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backend swe @ ebay | upskilling | experimenting with AI

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2022 goal:

Learn the art of patience 💗

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@dev_maims i dont think so

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@sync_ise consistency hands down!

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Practical rules I’m taking forward:

• Start with: ~2 × CPU cores (upper bound)
• Size using traffic
• Keep utilization < 80%
• Separate pools for different workloads
• Always monitor & adjust

Right sizing = free performance 🚀

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Learnings from this https://t.co/mkX6RnNvga video about pool sizing:

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The real danger isn’t too few connections.
It’s too many.
At high utilization (>80%):
• wait times spike 📈
• context switching kills CPU
• DB throughput drops

This is where Kingman’s insight matters:
Small load increase → huge latency jump.

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@arpit_bhayani Thank you!

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@ishandutta0098 @terizohrajabeen agreed

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@arpit_bhayani agreed

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this feeling

[Fernando @Franc0Fernand0]

the essence of being a software engineer is simply not giving up when you're stuck

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the essence of being a software engineer is simply not giving up when you're stuck

[pulkit mittal @pulkit_mittal_]

As a backend developer in 2026, how many of these 10 terms do you understand?

1. Idempotency
2. Backpressure
3. Circuit Breaker
4. Eventual Consistency
5. Distributed Lock
6. Exactly-Once vs At-Least-Once Delivery
7. Cold Start
8. High Cardinality Metrics
9. Sharding vs Partitioning
10. P99 Latency

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@khushiirl unpopular opinion which should be popular

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@ishtwts it is a lifestyle at this

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@DanielLockyer couldn't agree more

[Daniel Lockyer @DanielLockyer]

It's sad that we promote and encourage complexity in the tech industry

I'd love to see more of a push towards simple solutions to problems

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@kartik_singhhh @ycombinator lol i got one too few days back

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@archiexzzz these days I am actually considering a mba since the tech environment is shitty now :((