With this blog post, I'm going to explain and analyze the steps I've taken to land a super-fast, built-in task runner in Node.js core. For those who are not familiar with the term "task runner", it's a command-line tool to run a task specified in a `package.json` file in node.js projects.
Before writing a letter to 20 year old me, it’s better to introduce myself. I am a Computer Engineering student at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. I’ve worked for more than 5 companies which ranges from startups to corporations.
It's been a really long year. I've had a lot of ups and downs, but I'm glad I've made it through. I'm looking forward to the next year, and I hope it's a good one.
Recently, I encountered a difference in output in Ada compared to Safari, Chrome and Firefox. I thought it would be a good idea to write a blog post and explain the difference, and how browser implementations of URL is not kept in sync with the URL specification.
Serializing strings in Node.js has been a pain point for web developers, particularly when it comes to URL operations. Recently, we conducted a research to reduce the cost of string serialization in Node.js core particularly in the context of URL parsing, resulting in a series of optimizations that addressed the issue.
Next.js is a popular framework for building server-side rendered React applications, but like any web application, it's crucial to take security seriously.
C++ is a powerful and versatile programming language that is widely used for a variety of applications, including system programming, game development, and scientific computing.
Working on a project that handles every edge case of a URL specification and has over 1000 unit tests can be quite challenging. Recently, I had the opportunity to work on a refactor and a new API for the Ada URL Parser.
Embedder functions implemented in C++ incur a high overhead, so V8 provides an API to implement fast-path C functions which may be invoked directly from JITted code.
Even though, this started as an experiment, implementing the URL parser in Rust using WebAssembly became the graduation project for my Masters in Computer Science at Fordham University.
Today, I'm going to talk about one of the most interesting topics in software and computer engineering, performance. PostgreSQL, as one of the most advanced database management systems out there.
I don't believe I'm writing a blog post related to Sudoku since it's already a solved problem/exercise and it's widely known, but I wanted to share my experience and my thought thinking about creating a valid Sudoku board and what it means to have a valid Sudoku.
I've been working with Node.js for quite a long time. So, believe me when I say there's a library called eslint-plugin-security to detect common mistakes and security flaws you make while you're coding.