TIL: NNgroup UX Research, SponsorBlock, and Labella Python Library
Today I learned about NNgroup's UX research channel, SponsorBlock for skipping YouTube sponsors, and Labella - a Python library for avoiding label overlaps in visualizations.
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TIL: Build Your Own X Repository and Web Dev Junkie YouTube Channel
Today I learned about the comprehensive 'Build Your Own X' repository containing tutorials for building everything from operating systems to databases, and discovered the Web Dev Junkie YouTube channel for modern web development tutorials.
TIL: YouTube Uses FFmpeg and Instagram Python GC Optimization
TIL 2020-12-21 Google’s YouTube Uses FFmpeg - Blog post revealing YouTube’s use of the open-source FFmpeg library for video processing. Copy-on-write friendly Python garbage collection - Instagram Engineering’s approach to optimizing Python garbage collection for better memory efficiency in multi-process environments.