaluable guidance for Rust developers grappling with the complexities of …
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Ep. 4: Type Coercion in Rust: Ensuring Safety and Preventing Data Loss

May 3, 2024

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Introduction: Delving into the intricate realm of type coercion, Herbert’s insights offer invaluable guidance for Rust developers grappling with the complexities of …
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Ep. 3: Ensuring Data Integrity in Rust: Battling Overflow and Underflow

Apr 29, 2024

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Introduction: Delving into the critical issues of overflow and underflow, Herbert’s insights offer valuable takeaways for Rust developers: Rust’s static …
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Ep. 2: Mastering Memory Safety: Rust's Defense Against Use After Free & Use After Move

Apr 22, 2024

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Introduction: Exploring the critical issues of “use after free” and “use after move,” Herbert’s insights offer a valuable understanding to Rust …
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Ep. 1: Defending Against Memory Breaches: Exploring Rust and Go's Safety Mechanisms

Apr 15, 2024

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Introduction: Rust’s memory safety features are advantageous to Rust developers because they: Ensure robust protection against buffer overflows and underflows, …
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Interfaces 101 : Extensible API Handlers Ep. 10

Apr 3, 2023

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Introduction In episode 9, Miki discussed how a command flag can be decoded into a user defined type with the Value interface. As a recap, the Value interface consists of …
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Interfaces 101 : Parsing Command Flags Ep. 9

Mar 27, 2023

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Introduction In episode 8, Miki developed a Go HTTP client that had a method to check the health of a theoretical API. The method would construct the request URL and …
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Interfaces 101 : Testing with a Mock Interface Ep. 8

Mar 20, 2023

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Introduction In episode 7, Miki discussed design considerations to keep in mind while creating interfaces in Go with the first idea he proposed being that an interface …
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Interfaces 101 : Interface Design Considerations Ep. 7

Mar 13, 2023

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Introduction In episode 6, Miki built a logger package with the aim of making it as versatile as possible. To achieve this, he constructed his logger object with a …
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Interfaces 101 : Interface Type Assertion Ep. 6

Mar 7, 2023

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Introduction In episode 5, Miki wrote a function that counted the number of lines in a file with interfaces. The first thing his function did was to open a file with Go’s …
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Interfaces 101 : Determine LOC with io.Writer Ep. 5

Feb 27, 2023

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Introduction In episode 4, Miki defined an enumerated type that satisfied Go’s fmt.Stringer interface. By implementing the fmt.Stringer interface, Miki can specify how …
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Interfaces 101 : Go's Logging Interface Ep. 4

Feb 21, 2023

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Introduction In episode 3, Miki implemented a type that satisfied Go’s error interface. The odd thing about his type was it would be considered not-nil although no value …
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Interfaces 101 : Error Handling With Go Ep. 3

Feb 13, 2023

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Introduction In episode 2, Miki examined the impact interfaces have on the performance of a Go program. To perform this experiment, Miki invoked a type’s method in two …
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Interfaces 101 : Heap Escape Ep. 2

Feb 8, 2023

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Introduction In episode 1, Miki had two functions that performed the similar operation, but returned different types. To refactor this, Miki rewrote both functions as a …
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Interfaces 101 : Implementing Generics with Interfaces Ep. 1

Jan 31, 2023

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Introduction Go interfaces are beneficial to Go developers because they: Allow interfaces to separate mechanism from behavior. Increase flexibility of function …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 20

Jan 27, 2023

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Introduction In episode 19, Bill designed and implemented the data structure for an account on his blockchain. This type will have a nonce field to ensure incoming …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 18

Jan 24, 2023

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Introduction In episode 17, Bill began to design an in-memory accounting database that will store the account balances on his blockchain. To build this database, Bill …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 19

Jan 24, 2023

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Introduction In episode 18, Bill defined the Go type that will represent a transaction and implemented the methods to validate one. While developing the transaction type, …
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Table driven tests in Go

Jan 19, 2023

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Introduction Table tests are a great way to test different inputs and associated outputs for a function in Go. To write a table test, you define a slice of some data …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 17

Jan 19, 2023

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Introduction In episode 16, Bill implemented additional means of verification for his blockchain’s transactions. The first update he made was to verify if a transaction …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 16

Jan 17, 2023

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Introduction In episode 15, Bill architected a solution to ensure all the users on his blockchain were given a unique identifier. His approach consisted of essentially …
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Writing an HTTP handler function in Go

Jan 17, 2023

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Introduction When an API requires implementation details from the user, many developers use an interface for help. However, another way to allow developers to provide …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 15

Jan 12, 2023

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Introduction In episode 14, Bill architected a solution to digitally sign the transactions on his blockchain. His solution retrieved the private key by : loading private …
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Writing testable examples in Go

Jan 12, 2023

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Introduction Google developed Go to be an alternative to C++ with the internet and scale in mind. Go’s toolchain automates tasks that are easily overlooked, and amongst …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 13

Jan 11, 2023

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Introduction In episode 12, Bill laid out his strategy to handle data hashing on his blockchain. The first step he took was to create a package to handle the …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 14

Jan 11, 2023

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Introduction In episode 13, Bill discussed the idea of adding salt to a hash and how modern crypto-currency blockchains use it to better interpret requests sent to nodes. …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 12

Jan 4, 2023

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Introduction In episode 11, Bill highlighted the issue of identity verification and provided a solution to this problem. The solution proposed was to cryptographically …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 10

Jan 3, 2023

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Introduction In episode 9, Bill introduced the idea of the genesis record and its role in his blockchain. As a recap, the genesis record will be used to customize the …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 11

Jan 3, 2023

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Introduction In episode 10, Bill dove into the technical implementation of his genesis record and defined a custom Go type representing the record. While doing so, he …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 9

Dec 20, 2022

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Introduction In episode 8, Bill wanted to build a blockchain in Go and began to lay the groundwork for the project. Go is a good choice because its standard library has …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 7

Dec 19, 2022

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Introduction In episode 6, Bill gives an overview of what consensus algorithms are and how these algorithms ensure distributed databases are in sync. Moving forward Bill …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 8

Dec 19, 2022

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Introduction In the first part of the series, Bill designed a dependency management system. The dependency manager needed to be distributed, transparent, …
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Generics vs. Interfaces

Dec 16, 2022

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Introduction In this video, Paulo shows the benefit of leveraging generic functions to write less code that does more. He starts by walking you through an API server he …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 5

Dec 16, 2022

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Introduction In case you missed episode 4, Bill attempted to integrate current database sharing solutions to solve the “database ownership” problem his dependency manager …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 6

Dec 16, 2022

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Introduction In the last video, Bill left off talking about proof of work (PoW) algorithms. In a distributed and decentralized environment, PoW used to be the gold …
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Understanding Go's Time Format

Dec 16, 2022

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Introduction Most apps that work with time values eventually need to display time to a user. Go has a unique way of allowing you to specify how to display time values …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 3

Dec 14, 2022

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Introduction In episode 2, Bill designed a database for his dependency manager to enable Go developers to have reproducible,durable and secure builds. This database will …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 4

Dec 14, 2022

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Introduction In episode 3, Bill needed to figure out how to share ownership of his dependency manager’s database in a secure and efficient manner. Bill is the only …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 2

Dec 13, 2022

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Introduction In episode 1, Bill finished by describing the dependency management conundrum Go faced in its early days. Prior to the Go team providing the module system, …
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Ultimate Go: Advanced Engineering Episode 1

Dec 12, 2022

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Introduction In this video, Bill will introduce the concepts of what a blockchain is, the benefits of a blockchain, and the network environment it operates in. Bill …
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