In this edition of Napkin Math, we’ll invoke the spirit of the Napkin Math series to establish a mental model for how a neural network works by building one from scratch. In a future issue we will do napkin math on performance, as establishing the firs| Simon Eskildsen
A common problem you’ve almost certainly faced is to sync two datastores. This problem comes up in numerous shapes and forms: Receiving webhooks and writing them into your datastore, maintaining a materialized view, making sure a cache reflects reality| Simon Eskildsen
Napkin friends, from near and far, it’s time for another napkin problem! Since the beginning of this newsletter I’ve posed problems for you to try to answer. Then in the next month’s edition, you hear my answer. Talking with a few of you, it see| Simon Eskildsen
Napkin friends, from near and far, it’s time for another napkin problem! As always, consult sirupsen/napkin-math to solve today’s problem, which has all the resources you need. Keep in mind t| Simon Eskildsen
Recently the team I work with completed a project to allow Shopify to run in multiple datacenters. This project was a refactoring project in disguise. When you undertake large refactoring of a c| Simon Eskildsen