Sarah Stemen
4 posts
When Every Bit Counts: Rediscovering Resource Efficiency in Modern Development
When Every Bit Counts: Rediscovering Resource Efficiency in Modern Development Introduction: The Apollo Ethos Forget for a moment…
Deconstructing LinkedIn’s Video Streaming: Building a High-Performance Extraction Engine with HLS and FFmpeg
Introduction As developers, we are often fascinated by how massive platforms manage data delivery at scale. LinkedIn, the…
The Documentation Attack Surface: How npm Libraries Teach Insecure Patterns
Most security audits focus on code. But across five reviews of high-profile npm libraries — totaling 195 million…
Why too many micro-conversions hurt PPC performance
AI-powered ad bidding systems are highly sophisticated, but conversion tracking hasn’t kept pace. Ad platforms encourage advertisers to…