Mage Steve's Developer Magic

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Early I mentioned Google Protobuf API, thanks to Kiran Kumar we have a comparison of JSON/Protobuf/Flatbuffers.

In my opinion, if you need speed & small data size, use Google tools. Otherwise, if you need versatility, stick with JSON.

https://kiranjobmailid.medium.com/protobuf-vs-json-b2e9bc460986

PC Magazine comes through with an excellent Benchmark review.

I was expecting the results on the high end, but the comparison with MacBook M1 surprised me.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-m1-max-vs-m1-ultra-tested-apples-top-desktop-chips-face-off

I have been repeatedly asked how did I like it. I can safely say I loved the Commute.

I have been following using an object as a parameter for years, but the idea of not having Boolean Flag arguments makes sense.

https://dhruba-dahal.medium.com/eight-tips-to-write-functions-like-a-senior-developer-794140719351

Simply enjoy these peeks into the Dark side of my life.

Favorite cartoon in this link:

"What do you do for a living?”

“I write Code.”

“And what do you do outside work?”

“Err, I write Code”.

https://medium.com/@petesuhas/the-dark-side-of-software-development-6945cef44a6d

There are two major products of Berkeley, CA -- LSD and UNIX.

We don't believe this to be strictly by coincidence.

Elye’s article explains how to use this Google API to save/restore iOS data locally to disk.

https://medium.com/mobile-app-development-publication/learning-protobuf-for-ios-locally-58169f421924