What actually happens when you start a Temporal workflow? We trace every SQL statement, count the event-history nodes, and then watch Absurd — a 5-table, single-SQL-file system — do the same job with one-fifth the queries and twenty-times the throughput.
Can one bank absorb India's entire daily UPI volume? A first-principles design exercise with real benchmarks: TigerBeetle vs PostgreSQL, traced with eBPF down to the io_uring and fsync calls.
Tiger Style is a coding philosophy focused on safety, performance, and developer experience. Inspired by the practices of TigerBeetle, it focuses on building robust, efficient, and maintainable software through disciplined engineering.
A battle-tested deep dive into designing a location-based dating app that handles 2 billion swipes per day. We'll dissect the real engineering challenges: the geospatial nightmare, the cold start problem, chat delivery guarantees, and why your recommendation engine will make or break everything.