Second Brain

Your mind is for having ideas, but without a second brain, those ideas fade into memory.

Sep 3 • 

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August 2025

Availability Models

Highly available is too vague; watch out when you read or hear it.

Aug 19 • 

Teiva Harsanyi

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July 2025

Why I Switched to Vim Keybindings

After switching to Vim keybindings, I found I was not only consistent in my editing but faster than ever.

Jul 24 • 

Teiva Harsanyi

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What Makes Code Beautiful

The more average the code, the more pleasurable it is to read and maintain.

Jul 10 • 

Teiva Harsanyi

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June 2025

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.

Jun 25 • 

Teiva Harsanyi

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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.

Jun 18 • 

Teiva Harsanyi

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May 2025

Keeping a Mistake Journal

Research suggests that reflecting on errors is one of the most effective ways to reinforce learning.

May 28 • 

Teiva Harsanyi

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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.

May 21 • 

Teiva Harsanyi

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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.

May 14 • 

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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.

May 7 • 

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April 2025

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…

Apr 30 • 

Teiva Harsanyi

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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.

Apr 23 • 

Teiva Harsanyi

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