Benign Data Races in Go
Every so often, in one forum, or another, the subject of benign data races comes up. People want to know if a data race absolutely must have synchronisation guards applied (mutexes, semaphores, etc). For those… »
Little's Law
I’ve been meaning to talk about this law for some time, and it was mentioned in an interview I was in recently so I thought that I should actually put a post together on this.… »
When should caches be used
Caches are a tool in the Software engineers’ toolbox that often cause confusion, just when should someone reach for the cache as a solution to their problem. Note: This is about when to use a… »