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I Resurrected a Dead CRC Crate and It Suddenly Went Viral

Bonjour 👋! So there I was, browsing crates.io at an hour that most reasonable people would describe as "the middle of the night", doing what all emotionally stable developers do at that hour…

  • Developer revived abandoned crc32 crate on crates.io
  • Modernized crate with CI/CD, Debian/RPM packaging, Ferris logo
  • Optimized CRC-32 algorithm for speed and safety

Your Code Cannot Tell Blank From Unanswered

The report said forty percent of customers had opted out of marketing. Forty percent had not opted out. Forty percent had never been asked, because the question arrived eighteen months after they…

DORA Metrics: The Complete Guide for Engineering Teams (2026)

In 2023, Google's State of DevOps report revealed that "Elite" engineering teams deploy 208 times more frequently than Low performers, and restore services 2,604 times faster after incidents.

  • DORA Metrics were developed by Google's State of DevOps report in 2014
  • Elite teams deploy 208 times more often and recover 127 times faster than low performers

The Part of the Job You Only See by Staying

The advice you hear most often is to move every couple of years, and there are good reasons behind it. There is also a category of learning that only arrives if you are still there, and nobody talks…

  • Staying in one job reveals insights from watching decisions age and evolve.
  • Workarounds abandoned as temporary can become essential, relied upon by multiple teams.
  • Time in a role allows consulting before decisions are made, significantly altering workweek.

What Zig Feels Like Coming from Go: A Systems Programming Comparison

Originally published at adityarawas.in Zig has been circling the edges of backend and systems engineering conversations for a few years now, but the recent wave of "coming from X to Zig" posts signals…

  • Zig gaining traction in backend and systems engineering discussions
  • Engineers from Go background exploring Zig more seriously
  • Comparison reveals Zig's relevance alongside existing production languages

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