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It's my N-th attempt at learning to meditate. At some point, I realized that even lifting weights, sleeping and eating well aren't enough if you can't tame your thoughts and contro…

The idea sounds related to the distinction between essential and accidental complexity. https://ferd.ca/complexity-has-to-live-somewhere.html I really like the article above in tha…

If I understood correctly, the queue implementation in the blog post holds a transaction while an operation is in progress. I see the advice to make it as short as possible, but wh…

Not a novel idea, but it always resonates with me when I hear that the goal of every software engineer is to manage complexity. That said, I still find it hard to formulate for mys…

It’s a fantastic performance booster for a lot of mundane tasks like writing and revising design docs, tests, debugging (using it like a super smart and active rubber duck), and sy…

As a person with ADHD, I feel personally attacked.

As Martin recently posted, now the production should take about 4 more months until we can buy the paperback version. That said, if you have an O'Reilly subscription, you can alrea…

+1 I'd also like to understand whether there are still any cases when MongoDB is the right choice

Also, take a look at windmill.dev. It’s a beast

12 out of 13 chapters are already available on the O'Reilly website in the "raw and unedited" format. The book is scheduled for publication in February 2026, but if you have an O'R…