Node.js developers got too comfortable with a single thread where JavaScript is executed. Even with the introduction of multiple threads via worker_threads, you can feel pretty safe. However, things change when you add shared resources to multiple th...
There are different reasons why people can't use Docker Desktop. It might be restricted by company policies or because it requires you to pay at some point in time (most likely the latter one). Don't get me wrong, I'm not against paying for products ...
So far, we've become familiar with buffers, typed arrays, data views, and how they all work together. If you missed the previous articles, I highly recommend reading the one dedicated to buffers and the other one on views. Node.js provides a dedicate...
In the previous article, we got familiar with JavaScript buffers. The lowest possible implementation of a buffer in JavaScript is the ArrayBuffer class. This class is read-only, meaning we don't have any API to write data inside the buffer. To change...
What do video processing, 3D and 2D graphics, cryptography, and network protocols have in common? They all use buffers. It is a low-level abstraction that makes it possible to tap into efficient algorithms and direct memory management. There are no t...
Have you ever seen things like ASCII or UTF-8? At least you should've seen the latter one. All modern IDEs and code editors display some sort of UTF when you work with files. Most of the time, you pay little attention to it because it doesn't direct...
