Stories by gautamsomani

Empire of Dust

How complex math and human innovation created the calculator

How HTTPS Works (2018)

The first webcam was invented to keep an eye on a coffee pot

Ask HN: How many SREs do real SRE work?

Stories from the world of SRE from SRE for SRE people

Mistakes You Should Never Make (2014)

A Senior Engineer's Check-List (2019)

The Wierd, Big-Money World of Cyber-Crime Writing Contest

How to beat the CAP theorem (2011)

School of SRE: Curriculum for onboarding non-traditional hires and new grads

How to write idempotent Bash Scripts (2019)

Ask HN: Books Similar to the Phoenix Project

Best practices for writing SQL queries

Writing a Simple Linux Kernel Module

Plumber – a tool for writing Linux pipes with live preview

Writing Safe Shell Scripts (2019)

Ask HN: Largest DBs (any) you worked on?

Cheatography – a collection of over 5000 reference cheat sheets

7 ways that diet can affect – and improve – your mental health

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