In my last blog post I wrote about the power of D’s compile-time reflection and string mixins, showing how they could be used to call D from Python so easily it might as well be magic. As ama… (more…)

As of Python 3.6, f-strings are a great new way to format strings. Not only are they more readable, more concise, and less prone to error than other ways of formatting, but they are also faster! By the end of this article, you will learn how and why to st... (more…)

To support our migration to microservices we needed to find a new tech stack. Learn how we compared all the options and chose Kotlin... (more…)

I’ve always found using Q and E to lean in FPS games awkward. I just don’t have the coordination to maintain strafing and normal movement with WASD while also using those keys. I wanted to see how difficult it would be to use my webcam to detect head tilt... (more…)

Dropbox, to our customers, needs to be a reliable and responsive service. As a company, we’ve had to scale constantly since our start, today serving more than 700M registered users in every time zone on the planet who generate at least 300,000 requests pe... (more…)