When we started work on Linear, we felt real-time sync was a core functionality we had to invest in from the get-go. It turns out sync was important, but not for the reasons we thought. Read on.

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For discussion I refer you to Waldo et al.’s classic “A Note on Distributed Computing”, which is still as true today as it was 30 years ago scholar.harvard.edu/files/waldo/fi…

Locking is often used in places it isn't required. Fly knows this and is moving away from it. "How to do distributed locking" by Martin Kleppmann is the best writing on the subject that I know about. martin.kleppmann.com/2016/02/08/how…

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Happiness is seeing this after a huge code reorg.

PEP 684 has been accepted!!! Expect to see a per-interpreter GIL in Python 3.12. I'm so excited! This has been many years in the making. Thanks to the many people that have helped! Come to my PyCon US talk 2 weeks from today to learn more. discuss.python.org/t/pep-684-a-pe…

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sonnet.io/posts/sit "In this article I’ll be using Sit. as an excuse to talk about some wider ideas (motivation, mental health, iterative design processes)." A great read.

Just finished reading: linear.app/method A very practical and concise set of "best practices" for building software.

“If there’s anything I see juniors often miss, it’s this. Careful, repeated, even obsessive, study of their own work. For programmers that means poring over the pull request until it’s as aesthetically pleasing as it is functionally correct.” world.hey.com/dhh/commit-to-…

Wow. Never thought this way. dubroy.com/blog/cold-bloo…

Raycast on macOS is exceptional, combining delight and utility. It's become a staple in my frequent usage. Raycast 🚀

"A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable." microsoft.com/en-us/research…

In the near future, programmers are expected to shift their focus from "writing code" to "reviewing code." Github Next's Copilot Workspace is magical, particularly for handling small refactoring tasks.

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