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  1. 01Cloudflare · postmortem

    Inside Hyperdrive: How we solved a rare Hyperdrive MySQL caching bug

    During the beta of MySQL support for Hyperdrive, engineers investigated rare empty query responses and connection hangs occurring in 0.001% of requests. They discovered that sharing the data center cache between client and endpoint nodes caused protocol capability mismatches when translating MySQL wire messages. The team resolved the issue by standardizing the cache to always store responses encoded with canonical Hyperdrive capabilities.

    DEPTH ■■■■■9 min read11 days ago

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  2. 02GitHub · migration

    Improving site performance by shipping more CSS

    GitHub faced performance degradation on server-side rendering and initial page loads due to scaling issues with its CSS-in-JS solution. The engineering team executed a multi-year migration to CSS Modules and eliminated dynamic styling props using incremental rollouts, wrapper components, and automation tools. This resulted in significant performance gains, including 55% faster server-side rendering and the complete removal of styled-components.

    DEPTH ■■■■■8 min read4 weeks ago

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