The hottest Substack posts of
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And their main takeaways
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20 Jan 24
- GraphQL allows clients to make a single request for multiple pieces of data, improving user experience.
- GraphQL reduces complexity by stitching data together on the backend, rather than requiring separate requests.
- Exploring GraphQL, despite initial differences, can reveal its ease of use and benefits for APIs.
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25 Oct 21
- Succession TV show has superb writing with logical character arcs
- In a bear hug takeover, a tempting offer is made to acquire a company without consent
- Using a 'poison pill', companies can issue new shares to fend off acquisition attempts
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18 Aug 20
- The problem of calculating the median of a stream of numbers is considered classic and challenging in interviews.
- There are different approaches to solving the streaming median problem, with varying efficiency and elegance.
- The most optimized solution involves using max-heap and min-heap data structures to maintain the medians efficiently.