Welcome to The Coder Cafe!
Feeling overwhelmed by the endless stream of tech content? At The Coder Cafe, we serve timeless concepts for coders. Written by a senior software engineer at Google and published author, it's perfectly brewed for your coffee, helping you grow your skills deeply.
Why The Coder Cafe?
Let me introduce myself. I’m Teiva Harsanyi, and this is me giving a talk at Devoxx (with my favorite Borg1 t-shirt):
I’m a senior software engineer at Google with years of experience, including work in the safety-critical domain of air traffic control and at companies like Docker. I run a tech blog with over a million views, and I am the author of the very well-received book 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them.
One day, I had a discussion with someone on Twitter about Google, and this person told me this:
Honestly, I never ever considered myself as talented. During my studies, I was always close to giving up, constantly needing to retake exams because computer science was too difficult for me.
Yet, one day, I discovered a principle that changed my life: Kaizen (改善). This Japanese concept emphasizes that growth isn’t about how quickly you advance but about a consistent commitment to improvement. I didn’t join Google or become an author because I was talented; I did it because I applied the Kaizen philosophy for over a decade2.
That’s why I created The Coder Cafe. I wanted to build a community to help people grow week in and week out. While you might not learn everything in a day, I believe you will make steady progress over time.
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Designed for backend software engineers, DevOps professionals, and SREs, the newsletter covers a range of topics: coding, software engineering, testing, databases, distributed systems, reliability, systems, and soft skills & communication.
Enter The Coder Cafe, grab a coffee (or a tea), and explore foundational, timeless concepts—the building blocks of a successful career.
And I still have a lot of things to learn and get better at.
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
—Aristotle