An API is a contract with the world, and that makes it one of the hardest things to get right in software design.

https://wasteofserver.com/pepsi-broke-the-contract/

Will a LinkedList be faster? Should I swap the `for each` with an `iterator`? Should this `ArrayList` be an `Array`? This article came to be in response to an optimization so malevolent it has permanently etched itself into my memory.

https://wasteofserver.com/premature-optimization-where-software-thrives-unless-you-kill-it-first-a-tale-of-java-gc/

How to restrict a user when the IP you're getting hit with belongs to the CDN (Content Distribution Network)? This is a guide on how to leverage an OSI Level 7 Proxy, such as HAProxy, to scope and filter malicious requests.

https://wasteofserver.com/how-to-prevent-attacks-on-wordpress-when-running-under-cloudflare/