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TimescaleDB vs. InfluxDB: built differently for time-series data
Get an in-depth look at how two leading time-series databases stack up. We compare data models, query language, reliability, performance, and more.
Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 2,089 posts.
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Packets per Second Limitations in EC2
Part 2 in our series on PPS limitations in AWS EC2 will help your organization.
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UK intelligence agency admits unlawfully spying on Privacy International
Thames House, Offices of MI5. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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Transparent SLIs: See Google Cloud the way your application experiences it
By Jay Judkowitz, Sr. Product Manager Like all good IT organizations, you religiously measure the performance and availability of your ser...
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WebSockets – A Conceptual Deep-Dive
Get a better understanding of WebSockets are, how they work, and why they're ideal for building high-performance realtime apps.
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We Don’t Run Cron Jobs (2016)
We build our own (simple) cron-replacement and we are extremely happy with it.
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The Developer Coefficient: a $300B opportunity for businesses
Stripe is a financial services platform that helps all types of businesses accept payments, build flexible billing models, and manage money movement.
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ARM releases free Cortex-M processor cores for FPGAs
Cambridge-based processor giant Arm has telegraphed increasing concern regarding the threat from free and open source silicon (FOSSi) cores, offering
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Australia’s Proposed Surveillance Laws Will Break the Trust Tech Depends On
In the last few years, we’ve discovered just how much trust — whether we like it or not — we have all been obliged to place in modern technology. Third-party software, of unknown composition and security, runs on everything around us: from the phones we carry around, to the smart devices with...
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Nine years of Go
Happy 9th birthday, Go!
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Why Does Your Company Deserve More Money?
The hardest conversation I have to have with a founder is when they’ve spent their 1-2 million dollar angel round but haven’t found product market fit [https://blog.ycombinator.com/the-real-product-market-fit/]. Unfortunately, I have to ask them a very unforgiving question: why does your company deserve more money?…
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Prototype to production: How to build and design a PCB prototype
Learn how to build a PCB prototype, define fabrication specifications, and create gerber files in our new comprehensive guide
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Dropbox and Google Cloud integrations
Modern work can be frustrating and chaotic—if you don’t have the right tools. From context engineering to multimodal search, go behind the scenes and hear how Dropbox engineers are building AI that actually understands you, so you can focus on the work that matters most.
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MacOS Caches Data from Encrypted Hard Drives
apple's 'quicklook' cache, may leak encrypted data
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How AI Training Scales
Stay up to speed on the rapid advancement of AI technology and the benefits it offers to humanity.
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Literate Programming: Empower Your Writing with Emacs Org-Mode
OfferZen flips the normal recruitment model around, so instead of applying for jobs, companies send you interview requests with upfront salary.
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Backblaze Drive Stats: 2018 Q3 Hard Drive Failure Rates
Backblaze has 99,636 spinning hard drives. This review looks at the quarterly and lifetime statistics for the data drive models in operation in our data centers.
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Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
Apple reported its third quarter financial results for the fiscal year after the market close on Tuesday, July 31, 2018.
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Address Verification and Full PGP Support
Address Verification allows you to be sure you are securely communicating with the right person, while PGP support adds encrypted email interoperability.
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Love letter to Vue
In the frustratingly fast-paced, ever-shifty and profoundly fashion-driven JavaScript web development ecosystem, it’s not easy to find something that one can even stand to use, to say nothing…