This page is a practical index of the languages, runtimes, platforms, and engineering tools that keep appearing across the cave

Programming Languages

• Python is the language that appears most often in the cave, from tiny semantic puzzles to interactive algorithm explorations and engineering notes.
• JavaScript:
  • Why JavaScript `Math.random` Cannot Be Seeded
  • JavaScript `Math.random` Is Not Secure For Cryptography
  • CORS - How The Browser Protects You
  • Use of the x- Prefix in HTTP Headers
• SQL:
  • The N+1 Problem in SQLAlchemy

Data Engineering

• PySpark: distributed data processing in Python.
  • Spark Streaming
  • Why foreachBatch Exists in Spark Streaming
  • Why Summing 40 Columns Hangs PySpark
• Databricks
  • Deletes in Delta Table Streams
  • Using Spot Instances in Databricks Clusters
  • When Databricks Autoscaling Is Not Recommended
  • Why Parquet Schema and Metadata is At The End

Web Publishing and Interactive Notes

Cheese Bytes is also a publishing experiment. Some notes describe how the site itself works and how interactive content can live inside technical writing.

• Testing Astro React Components
• Python Web Workers
• Marimo:
  • Marimo Iframe Notebook Test
  • A Random Experiment with Marimo Islands
  • How Grid Choices Can Mislead Your Choropleth Maps