Convex reels in $57M for its AI-optimized application backend

Developer tooling startup Convex Inc. today disclosed that it has closed a $57 million funding round led by Insight Partners.

The database that thinks it’s a phone exchange: how two Brisbanites are rebuilding the data stack on hardware you already own

A two-person Brisbane company reckons the answer is a smaller box, used properly. On a modest 8-core CPU VM, a machine most ...
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Every Programming Language Is a Bill You Agree to Pay Later

A language takes work off your hands, gives it to a compiler, runtime, or toolchain, and charges you somewhere else.
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After rewriting SQLite in Rust, Turso turns its sights on Postgres

Having built a SQLite-compatible database from scratch in Rust, cloud database provider Turso is attempting something more ambitious: a Postgres-compatible implementation on the same foundation. "I ...
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Application Security Engineer Interview: What to Study and How to Practice Secure Code Review

Application security has become one of the most important areas in modern software development. Companies no longer ...