TSBT57: Marshalling
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Marshalling in the context of system design is the process of converting an object or data structure into a data format suitable for transmission across runtimes, processes, or a network. The objective is to allow high-level objects to move between systems, ensuring that data retains its meaning and structure. In Django, this concept is primarily implemented through serializers. While serialisation is often viewed as simply converting Python objects into JSON, serializers function as a critical system boundary. They control data exposure, define the shape of the contract between services, and ensure internal database complexity is abstracted away before reaching the consumer. In this context, the serializer acts as the marshaller, managing validation and data movement as it crosses the boundary between application logic and the outside world.
In the current world of agents, GitHub has announced a technical preview of the GitHub Copilot SDK, a new tool that allows developers to embed GitHub Copilot's agentic capabilities into any application and supports Python.
Get bored and create something!
This article, “I Replaced Redis with PostgreSQL”, explores how consolidating a tech stack by moving caching, pub/sub, and job queues into PostgreSQL can significantly reduce architectural complexity and cost. While Redis is faster for individual operations, PostgreSQL is often “faster” overall by enabling transactional locality. For most small-to-mid-sized applications, leveraging “boring” power features like UNLOGGED tables and SKIP LOCKED provides a more reliable and easier-to-manage system than maintaining two separate databases.
Why I Started Documenting My Dev Process Instead of Rushing Projects
Why I Stop Prompting and Start Logging,this article follows a logging methodology that enables rapid feature development while maintaining high architectural quality and eliminating the mental overhead of re-explaining the project to the AI.
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
How I think about Kubernetes stresses using it as a framework for building platforms, shifting the focus from manual command-line management to the “declarative state” of the reconciliation loop.
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The Enshittifinancial Crisis! Zitron concludes that we are witnessing one of the greatest money-wasting events in history. The tech industry has run out of “real” ideas for growth and is using AI to cannibalise its own financial stability. When the “Chain of Pain” breaks, the resulting collapse will expose that the “AI revolution” was largely a financial shell game.
Tired of a contact page animation that is not fun? A new gold mine graphic animation mixes traditional pencil sketches with a clever blend of CSS for swaying lanterns and vanilla JavaScript for shimmering gold dust.
Short and sweet like your last week in January.
The word of the day is anticlimactic. Anticlimactic is something that is disappointing because it’s much less exciting, important, or impressive than expected,
Example in a sentence:
After waiting for two years for the final book in the series, the ending was a tad anticlimactic.
I am making my grand departure into the unknown.
Take care of yourself!
Until the next fortnight, my treasured reader, go forth, and may the odds be ever in your favour! 👏 🤖 ✊ ☠️ 🏹 🪖
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