The Pragmatic Developer
Juntao Qiu"The Pragmatic Developer" is a bi-weekly newsletter dedicated to helping developers write clean, maintainable code. Each issue includes tips and tricks for improving your coding skills and insights into the best practices in software development.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 129 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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There Is No Undo Button in the Real World
Why software engineers keep turning infrastructure, configuration, and processes into code.
Recently, I’ve been repairing some old film cameras and playing with a few hardware projects. One thing I’ve noticed is how difficult it is to undo...
Opening the Black Box
What repairing cameras and RC cars taught me about understanding systems
Over the past several months, I’ve found myself repairing more and more things. None of these projects are especially important, and most of them have nothing to do w...
Building Responsive Frontends for Data-Heavy Applications
Have you ever worked on a frontend feature where the data has already loaded, but the UI still feels slow?
Maybe it is a large table, an analytics dashboard, or a map containing thousands of markers.
The user types into a search box, chan...
What Actually Happens When ChatGPT Streams a Response?
Streaming UI Is Not Just a Typing Effect
When we use ChatGPT or Gemini, the answer doesn’t appear all at once. It starts showing up while the model is still generating.
At first, this may look like a simple typing effect. But in a real...
The Hidden Compatibility Problem in Frontend Deployments
The Hidden Compatibility Problem in Frontend Deployments
With a mature continuous delivery pipeline, rolling back a bad release is usually straightforward.
We can simply redeploy a previous build. Even better, with feature flags, we can...
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