Mustafa Haddara

Feb 23, 2021

Javascript Objects Considered Unsafe

Every year, I like to teach myself a new language by working through the Advent of Code problems. This year, I wanted to dive into typescript. I’ve written a fair amount of JS before, and I like having explicit typechecking in my code, so TS felt like a good fit. …

Advent Of Code

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Advent Of Code

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Published in Vena Engineering

·May 15, 2020

How To: Building a Debouncer…in Java

A short while ago, we were building a distributed backend service where multiple instances of the service would be sending requests to each other to coordinate work splitting and availability. We were concerned about a number of potential roadblocks, including overwhelming the receivers and congesting our network traffic. …

Java

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Java

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Published in Vena Engineering

·May 14, 2019

When Edge is fetch-ingly Most Correct

“Most people like to dunk on Edge, but I think it’s a pretty great browser,” my coworker Thomas told me. We were a few hours into attempting to fix a bug that only occurred in Microsoft Edge and I had just been complaining about Microsoft Edge. …

Java Script

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Java Script

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Published in Vena Engineering

·Jan 16, 2019

Lessons Learned Working Remotely

I recently had the opportunity to work remotely while traveling for six weeks with Hacker Paradise (I took the opportunity to hide from the Toronto winter like a coward and fled to beautiful sunny Montevideo, Uruguay). This was a huge step for Vena, because until this point, our idea of…

Tech

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Tech

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