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The Coder Cafe

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 23/09/2026

The Wisdom of Crowds Explained • How Companies Can Use It

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The Wisdom of Crowds Explained

How Companies Can Use It

The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 03/06/2026

Services in Space • A Story of SOA, Spacecraft, and Bad English

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Services in Space

A Story of SOA, Spacecraft, and Bad English

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 27/05/2026

Metastable Failures in Distributed Systems • Why Fixing the Trigger Fails

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Metastable Failures in Distributed Systems

Why Fixing the Trigger Fails

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 13/05/2026

AI for Production • AI as a Cognitive Partner

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AI for Production

AI as a Cognitive Partner

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 06/05/2026

Cache Use Cases Explained • Latency Cache vs. Capacity Cache

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Cache Use Cases Explained

Latency Cache vs. Capacity Cache

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 24/04/2026

The Reading Room is Open • And You're Invited

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The Reading Room is Open

And You're Invited

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 22/04/2026

Systems Thinking Explained • From Events to Systemic Structures

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Systems Thinking Explained

From Events to Systemic Structures

The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 15/04/2026

How an SSD Works • An Introduction to Quantum Physics

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How an SSD Works

An Introduction to Quantum Physics

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 24/03/2026

Working on Complex Systems • My Talk at the Monster SCALE Summit 2026

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Working on Complex Systems

My Talk at the Monster SCALE Summit 2026

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 18/03/2026

3 Bullets and a Call to Action • How To Ask Requests That Get Answers

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3 Bullets and a Call to Action

How To Ask Requests That Get Answers

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 11/03/2026

Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 8 • Concurrency

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Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 8

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 26/02/2026

Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 7 • Bloom Filters and Trie Memtable

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Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 7

Bloom Filters and Trie Memtable

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 21/01/2026

Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 6 • Block-Based SSTables and Indexing

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Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 6

Block-Based SSTables and Indexing

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 14/01/2026

Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 5 • Leveling and Key-Range Partitioning

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Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 5

Leveling and Key-Range Partitioning

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 07/01/2026

The Cold Start Problem • How to Spark Network Effects

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The Cold Start Problem

How to Spark Network Effects

The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 17/12/2025

Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 4 • Deletes, Tombstones, and Compaction

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Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 4

Deletes, Tombstones, and Compaction

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 03/12/2025

Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 3 • Durability with Write-Ahead Logging

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Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 3

Durability with Write-Ahead Logging

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 26/11/2025

Linus Torvalds vs. Ambiguous Abstractions • When a Helper Function Hides the Intent

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Linus Torvalds vs. Ambiguous Abstractions

When a Helper Function Hides the Intent

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 19/11/2025

Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 2 • LSM Tree Foundations

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Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 2

LSM Tree Foundations

The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 13/11/2025

Nothing Beats Kindness • Celebrating World Kindness Day

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Nothing Beats Kindness

Celebrating World Kindness Day

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 05/11/2025

Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 1 • In-Memory Store

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Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine—Week 1

In-Memory Store

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 31/10/2025

Horror Coding Stories: Therac-25 • A deadly race condition and overflow.

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Horror Coding Stories: Therac-25

A deadly race condition and overflow.

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 29/10/2025

Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine • Eight Weeks to a Working Key-Value Storage Engine

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Build Your Own Key-Value Storage Engine

Eight Weeks to a Working Key-Value Storage Engine

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 22/10/2025

Speed vs. Velocity • The Difference Between Moving Fast and Moving Forward

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Speed vs. Velocity

The Difference Between Moving Fast and Moving Forward

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 09/10/2025

The Story of The Coder Cafe • Celebrating the First Year

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The Story of The Coder Cafe

Celebrating the First Year

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 07/10/2025

Announcing The Coder Cafe Season 1 (Book)

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Announcing The Coder Cafe Season 1 (Book)

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 30/09/2025

Organic Growth vs. Controlled Growth • What Kind of Garden Is Your Codebase?

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Organic Growth vs. Controlled Growth

What Kind of Garden Is Your Codebase?

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 16/09/2025

What I Learned During My Paternity Leave • Books, Code, and Fatherhood

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What I Learned During My Paternity Leave

Books, Code, and Fatherhood

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 03/09/2025

Second Brain • A System to Capture, Organize, and Reuse Everything You Learn

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A System to Capture, Organize, and Reuse Everything You Learn

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 19/08/2025

Availability Models • Because “Highly Available” Isn’t Saying Much

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Availability Models

Because “Highly Available” Isn’t Saying Much

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 10/07/2025

What Makes Code Beautiful • The Beauty of Average Code

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What Makes Code Beautiful

The Beauty of Average Code

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 25/06/2025

Don’t Be Ashamed to Say "I Don’t Know" • The Quiet Power of Honesty

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Don’t Be Ashamed to Say "I Don’t Know"

The Quiet Power of Honesty

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 18/06/2025

Soft vs. Hard Dependency • A Better Way to Think About Dependencies for More Reliable Systems

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Soft vs. Hard Dependency

A Better Way to Think About Dependencies for More Reliable Systems

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 28/05/2025

Keeping a Mistake Journal • How to Learn From Your Errors

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Keeping a Mistake Journal

How to Learn From Your Errors

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 21/05/2025

Property-Based Testing • Moving Beyond Traditional Tests

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Property-Based Testing

Moving Beyond Traditional Tests

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The Coder Cafe @thecodercafe.skystack.xyz · 14/05/2025

Don’t Forget About Your Mental Health • Prioritizing Your Mind in a Culture of Hustle

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Don’t Forget About Your Mental Health

Prioritizing Your Mind in a Culture of Hustle

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