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Saturday guide: the week PostgreSQL, Apple Silicon, and Rails 8 demanded technical accountability

Three tuning lessons that save production: logs that don't explode, Linux on Apple Silicon, and workers that breathe easier.

Saturday guide: the week PostgreSQL, Apple Silicon, and Rails 8 demanded technical accountability
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A week of details that seem small until they break everything. PostgreSQL screaming for the attention of those who don't read documentation, Apple Silicon finally running Linux properly, Rails 8 changing how you think about concurrency. Grab your coffee and see what fits your stack.

To do: this week's tutorial

[Log rotation in PostgreSQL: how to configure it and not fill up your disk](/banco-de-dados/rotacao-de-logs-no-postgresql-como-configurar-e-nao-encher-o-disco) — by Roberto Diniz.

Understanding the three GUCs that define log rotation in PostgreSQL is the difference between a full disk at 3 a.m. and quiet nights.

To read: three from this week

  • [Asahi Linux advances on Apple Silicon: hypervisor runs again on M4, and M3 nears official release](/noticia/asahi-linux-avanca-em-apple-silicon-hipervisor-volta-a-rodar-no-m4-e-m3-fica-per) — Asahi Linux broke hardware barriers that seemed insurmountable, and M4 now runs without hypervisor lockups. (Redação iMasters)
  • [How ChatGPT really reads and cites pages: inside the retrieval stack](/seo/como-o-chatgpt-realmente-le-e-cita-paginas-por-dentro-do-stack-de-retrieval) — ChatGPT doesn't read the whole page: three decision layers explain why it cites some and not others, changing the game for SEO. (Sabrina Santos)
  • [Solid Queue 1.6.0: how to migrate workers from thread to fiber workers in Rails 8](/back-end/solid-queue-1-6-0-como-migrar-workers-de-thread-para-fiber-workers-no-rails-8) — Fibers aren't a universal solution, but when the workload is I/O-bound, this Rails 8 optimization reduces thread overhead. (Bisneto Braga)

To respond: this week's conversation

On the iMasters Forum: How to Diagnose Module Resolution Issues in React during Build with react-scripts, started by Patricia Xavier (5 replies so far).

Weekends are good for this: tell us on the forum what you're working on.

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