Top 10 Books for New Software Engineers

I'm excited to share my top ten list of books new Software Engineers should invest in reading! These books have proved foundational in helping me transition from student to developer and deepen my skills. First, a disclaimer: there are some great books missing from this list because I haven't read them yet. I want this... Continue Reading →

Breaking Down Abstractions: Database Indexes

In the introduction to this blog, I mentioned that I love breaking down abstractions to understand what makes them tick. This blog post is the first of many that will break down a fascinating abstraction. Abstraction Database indexes provide the abstraction of performant queries with the cost of some overhead during writes and additional storage... Continue Reading →

What This Blog is All About

"Backended"? There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things (Phil Karlton). Or, my favorite variant: There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off by one errors (Unknown) Naming is hard. Backended isn't a real word. "Back ended" and its hyphened form "back-ended"... Continue Reading →

Yet Another Software Blog

Welcome! This is the first post of my blog. If you’re reading this, you’re either arriving right on the ground floor or somehow I kept up with my goal to have an updated blog and you're reading an older post. Either way, I’ll consider you a founder. I hope that you can find value in... Continue Reading →

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