Tech Highlights #4

Tech Highlights #4

Hi, labfollower! Periodically, our devs share what they are reading, and in this edition, we bring highlights about new social networks, Python management, CI/CD pipeline optimization, and more!

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Solving old problems with new technologies

Recently, the social network Bluesky reached 10 million users. Most of them migrated from Twitter, three weeks after the site was blocked in Brazil. Building a social network capable of handling this spike in new active users is no easy task, and this article explains how they did it.

Effective Strategies for Managing PostgreSQL Deadlocks

Deadlock is a problem that all developers will face sooner or later. This text showcases a practical example to help understand, prevent, and solve this problem on PostgreSQL.

Streamlining Thousands of CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub

A description of how a dev team from permit.io optimized thousands of CI/CD pipelines using custom GitHub Actions. They automated various processes, simplifying operations and reducing development time. GitHub Actions customization allowed greater flexibility, security checks integration, and audits automation, leading to a more efficient workflow for their dev teams.

Introducing the CSS Anchor Positioning API

This API revolutionizes web development by allowing elements to be positioned relative to others, simplifying layouts for features like menus, tooltips, and dialogs. With built-in browser support, it eliminates the need for third-party libraries, enabling more creative and efficient UI designs.

UV with Django

UV is a Python package manager written in Rust that has been gaining popularity due to its performance and its aim to be a unified solution for managing Python projects, command-line tools, and virtual environments. This tutorial guides you on UV with Django usage, whether in an ongoing or started-from-scratch project.