Week 2

This is my brain dump for this week on things I learned, tech-related or otherwise. Been a while :)

Tech

• an embedded db is one that attaches itself to a prog in the form of a library and shares its resources with the program
• metrics systems and logging systems need to be designed in a appropriate ways, from the ground up. Metrics value aggregation of data while logging needs to register each event separately.
• the most important reasons for separating frontend and backend is that a common backend might be used for multiple frontends (mobile, web, desktop app) and the distinction helps with deployments as changes can be isolated [dont blog]
• downsides of serverless
  • vendor lockin to where you deploy: causes problems for porting
  • expensive in the case where you need a service available and used 24/7 compared to alternatives like ec2
  • debugging is a pain because of distributed monitoring
• load balancing can be done at the client side as well. The server-side lb can return a set of servers that can be used for parallel download of large resources or for failover requests. Netflix uses an in-house tool called eureka to handle streaming.

Otherwise

• Food in LA that are worth going to (a growing list):
  • Bruxie: Chicken sandwich
  • Dan Sung Sa: Korean
  • Botga Louise: Dessert
  • Dulce: Matcha
  • Grand Central Market: Tacos!!!