Aug 9Less than humanSince the very beginning i didn’t know what to voice out. I think i know now. It’s too late for explanations of what russian society is. It’s pretty late for statements, yet i want to voice this one. I still have a russian citizenship. I currently reside in the Netherlands…3 min read3 min read
Published inAyte Labs·Apr 16, 2021Exactly-once delivery does not existWhile this is obvious, for some strange reason it has to be explained. When message delivery trade-offs are explained, three models are mentioned: at-least-once, at-most-once and exactly-once. …Distributed Systems2 min readDistributed Systems2 min read
Jan 21, 2021Hate Speech: JavaTime to time I express my negative attitude towards Java and obviously asked back to explain what I think is utterly wrong with Java. This article is created to aggregate all of my critique so those conversations could go in a bit more speedy and DRY way. Primitives and objects There is no…Java10 min readJava10 min read
Dec 11, 2020Telegram, KDE and fontsI hope this will show in one’s google results, which probably would be me reinstalling Manjaro. If your telegram UI looks pretty BOLDY: Then probably all you need is ttf-opensans package or similar package for your distro.1 min read1 min read
Nov 14, 2020Hate Speech: HTTPI’m quite disappointed with overall let’s-wrap-it-in-http trend that is gaining momentum for at least last decade. DNS over HTTPS, DASH / HLS, MS-IPHTTPS, WebDAV and tons of other protocols that make absolutely no sense except of transferring data over by widely known but redundant and (we will get to that)…Https13 min readHttps13 min read
Published inAyte Labs·Oct 7, 2020Make It Visible A01: Java’s Math.maxThis is an article in Make It Visible series. In Make It Visible we are drilling holes in black boxes by dissecting some frequently used code and/or common assumptions to find out what happens inside and what is the real impact behind them. This time subject is completely insignificant (has…JVM27 min readJVM27 min read
Oct 5, 2020Schrodinger's BoJackSome serious BoJack spoilers below, my dear fragile readers. Todd: I was at the office the other day, doing the “Hokey Pokey” with some work associates and I realized everyone misunderstands that song. Yeah, there’s way too much emphasis on the “hokey pokey” part. BJ: That is what it’s all about. Todd…Bojack15 min readBojack15 min read
Published inAyte Labs·Aug 9, 2020Distributed locks / semaphores, againToday i want to talk about managing distributed locks and semaphores. I’ve already had a small article on that, but now i want to get deeper and more abstract rather than think about particular implementation. Locks and semaphores are concurrency primitives that allow exclusive simultaneous access for 1..N participants (processes)…Distributed Systems10 min readDistributed Systems10 min read
Jul 11, 2020SilverStone RVZ03/ARGB reviewI rarely post any reviews since internet is usually full of them, and i see no point in posting things that end with “but overall it’s fine”. However, when some kind of horror technology turns me in rage, here i am. Today’s victim is SilverStone RVZ-03 with addressable RGB support…Mini Pc14 min readMini Pc14 min read
Jul 1, 2020DNROlder i become, more often i notice and think of elderly people, who rather not just may need help, but can’t survive without it, while their organism continues to deteriorate and everyone knows it just won’t get better. When i think about it, i’m afraid. I’m fucking scared. Experiencing myself…2 min read2 min read
