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itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is by far the best website to understand computer principles visually, and in depth: 100
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itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I spent 100+ hours curating 12 system design case studies, so you don't have to: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Clean code tip: React components should describe UI. Nothing more. Here's a simple test I use in code reviews: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You are what you eat. 10 brain foods to grow as an engineer: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 27/09/20261 mistake that can freeze your goals for years: 100
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itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026More engineers should use tmux. 1 cheatsheet for ALL essential tmux commands: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A new type of AI model is being built for one job: making decisions inside software. 100
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itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Clarity usually comes after you start. 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is from 2014, but even more accurate today. Link: sandimetz.com/blog/2016/1... 000
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The real risk here is that AI compresses execution time while leaving decision quality untouched. 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If you want to get better at backend system design, read these 12 curated blog posts: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I reviewed 942 pull requests at Amazon. 10 tips to ship good code fast: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My coding workflow has changed more in the last year than in the previous five. 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Here are 10 brain foods for engineers who want to keep growing: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Andrej Karpathy shares 3 tips to become an expert at anything: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 12/09/2026AI will make copying 1,000x easier. I think that changes where power lives. 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 10/09/2026LeetCode has more than 4250 coding questions. But only a few teach you the important patterns. Here are 25 of my favorite questions that will help you pass tech interviews: 210
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 09/09/2026To everyone building products with AI right now: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 08/09/2026OpenAI published a great breakdown of how they rebuilt voice AI for real-time conversation: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 07/09/2026You are what you eat. 10 brain foods to grow as an engineer: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The strongest (and simplest) mental model to succeed: 111
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itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 01/09/2026More than 100M developers use git. 1 cheatsheet for ALL essential git commands: 100
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itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Most progress is boring while you're doing it. 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 29/08/2026How to reply to: "Do we really need monitoring for this?" 100
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itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 26/08/2026One of the biggest misconceptions I had about experienced engineers was that they simply knew more answers. 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Redis Explained in Less Than 60 Seconds: 100
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itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 23/08/2026YES: “No meetings today.” BUT: Slack: “Got 5 mins?” × 12 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 22/08/2026How to reply to: "Can we just skip the tests and ship?" 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 21/08/2026why is password security so confusing? 001
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 20/08/2026𝟭𝟱 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝘁𝗼-𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 100
itsalexzajac.bsky.social @itsalexzajac.bsky.social · 19/08/202610 things Python does suspiciously well: 100
