Pair Blogging: The Epoch

AD: So how do we write a blog post together Vito? VC: What do you want to write about? AD: I don’t know What should we? Tech? Culture? Life? Let’s do it bro VC: Sure UX maybe 😊 inclusive UX? AD: That isn’t bad Something we have strong opinions about Or maybe contrasting opinions Hah! VC: but I tend to eventually agree with yours though 😊 AD: Other way round lol!...

November 3, 2020 · Allen Ding & Vito Chin

#BulletPoints for Azure SQL Database

This is my #BulletPoints for Azure SQL Database. #BulletPoints are my kind of note-taking. I think it helps while learning a new subject or preparing for a certification exam. It may not make much sense if you read it raw, but is a great aide for recall. It usually contains only unique new learnings. You can also use it to check for important points post reading the suggested documents too....

April 20, 2020 · Vito Chin

To queue or not to queue

It’s kind of a tacit art more than science. It also depends on the motivations of the architect and the team. Ceteris paribus (i.e. we do not consider application design here), I’ll say there’s the ideal, and there’s the pragmatic. Ideally, the queue-based load leveling pattern calls for a high throughput queue to be placed before services (such as that for data persistency) as it may be slower (memory vs disk, etc....

March 28, 2020 · Vito Chin