Ilya Brin - Software Engineer

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Notification System: How to Sync Millions of Devices Without Pain

Hey architect! 📱

Need to build a notification system that works like the big players? Where messages arrive instantly on all user devices, and the server doesn’t crash under load?

Let’s break down how to design a notification service that can handle millions of users and sync state across their devices.

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Natural Language Processing: Text Processing Fundamentals in Go

2025-04-27 8 min read Golang Nlp Machine-Learning Ilya Brin

Hey linguist! 👋

Want to teach computers to understand human language? Analyze customer reviews, extract keywords from documents, or determine sentiment of comments?

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is the magic that transforms unstructured text into useful data. And yes, you can do this in Go!

Let’s explore NLP fundamentals, practical algorithms, and real examples of text processing in Go 🚀

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Go Race Detector: Finding and Fixing Data Races

2025-01-15 8 min read Golang Concurrency Debugging Ilya Brin

Hey bug hunter! 👋

Data races are the most insidious bugs in concurrent programs. They hide in production, don’t reproduce locally, and corrupt data in the most unpredictable ways.

Fortunately, Go has a built-in race detector that finds these bugs automatically. It’s like an X-ray for your concurrent code!

Let’s explore what data races are, how to find them, and how to fix them using Go Race Detector 🚀

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GitHub Actions: Advanced Workflows for Go Projects

2025-01-15 5 min read Devops Golang Ci-Cd Ilya Brin

Hey there! 👋

Are you still manually running tests before every commit? Deploying to production via SSH and praying nothing breaks?

GitHub Actions turns your repository into an automated machine: tests, linters, builds, deployments - all without your intervention.

But most people only use basic features. You can set up matrix testing, dependency caching, conditional deployments, and even automatic releases.

Let’s explore advanced patterns for GitHub Actions in Go projects 🚀

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