DDIA, the MIT distributed systems course reading list, and CMU lecture videos are good starting points for backend developers wanting to learn databases / distributed systems.
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Going back to my roots on writing about the inner workings of things, a breakdown of key-value databases and how you might make one from scratch:
https://t.co/Dpy0TGQpZO
ai coding pro tip:
scaffold out your file with incomplete functions and TODO comments
agents are very good at filling in the blanks!
this post and the amp threads are well worth reading to learn how to code real-world apps with ai
I've shared the full transcript of every agentic coding session from implementing the unobtrusive Ghostty updates and provided commentary alongside about my thinking and process. Total cost: $15.98 over 16 sessions. "Vibing a Non-Trivial Ghostty Feature" https://t.co/kRUSWyMSyW
TUIs are coming back and and I love it.
I wonder how TUIs are written for claude code, gemini cli, github copilot cli and the new rovo dev (atlassian).
The new coding agent in the market is from Atlassian!
They just released Rovo Dev, and you have two ways to take advantage of it:
1. Using the CLI from your terminal to plan, generate code, refactor, document, and manage Jira work items.
2. Directly from GitHub and Bitbucket for code reviews and analyzing pull requests.
This is huge, especially for companies that use Atlassian products every day!
Some of what Rovo Dev has to offer:
1. Code planning
2. Assistance with writing code
3. Code reviews
4. Assistance with deploying
5. Pipeline troubleshooting
6. Enterprise-level security
7. MCP support
8. Zero data retention (this is a big deal!)
My favorite one is the ability to manage issues in Jira directly from the command line.
I used Jira for over 10 years (who hasn't?), and having the ability to work and manage Jira issues directly from my terminal sounds equally awesome and crazy.
Here is the link with more information about Rovo Dev: https://t.co/llhQE51GYE
Thanks to the @Atlassian team for partnering with me on this post.
The public preview of Github Copilot CLI launched today, and if you install it, you'll be welcomed by little ASCII art welcome banner that I animated. Creating it ended up being great example of how vibe-coding has entered my toolbelt. Nerdy deets in 🧵...