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20 Jul 2026
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What a Queue Actually Is
The one diagram about RabbitMQ I wish someone had drawn for me before I shipped a single line of code.
Read on Substack → 10 Jul 2026“It Works” Is Where the Real Work Begins
Why the engineers who ask “why this way?” are the ones who look like wizards
Read on Substack → 23 Jun 2026Slow Down to Speed Up: A Calmer Way to Crack Technical Interviews
Why the engineers who think before they type are the ones who finish first
Read on Substack → 20 Jun 2026I Finally Started Learning AWS. Here's What I've Learned So Far.
Exploring the core services, what AWS actually is, and the essential tools every DevOps engineer needs.
Read on Substack → 25 May 2026Beyond the Textbook: Why OOP Struggles Are Real (And How to Cleanly Master It)
Dearest gentle readers, let us finally talk about Object-Oriented Programming.
Read on Substack → 15 May 2026JavaConnect, Spring AI, and a Demo That Tried to Humble Me
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