--- title: Best ThePrimeTime posts — May 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted ThePrimeTime posts from May 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen/best-of/2024/05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen/best-of/2024/05 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best ThePrimeTime posts — May 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted ThePrimeTime posts from May 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of ThePrimeTime — May 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/private-empty-s3-bucket-cost-me-1300-kwmzkjjms "Private EMPTY S3 Bucket COST ME $1300") Video ThePrimeTime · 2y Private EMPTY S3 Bucket COST ME $1300 Discover how an empty private S3 bucket can cause a skyrocketing AWS bill, due to unauthorized requests from third parties and misconfigurations of an open-source tool. Learn about the potential risks and security measures to prevent such incidents. 33 1 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/your-next-backend-should-be-written-in--efutjcw0r "Your Next Backend Should Be Written In...") Video ThePrimeTime · 2y Your Next Backend Should Be Written In... The post discusses the benefits of using Gleam for building backend APIs, focusing on its type safety, simplicity, and concurrency features like tasks and actors. It also demonstrates how to cache external API calls and manage long-running background processes. The author recommends trying out Gleam for future projects. 29 1 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/if-go-and-rust-had-a-baby-1ygtnzklz "If Go And Rust Had A Baby") Video ThePrimeTime · 2y If Go And Rust Had A Baby June is a new language that aims to combine the strengths of Go and Rust. It introduces the concept of grouped allocations, which simplifies lifetimes and memory management, and allows for easy code reuse and cleaner API design. June also offers a unique approach to memory recycling, providing a way to keep groups of allocations and still offer features like delete in a linked list abstraction. While some challenges remain, June shows promising potential as a complementary language to Rust. 28 1 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/cloudflare-pay-me-120k-or-we-shut-you-down-swslrrwey "Cloudflare: Pay Me 120k Or We Shut You Down") Video ThePrimeTime · 2y Cloudflare: Pay Me 120k Or We Shut You Down Cloudflare allegedly forced the author to pay $120,000 upfront or risk having their website shut down. The author discusses the aggressive sales tactics of Cloudflare and shares their negative experience. 26 6 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/go-kind-of-sucks-b5sic0rxm "Go Kind Of Sucks") Video ThePrimeTime · 2y Go Kind Of Sucks Go has several criticisms, including verbosity, poor interoperability with other code, poor garbage collection performance with certain types of heaps, and difficulty in managing go routine lifetimes. However, it also has strengths like lightweight threads and error handling with 'panic'. Overall, Go is a language with pros and cons, like any other programming language. 23 3 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/what-your-github-says-about-you-live-from-brazil-rgkszmzqe "What Your GitHub Says About You | LIVE from Brazil") Video ThePrimeTime · 2y What Your GitHub Says About You | LIVE from Brazil Discover what your GitHub says about you and learn how to stand out and showcase your skills on the platform. 21 1 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/becoming-a-great-engineer-2eeiptqwa "Becoming A Great Engineer") Video ThePrimeTime · 2y Becoming A Great Engineer The post discusses the process of becoming a great engineer and emphasizes the importance of learning through hands-on experience. 20 1 [See all ThePrimeTime archives](/sources/primeagen/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen/best-of/2024/05#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen/best-of/2024/05","name":"Best ThePrimeTime Posts — May 2024","description":"The most upvoted ThePrimeTime posts from May 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen/best-of/2024/05#items","numberOfItems":7,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/private-empty-s3-bucket-cost-me-1300-kwmzkjjms","name":"Private EMPTY S3 Bucket COST ME $1300"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-next-backend-should-be-written-in--efutjcw0r","name":"Your Next Backend Should Be Written In..."},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/if-go-and-rust-had-a-baby-1ygtnzklz","name":"If Go And Rust Had A Baby"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cloudflare-pay-me-120k-or-we-shut-you-down-swslrrwey","name":"Cloudflare: Pay Me 120k Or We Shut You Down"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/go-kind-of-sucks-b5sic0rxm","name":"Go Kind Of Sucks"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-your-github-says-about-you-live-from-brazil-rgkszmzqe","name":"What Your GitHub Says About You | LIVE from Brazil"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/becoming-a-great-engineer-2eeiptqwa","name":"Becoming A Great Engineer"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ThePrimeTime","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"May 2024"}]}]} ```