Sam Gaw
@samgaw.dev
Building infra from before it was cool 🛠️⚡️
Back when I was at Spotify working on mobile I had to design the caching. So if you ever wondered why Spotify takes up so much disk space 👋 I’m the reason you’re still able to play that old Rogan podcast you half listened to 6 months ago for 3 minutes. You’re welcome internet.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Back when I was at Spotify working on mobile I had to design the caching. So if you ever wondered why Spotify takes up so much disk space 👋 I’m the reason you’re still able to play that old Rogan podcast you half listened to 6 months ago for 3 minutes. You’re welcome internet.
Microsoft was hit with a 15Tbps DDoS attack yesterday[1] but that's not the headline. Or the return to UDP-based amplification techniques. Anyone remember DNS resolver attacks? ヽ(｀Д´)ﾉ
[1] - www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...
[1] - www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Microsoft was hit with a 15Tbps DDoS attack yesterday[1] but that's not the headline. Or the return to UDP-based amplification techniques. Anyone remember DNS resolver attacks? ヽ(｀Д´)ﾉ
[1] - www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...
[1] - www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...
Underwriting rapidly depreciating computers stacked in giant sheds so that sama can pimp fake girlfriend subs? There are arguably better ways for the gov to pump $1T into the economy. investinglive.com/stock-market...
ICYMI - OpenAI asks U.S. for loan guarantees to fund $1 trillion AI expansion | investingLive
OpenAI’s pursuit of government-backed financing underscores the escalating cost of AI infrastructure and the growing overlap between tech investment and public-sector support. The move could reshape f...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Underwriting rapidly depreciating computers stacked in giant sheds so that sama can pimp fake girlfriend subs? There are arguably better ways for the gov to pump $1T into the economy. investinglive.com/stock-market...
Unexpected log output from Claude Code’s new cloud infra. So many possible explanations, none of them a good idea.
October 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Unexpected log output from Claude Code’s new cloud infra. So many possible explanations, none of them a good idea.
There’s a PFY at #vodafone shitting themselves at the minute, desperately trying to remember which uplink cable they shouldn’t have unplugged.
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There’s a PFY at #vodafone shitting themselves at the minute, desperately trying to remember which uplink cable they shouldn’t have unplugged.
Reposted by Sam Gaw
PragProg is running a 48-hour flash sale — 45% off all books with code flashsale
That includes my book Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir
Sale runs Sept 18–20, 9am CT
Grab it here: pragprog.com
#pragprog
That includes my book Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir
Sale runs Sept 18–20, 9am CT
Grab it here: pragprog.com
#pragprog
Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers
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September 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
PragProg is running a 48-hour flash sale — 45% off all books with code flashsale
That includes my book Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir
Sale runs Sept 18–20, 9am CT
Grab it here: pragprog.com
#pragprog
That includes my book Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir
Sale runs Sept 18–20, 9am CT
Grab it here: pragprog.com
#pragprog
When you go on holiday with a book on the history of statistical theory. Don’t expect your 6yo to understand the appeal. 🏖️🤓
May 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
When you go on holiday with a book on the history of statistical theory. Don’t expect your 6yo to understand the appeal. 🏖️🤓
It was 12C today and I managed to get sun burnt. I’m never going to be able to retire somewhere nice.
April 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It was 12C today and I managed to get sun burnt. I’m never going to be able to retire somewhere nice.
Quiet patience is not my biggest strength so I’m a very happy camper now that I’ve finally gotten my hands on @acroll.bsky.social’s new book.
February 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Quiet patience is not my biggest strength so I’m a very happy camper now that I’ve finally gotten my hands on @acroll.bsky.social’s new book.
This is clearly beaver propaganda. The real headline should be “Illegal workers steal $1M from local economy”.
www.voxnews.al/english/koso...
www.voxnews.al/english/koso...
The government had been planning it for 7 years, beavers built the dam in two days and saved them $1 million
castorIn the Czech Republic, beavers built a dam in two days, which local authorities had planned for 7 years
www.voxnews.al
February 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is clearly beaver propaganda. The real headline should be “Illegal workers steal $1M from local economy”.
www.voxnews.al/english/koso...
www.voxnews.al/english/koso...
Apparently the CIA has a CTO. Did they swap waterboarding for leet code interviews? “Tell us what we need or we’ll make you whiteboard the median of two sorted arrays!”
three men are sitting at a table talking to a man holding a tablet
ALT: three men are sitting at a table talking to a man holding a tablet
media.tenor.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Apparently the CIA has a CTO. Did they swap waterboarding for leet code interviews? “Tell us what we need or we’ll make you whiteboard the median of two sorted arrays!”
Everybody knows that “hardware is hard” so why does it feel like so many startups spend more time on packaging to be like Apple instead of the product? I don’t want magnets on boxes, I want whatever you promised in the marketing.
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Everybody knows that “hardware is hard” so why does it feel like so many startups spend more time on packaging to be like Apple instead of the product? I don’t want magnets on boxes, I want whatever you promised in the marketing.
If games really influenced young people, munching pills in a dark room to repetitive electronic music would be a real thing.
a row of pac man ghosts in different colors on a black background
ALT: a row of pac man ghosts in different colors on a black background
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:48 PM
If games really influenced young people, munching pills in a dark room to repetitive electronic music would be a real thing.
Christmas is always a special time of the year for devs when they get another opportunity to explain to relatives wtf it is they do.
a man with a cigarette in his mouth pointing at a board
ALT: a man with a cigarette in his mouth pointing at a board
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Christmas is always a special time of the year for devs when they get another opportunity to explain to relatives wtf it is they do.