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Coding

Algorithms and Data Structures

• Arrays vs. Linked Lists

• Binary Heaps

• Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm

• Graphs

• Topological Sort

Coding Challenges

• Advent of Code

• Exercism

• Gossip Glomers

• One Billion Row Challenge

Concurrency

• Concurrency vs. Parallelism

• Coroutines

• Data Race vs. Race Condition

• Mutex vs. Semaphore

Functional Programming

• Functors, Applicatives, and Monads

• Partially Applied Functions vs. Currying

Software Engineering

Code Health

• Cognitive Load

• Cohesion

• Coupling

• Focus on Product Ideas, Not Requirements

• Nested Code

• Premature Abstractions

• Readability

• Simplifying Complex if Statements

• Tidy First?

• You Aren’t Gonna Need It (YAGNI)

Testing

Fundamentals

• Avoiding Logic in Tests

• Code Coverage

• Eventually Green Tests (April Fool’s Joke)

• Line vs. Branch Coverage

• Property-Based Testing

Unit Tests

• 10 Unit Tests Properties

• Common Arguments Against Unit Tests

• Test Behavior, Not Implementation

• Test-Driven Development (TDD)

• Unit Tests As Documentation

Distributed Systems

Databases

• ACID

• Consensus

• Consistency Model

• Exploring Database Isolation Levels

• Isolation Level

• Safety and Liveness

• The CAP Theorem

• The PACELC Theorem

• Transactions

Performance

• Latency and User Experience

Fundamentals

• Working on Complex Systems

System Design

• Bloom Filters

• Probabilistic Increment

Reliability

Analysis

• Lurking Variables

• Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Fundamentals

• Adaptive LIFO

• Fail Open vs. Fail Closed

• Graceful Degradation

• Reliability

• Resilient, Fault-tolerant, Robust, or Reliable?

Systems

Computer Architecture

• Instruction Pipelining

• Simultaneous Multithreading

Linux

• Linux Soft vs. Hard Lockup

Beyond Code

Communication

• 10 Rules I Learned About Technical Writing

• The XY Problem

Cognitive Biases

• Cognitive Biases

• Confirmation Bias

• Streetlight Effect

• Survivor Bias

Critical Thinking

• Keeping a Mistake Journal

• Lateral Thinking

Sustainability

• Don’t Forget About Your Mental Health

• So, I Wrote a Book

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• Stepping Back to Move Forward

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