Climate conferences are dying. How to save the world now? – POLITICO

BAKU, Azerbaijan — As the red-eye flight from London made its final descent into Baku, the sunrise lit up the eastern sky, turning the Caspian Sea into a blaze of orange. Most of the passengers were heading to COP29, a two-week climate conference featuring almost 200 nations held in oil-rich Azerbaijan. The mood on the […]

Europe’s right wing shows Trump how to do climate, MAGA-style – POLITICO

A senior climate negotiator for a European right-wing government said the economic argument was a no-brainer. “Our companies see they can make money from the green transition,” he said. “And the earlier you start the transformation, the bigger a winner you’ll be as a company or a country.”  2. Reduce immigration  Promising to limit immigration […]

How to write clean code

Why Write Clean Code? ⛩️ Imagine if you tried to find something in a messy room—you’d waste time searching, right? The same goes for messy code! It’s HARDER to find problems or understand what’s happening. With clean code, you can avoid that mess. You know what?.. By writing clean code you will save other developers […]

How to Crack a DevOps Interview in One Attempt: A Complete Guide for Freshers and Experienced

Cracking a DevOps interview can be challenging for both freshers and experienced engineers. This guide aims to equip you with essential skills, tools, and methodologies to help you succeed in your DevOps interview. Table of Contents Understand the DevOps Role Prepare the Fundamentals Intermediate to Advanced DevOps Topics Common DevOps Interview Questions Soft Skills and […]

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich: How to Optimize Java for the 1BRC

Java applications passed the 1 Billion Row Challenge (1BRC) from January 2024 in 1.5 seconds. 1BRC creator Gunnar Morling, Software Engineer at Decodable, detailed how the participants optimized Java at the InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2024. General optimizations applicable to all Java applications cut the runtime from 290 seconds to 20 seconds using parallel loading/processing and optimized parsing. […]

How to make your Express app 9x faster (and type-safe)

💡 This guide shows you how to migrate an existing Express.js app to Encore.ts, an Open Source backend framework for TypeScript, to unlock a 9x performance boost. Why migrate? Express.js is great for simple APIs, but as your app scales, you may face limitations. While the large Express.js community offers plugins and middleware to help, […]

How to Minimize Latency and Cost in Distributed Systems

Key Takeaways Distributed Systems spanning over multiple availability zones can incur significant data transfer costs and performance bottlenecks. Organizations can reduce costs and latencies by applying zone aware routing techniques without sacrificing reliability and high availability. Zone Aware Routing is a strategy designed to optimize network costs and latency by directing traffic […]

How to Promote Primitive Values To Value Objects

I originally posted this post on my blog a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Not every primitive value deserves to be promoted to a value object. Some time ago, at a past job, I reviewed a pull request that triggered a discussion about when to use value objects instead of primitive […]

How to Build Your Online Presence as a Developer

When entering a career, you have to find something that makes you competitive—something that makes someone say, “Hey, I want to hire this person so we can work together on this product or project.” There are many ways to achieve this. You can be skilled, you can have a good network, you can have rich […]