Software Engineering Blog, page 7
Notes on software engineering from the Atyantik practice.
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Tushar Sharma
WordPress postmeta vs custom tables: making the call before it's too late
Postmeta vs custom tables in WordPress: count the joins a meta_query writes, read its EXPLAIN plan, and decide when a post type needs its own table.
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Tushar Sharma
WordPress Composer PSR-4 npm: how to structure a large plugin estate, and what the autoloader really buys
A WordPress Composer PSR-4 npm setup for large sites: map namespaces to folders, prefix bundled libraries, build assets, and time each autoload mode.
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Kalpesh Patel
The top AI programming languages, chosen for each layer of an AI stack
The top AI programming languages by layer: Python to train, C++ and CUDA for kernels, Rust for runtimes, TypeScript or Go to serve, with usage data.
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Ishan Chavda
Svelte AI streaming UX patterns: build a chat UI where every reply is a small state machine
Svelte AI streaming UX patterns for a chat UI: one $state class per reply, a SvelteKit stream route, AbortController stop, retry and a polite status line.
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Margi Varmora
How to fix MySQL performance bottlenecks and slow MySQL queries in production
Fix MySQL performance bottlenecks and slow MySQL queries in triage order: the slow query log, total time, EXPLAIN ANALYZE, an index, then memory.
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Ishan Chavda
The AI content workflow WordPress can run without plugins: a REST route, WP-Cron and a person who publishes
Build an AI content workflow WordPress runs with no plugins: a REST route, a WP-Cron worker, pending drafts and only a person with publish_posts to publish.
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Margi Varmora
Laravel queues at scale: the timer order and worker sum that stop double runs
Laravel queues at scale: keep every timeout under retry_after, size workers from job time, run Horizon on Redis, and make each job safe to run twice.
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Ronak Makwana
What happens when you hit a URL: from typing it and pressing enter to a page on screen
What happens when you hit a URL and press enter: each step from DNS to render, timed with curl on five real sites, plus the parts of a URL and its limits.
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Ajay Patel
Custom software vs off-the-shelf software: when tailor-made software development pays off
Custom software vs off-the-shelf software, slice by slice: buy the common parts, build the one that sets you apart, and time it with break-even math.
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Maulik Macwan
What is a CPU cache, and why is it faster than RAM?
What is a CPU cache, and why is it faster than RAM? The SRAM vs DRAM cell, refresh timing, on-die distance, and a benchmark that plots each cache level.
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Ajay Patel
Managing project timelines without compromising quality: buffers, limits and the scope trade
Size the buffer from past releases, cap work in progress, trade scope, not tests: managing project timelines through common project delivery challenges.
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Ajay Patel
Cross-functional team communication on a software product team, decided pair by pair
Cross-functional team communication for software product teams: count the paths, choose live talk or a written interface per role pair, and log decisions.
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