I read that Linux is a monolithic kernel. Does monolithic kernel mean compiling and linking the complete kernel code into an executable? If Linux is able to support modules, why not break all the subsystems into modules and load them when necessary? In that case, the kernel doesn’t have to load all modules initially and … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question I’m working on a large project (for me) which will have many classes and will need … Read more
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I’m trying to understand where GraphQL is most suitable to use within a microservice architecture. There is some debate about having only 1 GraphQL schema that works as API Gateway proxying the request to the targeted microservices and coercing their response. Microservices still would use REST / Thrift protocol for communication though. Another approach is … Read more
I’m (re)designing large-scale application, we use multi-layer architecture based on DDD. We have MVC with data layer (implementation of repositories), domain layer (definition of domain model and interfaces – repositories, services, unit of work), service layer (implementation of services). So far, we use domain models (mostly entities) across all layers, and we use DTOs only … Read more
I just watched the following video: Introduction to Node.js and still don’t understand how you get the speed benefits. Mainly, at one point Ryan Dahl (Node.js’ creator) says that Node.js is event-loop based instead of thread-based. Threads are expensive and should only be left to the experts of concurrent programming to be utilized. Later, he … Read more
I just discovered that every request in an ASP.Net web application gets a Session lock at the beginning of a request, and then releases it at the end of the request! In case the implications of this are lost on you, as it was for me at first, this basically means the following: Anytime an … Read more
I am starting a new web application in PHP and this time around I want to create something that people can extend by using a plugin interface. How does one go about writing ‘hooks’ into their code so that plugins can attach to specific events? 8 Answers 8
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