Softinio's Notes on Software Engineering - Issue 8
Companion Newsletter of www.softinio.com
Welcome to issue 8 of my notes.
🌟 Welcome to My Latest Personal Tech Dive! 🌟
Hey there! It's been a whirlwind of activity on my end, and I'm excited to share some significant updates that I've been working on to enhance our journey through the tech landscape together. Let's jump right in:
🚀 Big News: My Blog's Fresh Look & Unified YouTube Content!
I'm thrilled to share that my blog has undergone a major transformation! This isn't just about a new coat of paint—it's a deep clean and consolidation of my content to ensure you get a superior user experience focused on speed and ease of access. I want every visit to be a delight, with everything you need right at your fingertips.
🔗 Discover the New Blog Here:
As for my YouTube presence, I've streamlined my channels into one, organizing everything into playlists for easier navigation. This means no matter what you're interested in, you'll find it quickly and without hassle.
But here's an important distinction: while my YouTube channel serves as a great platform for sharing, my self-hosted PeerTube website is where all my videos live ad-free. That's right, an uninterrupted, clean viewing experience, just for you. And the best part? If you're on Mastodon, you can use your account to comment on or like my content directly on PeerTube. It's all about creating a seamless, interactive community across platforms.
🔗 Subscribe to My YouTube Channel:
🔗 Watch all the content Ad-Free on PeerTube:
🌐 My New Mastodon Home!
I've been a part of the Mastodon community for a while now, embracing the decentralized, open nature of social media. But I'm taking it a step further by setting up my own Mastodon instance. This isn't just a new address; it's my new home on the internet where I'll be sharing updates, engaging in discussions, and connecting with you on a more personal level.
If you've been following me on Mastodon, I need you to make a small but crucial update: follow me on my new instance. This move is all about creating a space where we can have richer, more meaningful interactions.
🔗 Join Me on My New Mastodon Instance:
Look forward to a future post where I'll delve deeper into the benefits of decentralized social media and how our new Mastodon space can enhance our conversations and community engagement.
🎤 Talks I Did at Conferences
In fall I had the privilege of doing talks at two prestiges conferences here in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Both of my talks were focused on Using Nix and NixOS as your ultimate tool as part of your development workflow.
Scale By The Bay 2023
Big thank you to Alexy Khrabrov and Oli Makhasoeva and team for having me as speaker. It was awesome being part of Scale By the Bays 10th Anniversary conference. Truly the best independent developer conference in the Bay Area.
For full details of my talk with links to its recording and slides visit:
Streamline Your Development Workflow: Harnessing the Power of NixOS and Nix Package
PyBay 2023
Big thank you to James Abel, Phoebe Polk and team for having me as speaker at PyBay 2023.
For full details of my talk with links to its recording and slides visit:
Elevating Python Development with Nix Package Manager
📰 What have I been reading this week
These are some of the articles I have read this week that I have really enjoyed:
Building a functional, effectful Distributed System from scratch in Scala 3
I loved how the author spent his time whilst looking for his next opportunity. Inspired to do more with Scala 3 and find the time for more side projects.
As a data engineer the author realized that all data platforms he uses are build on top of distributed system so he embarked on creating one of his own using Scala 3 and Cats Effect.
This is fantastic way to learn and keep your skills sharp.
Open sourcing Pingora: our Rust framework for building programmable network services
Cloudflare announced in this article the open sourcing of their latest framework.
Pingora is a Rust async multithreaded framework that assists us in constructing HTTP proxy services.
That’s all for this issue. I am working on a lot of new content for 2024 that will be published on my Blog so if you haven’t subscribed to my newsletter here please do so to be informed of all my new posts.