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• 🍪 The Story Behind Cookies: More Than Just a Sweet Treat! We all know cookies as the tiny data packets that power our online experience, but did you know they were named after actual cookies? 😄 Here’s the sweet history: 🌍 Origins: The term “cookie” comes from the Dutch word "koekje", which means “little cake.” Early bakers used to test oven temperatures by dropping small amounts of batter into the oven, which would bake faster and give them a quick read on the temperature. These mini-test cakes eventually became a beloved snack. 💻 Cookies in the Digital World: Fast forward to 1994 when Netscape Communications introduced HTTP cookies. Their purpose? To remember information between web pages, making our browsing experience smoother. The internet’s “cookies” act like a digital memory, storing user preferences, login info, and shopping cart items. 🍪 Types of Cookies: 1️⃣ Session Cookies: Temporary and expire once you close your browser. They're essential for things like keeping you logged in. 2️⃣ Persistent Cookies: Stay on your device until they expire or are deleted. Used for things like remembering your language preferences. 3️⃣ Third-Party Cookies: These track your online activity across different websites, often used by advertisers for targeted marketing. 4️⃣ Secure Cookies: Only sent over HTTPS connections and used for secure, encrypted transactions. 🌱 Cookie Alternatives in Today’s Privacy-Centric World: With growing privacy concerns, there’s a shift toward cookie-less browsing. Web technologies like LocalStorage, SessionStorage, and Server-Side Tracking are gaining popularity. Also, browser privacy settings and newer tools like Google’s Privacy Sandbox are changing the landscape, pushing for a more transparent and secure web. 💬 What do you think about the future of cookies (the digital kind)? Will we still be relying on them, or are we heading toward a more privacy-conscious internet? Let me know your thoughts! #TechTalk #WebDevelopment #Cookies #Privacy #DigitalInnovation #HistoryOfTech #DataSecurity
• Julien Van Beveren Tekst • 2K followers We just made a change that unlocks 2 million more documents every month. At Tekst, we process over 50 million attachments monthly: invoices, purchase orders, shipping documents, the paperwork that keeps businesses running. We recently rebuilt our attachment processing service from the ground up. The results: 20x faster: Complex attachments now process in 15 seconds instead of 5 minutes (99th percentile) 92% to 96% success rate: A small percentage increase that translates to 2 million additional attachments successfully processed per month That's 2 million more invoices extracted, orders processed, and documents routed, without any manual intervention. For our customers, this means faster order fulfillment, quicker invoice processing, and fewer documents falling into manual queues. The kind of improvement that compounds across thousands of transactions. Sometimes the biggest business impact comes from optimizing the infrastructure nobody sees.
• TrueFullstaq 7K followers The S in SRE is for...Scalability! We're hosting the Site Reliability Engineering NL Meetup this month, and it's all about real-world scaling stories: the kind where things break, people learn, and solutions actually work. What's on the menu: Jochem B. takes you from hobby project to SaaS startup. He'll share how he scaled Immich (that Google Photos alternative everyone loves) on Kubernetes to thousands of tenants. Expect honest talk about design flaws, production bottlenecks, and the CNCF tools that saved the day. Riccardo Trivellato shows how his GitLab Dedicated team went from alert chaos to calm. No meetings, fully async, just smart problem-solving. Think restructured queues, smarter scaling, and happier on-call engineers. 🗓️ When: 13 November, 18:00-21:00 📍 Where: TrueFullstaq office, Keienbergweg 100, Amsterdam Doors open at 18:00 for food and mingling. Talks kick off at 19:00. Ready to learn from other people's mistakes? Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/e6C_3EQx
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• 💡 What's the business case for implementing Kotlin in your organization? During the Dutch Kotlin User Group Meetup on April 9, Urs Peter presented a compelling case for adopting Kotlin: 🚀 ✅ You can expect 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 within just three to four weeks, with a full return on investment typically within one to four months. ✅ Your codebase will shrink significantly, leading to fewer bugs, as Kotlin’s language features inherently enhance 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 🛠️ ✅ Unlike Scala, Kotlin remains closely aligned with the Java ecosystem, making it 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 alongside existing Java applications without the need for a drastic, "Big Bang" approach. ✅ Kotlin has 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 like JetBrains and Google. 🌟 Another key advantage is 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: While Java developers outnumber Kotlin developers, companies adopting Kotlin often attract passionate, adaptable engineers who specifically seek opportunities to work with Kotlin. Ultimately, Urs invites us to reflect: "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦? 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦—𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤?" Both paths offer value, but clearly defining your engineering culture is key. ✨ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞? Have you experienced similar benefits by adopting Kotlin? Share your insights below! 👉 Watch Urs Peter's full talk here: https://lnkd.in/ehRj7_hF #Kotlin #Java #SpringBoot #DeveloperExperience #SoftwareDevelopment #NLKUG #EngineeringCulture