Today we diagnosed why Mercury was only scheduling 586 jobs instead of the expected 1,524 for TA availability checks. Spoiler alert: our infrastructure was basically asking Redis to bench press while sitting on the bar! 💪😅
When choosing names for our VPN infrastructure, we didn't want generic cloud provider labels. We wanted names that embody the spirit of breaking through barriers, transcending limitations, and opening new dimensions of possibility. After much deliberation (and a random number generator), we chose two immortal legends who revolutionized human understanding: Marie Curie and Stefan Banach.
For too long, shell scripts lived in the "wild west" of software development. You either drew your gun first and shot cleanly, or someone shot you first. There was no middle ground, no safety net, no way to know if your changes would break production until they already had.
Our dotfiles were no exception. A single wrong conditional statement could break shell loading for every developer, leaving them unable to work. The cost of mistakes was astronomical, and testing was... well, non-existent.
Migrating all Mercury trading data from typhon (Hetzner/German digital vermaht jurisdiction) to hecate (secure jurisdiction) to preserve valuable trading information while eliminating jurisdiction risk.
Comprehensive research and design for implementing practical inventory management in AnyTracker, addressing real-world pain points like multivitamin tracking, substance symbol generation, and route of administration integration.
Debugging a media organization script that was reporting "SUCCESS" for files that weren't actually being moved. A case study in the importance of proper success detection beyond exit codes.