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Don’t Be Ashamed to Say "I Don’t Know"
These three words that made us immediately trust her more than anyone else before: I don’t know.
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Soft vs. Hard Dependency
Turning hard dependencies into soft ones is one of the most effective ways to improve the reliability of a system.
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Keeping a Mistake Journal
Research suggests that reflecting on errors is one of the most effective ways to reinforce learning.
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Property-Based Testing
Traditional tests don’t guarantee a bug-free system; a passing test only confirms that the tested scenario behaves as expected.
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Don’t Forget About Your Mental Health
Taking care of our minds isn’t optional: it’s a critical part of the process to keep growing over time.
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Working on Complex Systems
This is why recognizing whether a system is complicated or complex is so important: it shapes how we should approach problem-solving.
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Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm
The maximum flow problem involves finding the highest possible flow that can travel from a source to a sink in a flow network without exceeding edge…
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🎉 1,000 Subscribers, 1 Coding Challenge!
We just hit a big milestone at The Coder Cafe! To celebrate, we’re launching our own Discord server and kicking off a coding challenge with prizes.
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Bloom Filters
Bloom filters offer a space-efficient solution for checking set membership, trading accuracy for reduced memory usage.
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So, I Wrote a Book
The Story Behind 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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Eventually Green Tests (April Fool’s Joke)
With enough time, 97% of failing tests will eventually pass or become irrelevant.
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Lurking Variables
Proactively segmenting data per influencing factors can help discover lurking variables before they lead to misinterpretations.
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