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How great software engineers maintain outperformance
Sep 11, 2023
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How to burnout a software engineer, in 3 easy steps
Oct 16, 2023
How Google takes the pain out of code reviews, with 97% dev satisfaction
Dec 4, 2023
How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engineers
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How to Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds)
Linus Torvalds, Creator of Git and Linux, on reducing cognitive load
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How Cursor Indexes Codebases Fast
Merkle Trees in the real world
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Metric-Driven Development and The Claude Effect
Sometimes, feels have to be trusted over figures
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5 Non-LLM Software Trends To Be Excited About
Innovations outside the AI spotlight
Nov 12, 2024 • Engineer's Codex
How Fireship became YouTube's favorite programmer
How Fireship wins YouTube
Oct 9, 2024
The Boolean Trap
Use enums instead
Sep 5, 2024
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