One of my favorite pieces of technical writing is Brandur Leach’s “Transactionally Staged Job Drains in Postgres” where he reasons through the outbox pattern from first principles. I remember reading it for the first time and feeling like I had been let in on a big secret. Clever, simple, powerful. I still use the pattern all the time.
Ironic to show ads only to your users with the least spending power. Me thinks this will not last. Once the ads get “good enough” they will be everywhere.