The Nagle Algorithm
I’m used to read technical inaccuracies when it comes to system programming, and writings about the Nagle algorithm are very high in the list.
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On the importance of automated benchmarks
A couple of years ago, Antirez wrote a note on his blog about “The Toilet test”. He made a couple of great points, criticizing the test and the method.
How fuzzing helped us find a nasty bug
> The issue described in this post has been fixed in quasardb 1.0.1 released today. We strongly encourage our customers to upgrade their clusters. This issue can cause a denial of service if an attacker has access to the network where your quasardb cluster is installed.
Scaling with C++ 11
My “Scaling with C++ 11” talk is online. It’s really great to see yourself in video because everything bad about your presentation becomes obvious. I already have a lot of ideas to improve this one and I hope I can deliver something much better at Meeting C++. I hope to see you there!
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
In my C++ Now 2013 presentation, I talked about the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird as an example of how you sometimes go around problems by “leaking”: