Archive - Fullstack Engineering

The Actor Model: Messages and Mailboxes

The constraints that make actors powerful

Feb 25 • Tyler Dane

Simple is Smart

An engineer, architect, and aviator agree

Feb 22 • Tyler Dane

Fan-In vs Fan-Out Cheat Sheet

The two system design terms you gotta know

Feb 18 • Tyler Dane

You Don't Need Permission

Preventing tunnel vision after rejection

Feb 15 • Tyler Dane

Discord: A Case Study in Performance Optimization

The techniques used to support trillions of messages

Feb 13 • Tyler Dane

January 2026

Google Calendar: The Hidden Cost of “Simple” APIs

Simplicity for one party means complexity for another

Jan 28 • Tyler Dane

Commit like an engineer

How to pick your constraints

Jan 11 • Tyler Dane

You Don't Get Extra Points for Understanding How Everything Works

Stop studying for "the test"

Jan 4 • Tyler Dane

December 2025

Google Meet: Real-time Video with WebRTC

Reverse-engineering how Meet uses WebRTC to make seamless video calls

Dec 31, 2025 • Tyler Dane

77 Things To Avoid in 2026: Developer Edition

and 4 things you CANNOT avoid

Dec 28, 2025 • Tyler Dane

Google Calendar’s Secret Engineering Weapon: Restraint

Dec 24, 2025 • Tyler Dane

Why writing (not coding) will make you a better engineer

Writing that scales

Dec 17, 2025 • Tyler Dane

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