🚨 FailHub - nơi kỹ sư chia sẻ thất bại thực tế: lỗi hệ thống, kiến trúc tồi, quy trình thảm họa... KHÔNG có những câu chuyện "thất bại để thành công" sáo rỗng. Chỉ phân tích trung thực về nguyên nhân sự cố. Đọc để thấy công nghệ cũng đầy rẫy sai lầm như đời thường! 👨💻 #EngineeringFails #TechStories #LỗiKỹThuật #CâuChuyệnCôngNghệ

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1qsies6/real_engineering_failures_instead_of_success/

The production bug that made me care about undefined behavior

🐢 "Marc's Eternal #TCP_NODELAY Odyssey" 🚀: A riveting tale where every problem in distributed systems magically boils down to a single setting, solved by the protagonist's tireless quest through #AWS mythology. Spoiler alert: It's never the 1980s. 🌐
https://brooker.co.za/blog/2024/05/09/nagle.html #DistributedSystems #Myths #TechStories #HackerNews #ngated
It's always TCP_NODELAY. Every damn time. - Marc's Blog

I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours - James Belchamber

James Belchamber
Mr TIFF

For as long as I have published my books, one of my overarching goals was to give credit to those who actually invented the hardware and software that we use. I have spent 10,000+ hours to create an accurate record of their work but I'm not complaining. The 'as-close-to-possible'

Inventing The Future
The scariest “user support” email I’ve ever received

Hi, it's Takuya. As your app grows in popularity, you occasionally start to attract attacks aimed directly at you—the developer or site owner. Just the other day, I got one that was honestly terrifying, so I'd like to share it. The Email Subject: Cookie consent prevents platform access Hello,

Takuya Matsuyama

Everyone’s path to FreeBSD is a little different.

Maybe it started with curiosity, a challenge, or the search for something stable and open.

💬 We’d love to hear your story, what brought you to FreeBSD, and what keeps you here?

Your experiences help inspire others and highlight the many ways FreeBSD continues to grow through its community.

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Community #TechStories #FreeBSDFoundation

A Story About Bypassing Air Canada's In-flight Network Restrictions

1 Prologue A while ago, I took a flight from Canada back to Hong Kong - about 12 hours in total with Air Canada. Interestingly, the plane actually had WiFi: However, the WiFi had restrictions. For Aeroplan members who hadn’t paid, it only offered Free Texting, meaning you could only use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Snapchat, and WeChat to send text messages, but couldn’t access other websites. If you wanted unlimited access to other websites, it would cost CAD $30.75:

In Pursuit of Simplicity
OMG, another deep dive into the thrilling world of memory allocators! 😴✨ Who needs Netflix when you have epic tales of "Hardened Malloc"? Maybe next time they'll spice it up with a plot twist or two—like malloc that makes you a sandwich. 🥪🔍
https://www.synacktiv.com/en/publications/exploring-grapheneos-secure-allocator-hardened-malloc #memoryallocators #HardenedMalloc #techstories #programminghumor #softwareengineering #HackerNews #ngated
Exploring GrapheneOS secure allocator: Hardened Malloc

Exploring GrapheneOS secure allocator: Hardened Malloc

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