Weekend Reading #63

Weekend Reading: A weekly roundup of interesting Software Architecture and Programming articles from tech companies. Find fresh ideas and insights every weekend.

MongoDB Best Practices Guide

👉 Useful if you’re working with MongoDB.

A practical guide to designing collections, indexes, and queries in MongoDB. Explains schema modeling, sharding, and avoiding common anti-patterns that hurt performance.

Supercharging the ML and AI Development Experience with Metaflow

👉 Great insight into how big teams make machine learning move faster.

Netflix engineers share how they built a platform that accelerates ML and AI development. The setup streamlines model iteration, deployment, and collaboration across teams.

I/O Observability for Petabyte-Scale Data Lakes

👉 Worth reading if you’re working with distributed storage or data-intensive pipelines.

Uber explains how it tracks and optimizes I/O performance in its massive data lake. Their observability system detects bottlenecks and improves resource utilization at scale.

Google: Introducing Coral NPU for Edge AI

👉 Interesting if you’re exploring AI applications on the edge or embedded systems.

Google announces Coral NPU — a dedicated platform for edge AI. It combines specialized hardware and developer tools for faster, low-power on-device inference.