Today’s article is all about the importance of writing and its usefulness in advancing your career. Clear writing in a work context is even more important now for those who are working remotely. It might be time for me to start making updates to this blog again - out of self-interest if for no other reason. I have been collecting topics and ideas to write about, I’ve just lacked motivation to put hands to keyboard. ...
Today’s article I’d like to share with you is: Semantic Compression. The title doesn’t say much about the content of the article to someone who hasn’t read it, so I’ll give a brief overview. The author demonstrates his approach to object-oriented design through a very detailed programming example. Instead of starting with a design based on real world entities, he argues that you should start by adding the features you need in procedural style code. ...
Today’s linked article gives a very in depth introduction to doing full text search in Postgres. The author demonstrates everything with numerous code examples. Their assertion is that for smaller projects, postgres provides all the features you need and you won’t require a more specialized search system. February 2022 updated: I replaced the original link with the Wayback Machine due to the original website no longer existing.
I highly recommend having a read through this talk: Move Fast and Break Nothing. There are some great ideas in it on continuous development, testing, communication and learning/teaching on the job. Well worth the time to read through and think about whether you can apply some of the points in it to your work. A note about this blog: I’m going to try and get into a more regular cadence of posts. ...