Performance Toolbox: Measuring API latency
A somewhat generic guide to optimizing backend services
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This is Nick Olinger's blog and parking spot on the internet. I mostly write about software engineering and Japan.
Latest posts
Christmas Conspiracies
How Christmas is taking over the world
You don't need that CORS request
A low code optimization
The joys and pains of working with GraphQL
My experience of working with GraphQL for the past six months
Still alive
An update from 2021
Reflecting on one year of writing
Thoughts on the past year of writing, how to improve, and new site features.
On being an idiomatic JavaScript programmer
What does it mean to write idiomatic JavaScript in 2020?
Why I lived in Japan for two years
A personal essay documenting my journey to Japan.
Electron interprocess communication
Exploring what interprocess communication is and how Electron facilitates communication between processes.
Fighting Perfectionism
A personal essay on the struggle of having a mind that always aims too high
irasshaimase
An observation on how culture doesn't always translate.
How I Open and Review Pull Requests
A mental framework for how I manage and handle pull requests.
Moving to Arch Linux
My journey to becoming an Arch Linux user