Cynthia Dunlop
@cynthiadunlop.bsky.social
ScyllaDB | P99 CONF | "Writing for Developers: Blogs That Get Read" book (https://github.com/scynthiadunlop/WritingForDevelopersBook)
Piotr's latest picks for writethat.blog...
Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my entire network // Oscar Molnar
Assert in production // @dominiktornow.bsky.social
Intel is listening, don't waste your shot // Brendan Gregg
Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my entire network // Oscar Molnar
Assert in production // @dominiktornow.bsky.social
Intel is listening, don't waste your shot // Brendan Gregg
December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Piotr's latest picks for writethat.blog...
Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my entire network // Oscar Molnar
Assert in production // @dominiktornow.bsky.social
Intel is listening, don't waste your shot // Brendan Gregg
Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my entire network // Oscar Molnar
Assert in production // @dominiktornow.bsky.social
Intel is listening, don't waste your shot // Brendan Gregg
ScyllaDB can handle whatever you throw at it. ;-) If you're at re: Invent, stop by and say hi -booth 1747
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
ScyllaDB can handle whatever you throw at it. ;-) If you're at re: Invent, stop by and say hi -booth 1747
Please meet California Condor #36, just chilling at Pinnacles National Park
November 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Please meet California Condor #36, just chilling at Pinnacles National Park
For our latest tech blogger interview, we’re featuring Preston Thorpe. writethatblog.substack.com/p/preston-th...
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For our latest tech blogger interview, we’re featuring Preston Thorpe. writethatblog.substack.com/p/preston-th...
@sarna.dev's latest blog post picks for writethat.blog...
I’m writing another book! // @ericlippert.com
Zig's new async I/O // Andrew Kelley
Corrosion // @sockpuppet.org, Peter Cai (@fly.io)
How I reversed Amazon's Kindle web obfuscation because their app sucked // Cats with power tools
I’m writing another book! // @ericlippert.com
Zig's new async I/O // Andrew Kelley
Corrosion // @sockpuppet.org, Peter Cai (@fly.io)
How I reversed Amazon's Kindle web obfuscation because their app sucked // Cats with power tools
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@sarna.dev's latest blog post picks for writethat.blog...
I’m writing another book! // @ericlippert.com
Zig's new async I/O // Andrew Kelley
Corrosion // @sockpuppet.org, Peter Cai (@fly.io)
How I reversed Amazon's Kindle web obfuscation because their app sucked // Cats with power tools
I’m writing another book! // @ericlippert.com
Zig's new async I/O // Andrew Kelley
Corrosion // @sockpuppet.org, Peter Cai (@fly.io)
How I reversed Amazon's Kindle web obfuscation because their app sucked // Cats with power tools
Just discovered your blog on the book! I love your take on the Manning cover. (reference: ericlippert.com/2025/10/30/i...)
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Just discovered your blog on the book! I love your take on the Manning cover. (reference: ericlippert.com/2025/10/30/i...)
I'm sure @manning.com can provide more details, but here's the explanation that landed in our Manning book (which had an equally interesting cover):
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I'm sure @manning.com can provide more details, but here's the explanation that landed in our Manning book (which had an equally interesting cover):
The Bug Hunt is probably our favorite “Writing for Developers” book chapter. It’s the first of the seven blog post pattern chapters that we shipped -- and we had a ton of fun developing it. You can read it here... writethatblog.substack.com/p/the-bug-hu...
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Bug Hunt is probably our favorite “Writing for Developers” book chapter. It’s the first of the seven blog post pattern chapters that we shipped -- and we had a ton of fun developing it. You can read it here... writethatblog.substack.com/p/the-bug-hu...
P99 CONF Day 2 is starting in less than an hour. Join us for monstrously impressive tech talks…and a bit of fun too. :-) www.p99conf.io
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
P99 CONF Day 2 is starting in less than an hour. Join us for monstrously impressive tech talks…and a bit of fun too. :-) www.p99conf.io
Live now! (with a 10 second delay)
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Live now! (with a 10 second delay)
Fueling our hosts' performance
October 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Fueling our hosts' performance
More prepping...
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
More prepping...
#P99CONF is going live in just minutes! Here's a peek at the behind-the-scenes prep. If you haven't registered yet, hurry over to p99conf.io. It's free and virtual, so no excuses. 😅
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#P99CONF is going live in just minutes! Here's a peek at the behind-the-scenes prep. If you haven't registered yet, hurry over to p99conf.io. It's free and virtual, so no excuses. 😅
Hopefully NOT on the itinerary this time: car trouble. Photo from the Monster Scale Summit road trip.
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hopefully NOT on the itinerary this time: car trouble. Photo from the Monster Scale Summit road trip.
And so begins the P99 CONF road trip. Next up: Lucky Llama coffee and the best trip tip sandwiches on the central coast.
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And so begins the P99 CONF road trip. Next up: Lucky Llama coffee and the best trip tip sandwiches on the central coast.
P99 CONF is next week! Which talks are on your "can't miss" list?
October 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
P99 CONF is next week! Which talks are on your "can't miss" list?
Also, writethat.blog now has easy access to posts by pattern type in the sidebar, as well as pattern type descriptions. Thanks for the feature request, @mooreds.com. :-)
October 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Also, writethat.blog now has easy access to posts by pattern type in the sidebar, as well as pattern type descriptions. Thanks for the feature request, @mooreds.com. :-)
@sarna.dev's latest picks for writethat.blog
90%// @mitsuhiko.at
Turning billions of strings into integers every second without collisions// @jaz.bsky.social
Eliminating cold starts 2: shard and conquer// Harris Hancock @cloudflare.social
Processes and threads// @benjdd.com, @planetscale.com
90%// @mitsuhiko.at
Turning billions of strings into integers every second without collisions// @jaz.bsky.social
Eliminating cold starts 2: shard and conquer// Harris Hancock @cloudflare.social
Processes and threads// @benjdd.com, @planetscale.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@sarna.dev's latest picks for writethat.blog
90%// @mitsuhiko.at
Turning billions of strings into integers every second without collisions// @jaz.bsky.social
Eliminating cold starts 2: shard and conquer// Harris Hancock @cloudflare.social
Processes and threads// @benjdd.com, @planetscale.com
90%// @mitsuhiko.at
Turning billions of strings into integers every second without collisions// @jaz.bsky.social
Eliminating cold starts 2: shard and conquer// Harris Hancock @cloudflare.social
Processes and threads// @benjdd.com, @planetscale.com
Ooh, this is a fun read
September 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ooh, this is a fun read
New interview: @aaronfrancis.com on technical blogging. It’s short, sharp, and spot on. No excuses, give it a read. 🙂
writethatblog.substack.com/p/aaron-fran...
writethatblog.substack.com/p/aaron-fran...
September 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New interview: @aaronfrancis.com on technical blogging. It’s short, sharp, and spot on. No excuses, give it a read. 🙂
writethatblog.substack.com/p/aaron-fran...
writethatblog.substack.com/p/aaron-fran...
Nice list of actionable blog writing takeaways here, courtesy of @twokul.bsky.social 👇
September 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Nice list of actionable blog writing takeaways here, courtesy of @twokul.bsky.social 👇
- Inside ClickHouse full-text search: fast, native, and columnar (@clickhouse.com)
- We rewrote the Ghostty GTK application: Mitchell Hashimoto
- Zig’s lovely syntax: matklad
- Anubis: Tavis Ormandy
- We rewrote the Ghostty GTK application: Mitchell Hashimoto
- Zig’s lovely syntax: matklad
- Anubis: Tavis Ormandy
September 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
- Inside ClickHouse full-text search: fast, native, and columnar (@clickhouse.com)
- We rewrote the Ghostty GTK application: Mitchell Hashimoto
- Zig’s lovely syntax: matklad
- Anubis: Tavis Ormandy
- We rewrote the Ghostty GTK application: Mitchell Hashimoto
- Zig’s lovely syntax: matklad
- Anubis: Tavis Ormandy
@sarna.dev's latest picks for writethat.blog …
- Inside vLLM: anatomy of a high-throughput LLM inference system: Aleksa Gordić
- Big O: @samwho.dev
- Optimizing our way through Metroid: Will Wilson (@antithesis.com)
- Without the futex, it's futile: h4x0r
- Inside vLLM: anatomy of a high-throughput LLM inference system: Aleksa Gordić
- Big O: @samwho.dev
- Optimizing our way through Metroid: Will Wilson (@antithesis.com)
- Without the futex, it's futile: h4x0r
September 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
@sarna.dev's latest picks for writethat.blog …
- Inside vLLM: anatomy of a high-throughput LLM inference system: Aleksa Gordić
- Big O: @samwho.dev
- Optimizing our way through Metroid: Will Wilson (@antithesis.com)
- Without the futex, it's futile: h4x0r
- Inside vLLM: anatomy of a high-throughput LLM inference system: Aleksa Gordić
- Big O: @samwho.dev
- Optimizing our way through Metroid: Will Wilson (@antithesis.com)
- Without the futex, it's futile: h4x0r
Also, we're collecting recommended reads in our book repo. Nominations are welcome!
August 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Also, we're collecting recommended reads in our book repo. Nominations are welcome!