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Dmitry Krivaltsevich
Architecture
Apache Kafka Internals
an unofficial, source-derived study of how Kafka works inside, and what its log design teaches as an architectural pattern
2019
Sometimes It Is Worth Not To Make Software
the Standish numbers, and the case for writing no code at all
-1e-33
today I broke my calculator
It Doesn't Work in Theory, but It Is All Right in Practice
things impossible in theory that turn out fine in practice
Full Movie In One Shot
stacking every frame of a film into a single long-exposure image
The Half-life of Software
half of today's software leaves the market within four years
The Hourglass Model
why a fatter waist layer can support fewer applications
Theory of computation is beautiful
two paragraphs that made me buy a book
Google OR-Tools
combinatorial optimization, AdWords, and a number with 360 digits
Why I Started This Blog
a Zettelkasten, a 'personal Google', and a list of things to write about