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Exploring Greece's innovative fight against tax evasion: QR codes, snitching apps, and VAT lotteries
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daanmiddendorp.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Macedonia, the northern part of Greece, offers a beautiful green landscape with a crystal clear Mediterranean Sea. But that is not the only thing that I find interesting. After spending a couple of days here and visiting some local restaurants and coffee shops, the QR code printed on every receipt got my curiosity. Let’s find out how the Greek are fighting tax evasion. Example receipt with QR code Tracking every transaction Scann....
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Happy Easter y’all. I’ve been a bit busy with work and home, so I’m just going to quickly list the books for last month.
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If you are using a standard installation of Gitlab with Docker, it means that you are using the omnibus Gitlab installation. And it's excellent! What is not that great however is that the upgrade way is not well documented . But it's actually super-easy: Modify your docker-compose.
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Cryptocurrencies have been varying in popularity over the past 4 years. This is largely down to the almost systematic bull runs which loosely follow the Bitcoin halving cycles. And are then followed by a bear market which completely wipes any gains for multiple gamblers/investors. While the application and utility of cryptocurrencies is something which seems […] The post Proposal for an Industry-Wide Crypto Recovery Plan appeared first ..
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The Ancient Greek Secret to Leadership Transformation: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
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leadershiptales.substack.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Whether you're a seasoned executive or an up-and-coming leader, this post will provide valuable insights into the power of effective communication and how to master it.
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📈💰☁️ The Rise of FinOps: How Cloud Financial Operations Are Transforming Business
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james-carr.org
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3 years ago
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eng
Hey really quick, can you put together some cost forecasts for the coming year for our AWS and GCP costs?” At some point in your career, you may receive this kind of request from your manager, VP of Engineering, CTO, CFO, or CEO. You might explore Cost Explorer, put together some fancy graphs and breakdowns, and send them over, thinking you’re done. Not even close. This request will predictably be followed up with requests to find ways to r..
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Understanding Message Queues: The Key to Building Reliable and Scalable Systems
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Message queues have become a fundamental part of modern software systems, allowing developers to build distributed, reliable, and scalable applications. In this article, we will explore the concept of message queues, their architecture, and their use cases in both technical and layman terms. Whether you are building a simple application or a complex system, understanding message queues is essential to designing a robust and efficient soluti..
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Understanding Back Pressure in Message Queues: A Guide for Developers
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Are you tired of dealing with message queues that slow down or crash under heavy loads? Back pressure is a common issue that many developers face when working with message queues. But fear not! This guide will explain everything you need to know about back pressure, including how it works, why it's important, and how to master it.
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This is a new update of the PADD script by yubiuser. But in this mod I changed how PADD is displaying the percentage of RAM used by Pi-Hole system. Why? Because the original script is display the percentage of all the overall RAM used by Pi-Hole: cached, buffered, etc… and I didn’t like it, indeed I’m interested in the real/physical RAM usage by the Pi-Hole, so I tweaked the bash script and now it display the real RAM usage percentage and..
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This is a new update of the PADD script by yubiuser. But in this mod I changed how PADD is displaying the percentage of RAM used by Pi-Hole system. Why? Because the original script is display the percentage of all the overall RAM used by Pi-Hole: cached, buffered, etc… and I didn’t like it, indeed I’m interested in the real/physical RAM usage by the Pi-Hole, so I tweaked the bash script and now it display the real RAM usage percentage and..
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Understanding Message Queues: The Key to Building Reliable and Scalable Systems
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Message queues have become a fundamental part of modern software systems, allowing developers to build distributed, reliable, and scalable applications. In this article, we will explore the concept of message queues, their architecture, and their use cases in both technical and layman terms. Whether you are building a simple application or a complex system, understanding message queues is essential to designing a robust and efficient soluti..
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Understanding Back Pressure in Message Queues: A Guide for Developers
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Are you tired of dealing with message queues that slow down or crash under heavy loads? Back pressure is a common issue that many developers face when working with message queues. But fear not! This guide will explain everything you need to know about back pressure, including how it works, why it's important, and how to master it.
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Understanding Message Queues: The Key to Building Reliable and Scalable Systems
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Message queues have become a fundamental part of modern software systems, allowing developers to build distributed, reliable, and scalable applications. In this article, we will explore the concept of message queues, their architecture, and their use cases in both technical and layman terms. Whether you are building a simple application or a complex system, understanding message queues is essential to designing a robust and efficient soluti..
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Understanding Back Pressure in Message Queues: A Guide for Developers
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Are you tired of dealing with message queues that slow down or crash under heavy loads? Back pressure is a common issue that many developers face when working with message queues. But fear not! This guide will explain everything you need to know about back pressure, including how it works, why it's important, and how to master it.
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Life is what happens in the space between´. Indeed, since the last update article a world pandemic has passed, truces have been signed in some countries, new wars have started in others, climate is going increasingly haywire, and the global political and economic turmoils have led to protests and revolts in countless places. The world keeps moving and I'm but a tiny spec in the grand scheme of things. Yet, you're reading this article, so yo..
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Breaking the Mold: How Simple Framing Can Build Engineering Leaders Out Of Engineering Managers
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leadershiptales.substack.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Aspiring engineering leaders rely too much on their technical prowess to climb the ranks. But, what got them here won't get them farther without effective communication skills
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3 underrated productivity tips which doesn't need any app
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www.unsungnovelty.org
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3 years ago
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eng
Last couple of years saw a huge rise in productivity apps and people talking about it. If the marketing is to be believed, it feels like we always need an app for productivity. Which is why you usually see people talk about productivity by using a fancy new app. But here are my 3 picks for producitity that you can try out NOW without the need for any apps. I consider these as the foundations of my productivity journey. Writing notes physic....
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Compared to prior versions, GPT-4 is more capable at writing fiction. Combined with its advances in reasoning, this allows it to maintain a consistent state in a fictional universe as it emulates a text-based adventure game like the classic Zork. In this article, I’ll explain how to convert GPT-4 into a game engine for interactive text-based adventure games with just two simple steps: Create a descriptive lore to define the universe ....
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It’s April Cools again. For a few summers in high school and undergrad, I was a day camp counselor. I’ve written before about how it helped me develop storytelling skills, but recently I thought of it again because, while I was cleaning out a closet full of old junk, I happened upon a bag of embroidery thread. While stereotypically used to sew flowers into a pillowcase or write “home sweet home” on a hoop, at summer camps embroidery thread ..
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It’s April Cools again. For a few summers in high school and undergrad, I was a day camp counselor. I’ve written before about how it helped me develop storytelling skills, but recently I thought of it again because, while I was cleaning out a closet full of old junk, I happened upon a bag of embroidery thread. While stereotypically used to sew flowers into a pillowcase or write “home sweet home” on a hoop, at summer camps embroidery thread ..
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It’s April Cools again. For a few summers in high school and undergrad, I was a day camp counselor. I’ve written before about how it helped me develop storytelling skills, but recently I thought of it again because, while I was cleaning out a closet full of old junk, I happened upon a bag of embroidery thread. While stereotypically used to sew flowers into a pillowcase or write “home sweet home” on a hoop, at summer camps embroidery thread ..
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March 30, 2023: Pulmonary VAEs COVID-19 vaccination may be associated with pleural effusion in healthy individuals, with or without the concurrent diagnosis of myocarditis or pericarditis, without any infection.March 28, 2023: Multiorgan inflammation Multisystem Inflammation can occur in children and adults post-vaccination.March 27, 2023: Post-vaccinal ALS A case of ALS being diagnosed in an otherwise healthy individual following the J&J C..
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What I've been up to Wow, it's Q2 already! I spent a couple of weeks in Paris last month, where I worked remotely and found some amazing coffee. For Postcard - I rebuilt the post-writing ...
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What I've been up to Wow, it's Q2 already! I spent a couple of weeks in Paris last month, where I worked remotely and found some amazing coffee. For Postcard - I rebuilt the post-writing ...
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What is a Cache and How Does it Speed Up Your Applications?
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Caching is a powerful technique used by software engineers to speed up their applications. But what exactly is a cache, and how does it work? In this article, we'll dive into the technical details of caching, explain how it can improve the performance of your applications, and provide real-world examples to help you better understand this essential concept.
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Race conditions can cause unpredictable and hard-to-reproduce bugs in software systems. In this article, we'll explain what race conditions are, why they occur, and how you can design your system to avoid them.
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Last edited 2025-10-11 When I first heard about this, I didn’t think it made much sense. When I was using virtualbox on a macbook running windows, I could see the performance degradation inside the VM in comparison to normal system use on the host machine. With GPU passthrough, I can’t really tell the difference between host and guest machine performance anymore (in most scenarios). It took me a while to discover this and when I did, I boug..
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What is a Cache and How Does it Speed Up Your Applications?
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Caching is a powerful technique used by software engineers to speed up their applications. But what exactly is a cache, and how does it work? In this article, we'll dive into the technical details of caching, explain how it can improve the performance of your applications, and provide real-world examples to help you better understand this essential concept.
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Race conditions can cause unpredictable and hard-to-reproduce bugs in software systems. In this article, we'll explain what race conditions are, why they occur, and how you can design your system to avoid them.
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What is a Cache and How Does it Speed Up Your Applications?
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Caching is a powerful technique used by software engineers to speed up their applications. But what exactly is a cache, and how does it work? In this article, we'll dive into the technical details of caching, explain how it can improve the performance of your applications, and provide real-world examples to help you better understand this essential concept.
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Race conditions can cause unpredictable and hard-to-reproduce bugs in software systems. In this article, we'll explain what race conditions are, why they occur, and how you can design your system to avoid them.
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Optimizing the feedback loop: a key to great developer productivity
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medium.com
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3 years ago
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eng
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How to Treat an Image as a Vector for Machine Learning
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numbersallthewaydown.com
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3 years ago
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eng
Computers don't perceive the world in the same way we do. So, a common point of confusion for students just starting out with machine learning is how to bridge the gap between fully colored images and the sequence of numbers that a computer uses. We will focus on explaining this gap in this article.
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