Stories by drob

Show HN: Detail, a Bug Finder

Hiring for expertise you don't have

Don't do a hack week; do a ship week

Pseudo-R²: A Metric for Quantifying Interestingness

Accidentally exponential behavior in Spark

Query Optimization in Postgres with Pg_stat_statements

Applying Textbook Data Structures for Real Life Wins

Using Babel transforms to inject analytics code at build time

Using Babel transforms to inject analytics code in React Native apps

How we failed, then succeeded, at migrating to TypeScript

Redesigning Heap Without a Feature Branch

Shipping a Visual Refresh Continuously

Building a Live Data Visualization in 4 Days Using Redis Pub/Sub

Finding a Better Way to Interview Engineers

Running a database on EC2? Your clock could be slowing you down

Running a database on EC2? Your clock could be slowing you down

How We Found a Missing Scala Class

Making Our APIs Solid, by Breaking Them in Production

How to Structure Permissions in a SaaS App

Decrypting PgBouncer’s Diagnostic Information