Archive - Fullstack Engineering

GitLab's Architecture: A Technical Deep Dive

How a boring monolith powers the world's largest independent DevOps platform

20 hrs ago • Tyler Dane

20 awesomely simple things

A celebration of simplicity in software and life

Mar 8 • Tyler Dane

Ergo: a case study in approachable invention

What a small framework can teach us about system design

Mar 4 • Tyler Dane

Complexity is a choice

Why the relationships in your codebase matter more than the parts

Mar 1 • Tyler Dane

February 2026

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

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