Toxic Employees in IT: How to Work With Them and When to Fire

Hey manager! 👋

Do you have “that one” developer on your team? Who is technically strong but poisons the atmosphere? Demotivates colleagues, sabotages processes, and creates conflicts?

Toxic employees aren’t just “difficult personalities.” They’re a systemic threat to team productivity. One toxic developer can reduce the performance of an entire team by 30-40%.

Let’s break down how to recognize, work with, and make decisions about toxic employees in IT 🚀

NSQ: The Perfect Message Queue - When Redis Isn't Enough)

Hey distributed systems architect! 🚀

Tired of Redis queues losing messages? Fed up with RabbitMQ’s complexity? Need something that just works at scale? Meet NSQ - the message queue that powers Discord, Bitly, and other high-traffic systems.

While others struggle with queue complexity, you’ll learn when NSQ is not just useful, but absolutely perfect for the job.

Facade Pattern in Go: Simplifying Subsystem Interactions

Facade Pattern is a simplified interface to a complex system. Instead of dealing with dozens of classes and methods, the client works with one simple facade that hides all the complexity inside.

It’s like a concierge at a hotel: you don’t call the laundry, restaurant, and housekeeping separately. You tell the concierge what you need, and they coordinate everything for you.

Adapter Pattern in Go: Interface Compatibility

Adapter Pattern solves the problem of interface incompatibility. You have code expecting one interface, and a library providing another. An adapter is a layer that makes them compatible.

PostgreSQL VACUUM: What It Is and Why You Need It

What Is VACUUM in PostgreSQL?

VACUUM is PostgreSQL’s built-in cleanup tool. Let’s break down when to use it and why rushing into it can do more harm than good.

API Gateway Pattern: Managing APIs in Go

API Gateway is a single entry point for all clients. It routes requests to appropriate microservices, handles authentication, rate limiting, and aggregates responses. Let’s build one in Go.

API Gateway Pattern: управление API на Go

API Gateway - это единая точка входа для всех клиентов. Он маршрутизирует запросы к нужным микросервисам, обрабатывает аутентификацию, rate limiting и агрегирует ответы. Давайте построим его на Go.