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Database transactions: isolation levels
This is the first post of a series about database internals. I’ll start with a topic that's familiar to many developers: isolation levels, which look simple on the surface, but the devil lives in the details.
So long and thanks for all the shoes.
2025 is over and here's a bit of reflection on what happened and what's ahead for me in 2026. It will be fun, for sure, just like this NOFX album.
Harper is live! ⚡
Today, I'm excited to announce a side project that combines my two passions: surfing and tech. Here I describe my motivations and plans for Harper.
Take aways from reading The Pragmatic Programmer
Thoughts after (re)reading this book 10 years later. It's amazing how it aged well and most of the learnings are still valid.
The power of showing up
Random thoughts about how showing up has been helping me building healthy habits
Hash tables using separate chaining as collision resolution
Fundamentals of computer science never gets old. In this post, I'm exercising my brain by implementing hash table data structure from scratch in Java.
Thoughts on transitioning to a management track
Transitioning to management path is not easy. It's basically a new skillset you'll need to learn. In this post, I'll give my thoughts on how this transition worked for me.
Lessons learned after working in an early-stage startup
Working at early-stage startups is not easy. No money, uncertainity and too much ambiguity, to say the least. However, there are a bunch of opportunities for learning. Here I'm trying to summarise some learnings from my experience in 99 and Yellow.
Understanding HTTP
Back to basics: here's an explanation of how HTTP works behind the scenes.