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Insights, tutorials and news from the Nordic Byte engineering team.
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Syncing data across devices: last-write-wins, CRDTs or a server of record
How to choose between last-write-wins, field merging and CRDTs when an app has to keep data in sync across a phone, a laptop and a…
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Seis cosas que las pymes nos piden construir (y cuál de ellas es la vuestra)
Casi siempre es uno de seis proyectos. La señal que delata cada uno, el alcance mínimo con el que tiene sentido y el error que…
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Postgres full-text search or Elasticsearch: choosing a search engine for your product
How to decide between PostgreSQL’s built-in full-text search and a dedicated engine like Elasticsearch, based on what your product actually needs.
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Message queue or no message queue: choosing async infrastructure for a small team
SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka, or just a database table: how a small engineering team should choose async infrastructure without overbuilding.
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Your custom application has been outgrown: extend it, rebuild it, or hold
Your custom application has been outgrown and every quote is one of three options in different clothes: extend, rebuild, or hold. What each one buys,…
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How long does a custom software project actually take?
Generic timeline ranges do not help you plan. Here is what actually drives a custom software schedule, and how to pressure-test a vendor’s estimate.
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Tu aplicación la hizo alguien que ya no está: el inventario de este mes
La hizo un freelance que ya no contesta y funciona, así que nadie mira. El inventario de cuatro tardes que convierte eso en algo que…
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Your application was built by someone who has gone. The inventory to do this month
The developer who built your business application has gone and nothing is broken yet. The four-afternoon inventory that turns that into something you can prove:…
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Observability for a small engineering team: what to instrument first
Logs, metrics or traces first? A practical guide to what small engineering teams should instrument first, how to design alerts, and what to skip.