My next instalment on distributed systems after Elasticsearch and Redis is Apache Kafka. The intended audience, as usual, is absolute beginners with distributed systems. I’ve spent a significant amount of time on doing the diagrams to facilitate explanations. Please consider subscribing and giving a thumbs up if you’ve liked the content. Read more…
After the success of the post “Building a Python REST API with Flask”, a worthy follow up is how to go from sending static data to streaming data and putting it in a React Table that shows the values in real-time. This is somewhere in the top 5 most asked Read more…
In the past two or so months, I’ve immersed myself in the world of Apache Lucene and Elasticsearch. I wanted to share the knowledge I’ve gathered and have distilled it in less than 20 slides. It’s intended for anyone interested in starting to use Elasticsearch and understanding how is it Read more…
When I made the switch from finance to software development, I was doing mostly scripting on small projects, nothing major. Since I started the job, I learned a bunch of very valuable lessons. I didn’t have a Computer Science degree, just a passion to tinker and invent things. Many of Read more…
Starting up in Computer Science could be a scary experience for many, but there’s nothing to be afraid of. Everybody starts somewhere. The below 5 books are my personal favorites that provide high quality knowldege in a well presented manner. Worth the read! Enjoy!