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Bookmarks
A curated library of the articles, guides, and talks I keep reaching for when I need inspiration or a refresher.
Article
The future belongs to people who can just do things
Perspective on AI adoption stages in engineering teams and why organizations should accelerate practical skill development.
Geoffrey Huntleyai engineeringadoptionteam dynamicsexecution
Article
What do I mean by some software devs are "ngmi"?
A scenario-driven essay arguing that performance rankings can shift quickly as engineers adopt AI-assisted workflows and others stay in disbelief.
Geoffrey Huntleyai engineeringcareerproductivityadaptation
Post
Claire Vo post on X
Referenced X post from Claire Vo. Add context notes once tweet text is captured.
Claire Voxpostaiproduct
Website
Artificial Analysis
Independent AI model and provider comparison hub with intelligence, speed, price, and API performance views.
Artificial Analysisaibenchmarksmodelspricing
Article
Graphite: The End of Mammoth Pull Requests? My Experience
Nicolas Charpentier's experience report on using stacked PR workflows with Graphite to reduce oversized pull requests and improve review velocity.
Nicolas Charpentierpull requestscode reviewdeveloper workflowgraphite
Article
everything is a ralph loop
Geoffrey Huntley's post on "Ralph loops" as an iterative software-development operating model and why loop design matters more than one-pass implementation.
Geoffrey Huntleyai engineeringagent loopssoftware developmentautomation
Book
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
The most approachable deep dive into modern data systems, covering replication, partitioning, streams, and consistency tradeoffs.
Martin Kleppmanndatabasessystem designstreaming
Guide
The System Design Primer
A curated GitHub guide that walks through end-to-end architectures, capacity planning, and interview-ready diagrams.
Donne Martinarchitecturereferenceplanning
Newsletter
High Scalability
Case studies and breakdowns of how large-scale products ship reliable distributed systems in production.
Todd Hoffcase studiesproductiongrowth
Course
Stanford CS245: Database Systems
Graduate-level lectures that explain storage engines, query planning, and the cost models behind relational databases.
Stanford Universityquery planningstorageacademia
Repository
Awesome Postgres
A living list of extensions, tooling, and best practices for running Postgres in production.
dhamaniasadpostgrestoolingbest practices
Newsletter
Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter
Candid breakdowns of engineering org design, infrastructure bets, and pragmatic leadership lessons.
Gergely Oroszleadershipculturecareer
Blog
Uber Engineering Blog
Detailed write-ups of how Uber scales storage, ML, observability, and reliability across a global org.
Uber Engineeringobservabilitymlplatform
Guide
Uber Go Style Guide
Uber's comprehensive Go style guide covering conventions, patterns, and best practices.
Ubergostyle guidebest practices
Article
How to Write HTTP Services in Go After 13 Years
Mat Ryer's definitive guide on structuring HTTP services in Go with lessons from over a decade of experience.
Mat Ryergohttparchitecture
Go Teamgoofficialidioms
Article
Idempotency Keys
Stripe's deep dive into designing idempotent APIs for reliable payment processing.
Stripeapi designreliabilitypayments
Article
Idempotency Keys with Go and Postgres
Practical implementation of Stripe-style idempotency keys using Go and PostgreSQL.
Inheadengopostgresidempotency
Documentation
PostgreSQL Documentation
Official PostgreSQL 16 documentation covering all aspects of the database.
PostgreSQLpostgresreferencedatabase
Documentation
Redis Distributed Locks
Official Redis guide on implementing distributed locks with the Redlock algorithm.
Redisredisdistributed systemslocking
Paper
Amazon Dynamo Paper
The foundational paper on Amazon's highly available key-value store that influenced NoSQL databases.
Amazondistributed systemsdynamoavailability
Guide
AWS Database Selection Guide
AWS decision guide for choosing the right database service for your use case.
AWSawsdatabasesarchitecture
Documentation
Google Cloud Run Deployment
Official guide on deploying containerized applications to Cloud Run.
Google Cloudgcpcloud runcontainers
Documentation
Kubernetes Services and Networking
Official Kubernetes documentation on services, load balancing, and network policies.
Kuberneteskubernetesnetworkingservices
HashiCorpterraformekskubernetes
Paper
Attention Is All You Need (Transformers)
The groundbreaking paper introducing the Transformer architecture that powers modern LLMs.
Googlemltransformersnlp
Liu Zhengdistributed systemshashingload balancing
Pattern
Saga Pattern for Microservices
Pattern for managing distributed transactions across microservices.
Chris Richardsonmicroservicestransactionspatterns
Article
Facebook TAO: The Power of the Graph
How Facebook built TAO, their distributed data store for the social graph.
Facebook Engineeringdistributed systemsgraphfacebook
Facebookrocksdbstoragelsm tree
Paper
Bitcoin Whitepaper
Satoshi Nakamoto's original paper introducing Bitcoin and blockchain technology.
Satoshi Nakamotobitcoinblockchaincryptocurrency
Andreas Antonopoulosethereumsmart contractsblockchain
Communitysoliditysmart contractsethereum
Uniswapdefiammethereum
MITtoolsterminalproductivity
Article
Geohashing and Quadtrees
Visual explanation of spatial indexing techniques for location-based systems.
Karan Pratap Singhsystem designgeospatialindexing
Google SREsreload balancingreliability
Testcontainersgotestingcontainers
Brandurgopostgresengineering
Dave Cheneygotestingpatterns
Article
Common Anti-Patterns in Go Web Apps
Practical guide to avoiding common mistakes in Go web applications.
Three Dots Labsgowebanti-patterns
Documentation
Helm Chart Template Guide
Official guide to creating Helm chart templates for Kubernetes.
Helmhelmkubernetestemplates
Specification
Conventional Commits
Specification for adding human and machine readable meaning to commit messages.
Communitygitcommitsconventions
MDNhttpheadersweb
Wikipediadatabasesdata structuresstorage
Oz Nova & Myles Byrnecs fundamentalseducationself-study
Will Larsoncareerstaff engineerleadership
Googlegostyle guidegoogle
Course
Stanford CS329S: ML Systems Design
Stanford course on designing and deploying machine learning systems.
Stanfordmlmlopssystems
GoReleasergodistributionhomebrew
Nikita Prokopovunicodeencodingfundamentals
Communityunicodeutf-8encoding
Systems in Pixelsredisinternalsdata structures
Mercari Engineeringgotestingparallel
Foundryethereumsoliditytooling
Repository
Crypto Reading List
Jump Crypto's curated reading list for blockchain and crypto engineering.
Jump Cryptocryptoblockchainreading list
Solanasolanablockchaindevelopment
ConsenSys Diligencesoliditysecurityethereum
Apachestreamingprobabilisticbig data
IBMmlfeature engineeringdata science
Article
Two Tower Model for Recommendations
Deep dive into the two-tower architecture for recommendation systems.
Shapedmlrecommendationsarchitecture
vLLM Projectllminferenceml
Cognitionaiagentsarchitecture
Google Researchresearchpapersgoogle
SaaS Landing Pagedesignsaaslanding pages
Portfolio
Anthony Fu's Personal Site
Minimal text-forward portfolio by the creator of Vitest, Slidev, and VueUse. No hero animation or decoration; credibility comes through output density.
Anthony Fudesignportfolioinspirationweb designminimal
Portfolio
Lee Robinson's Site
Pure content-hierarchy personal site by Vercel's VP of Product. System fonts, generous whitespace, no animations; the restraint is the signal.
Lee Robinsondesignportfolioinspirationweb designminimal
Portfolio
Rauno Freiberg's Site
Interaction designer at Vercel. Refined restraint with subtle geometric CSS accents, careful color variables, and a craft-first philosophy.
Rauno Freibergdesignportfolioinspirationweb designinteraction design
Portfolio
Paco Coursey's Site
Designer-developer focused on typography, motion, and polished interfaces. Minimal personal site embodying his philosophy: all I want to do is build websites.
Paco Courseydesignportfolioinspirationweb designminimal
Portfolio
Emil Kowalski's Site
Design engineer whose site opens directly into current work with no traditional hero. Refined typography, dark mode, intentional subtraction over decoration.
Emil Kowalskidesignportfolioinspirationweb designminimal
Article
Train Your Judgement: Emil Kowalski
Interactive article teaching animation quality through A/B comparisons. Centered column, generous whitespace, serif inline elements. A model for content-first technical writing.
Emil Kowalskidesignanimationinspirationweb designinteraction design
Portfolio
Egor Builds
Dark portfolio with yellow hover accents, portrait-led hero, DM Sans + Playfair Display + JetBrains Mono type system. Professional yet approachable.
Egordesignportfolioinspirationweb designdark mode
Portfolio
Pedro Duarte's Site
Creator of Radix UI. Intentional simplicity with custom fonts, SVG noise texture, and content-first layout. Code, content, and other things.
Pedro Duartedesignportfolioinspirationweb designminimal
Gallery
Godly: Web Design Inspiration
Curated gallery of astronomically good web design. Best reference for contemporary portfolio and creative site aesthetics.
Godlydesigninspirationgalleryweb design
Portfolio
Josh W. Comeau's Site
React and CSS educator. Animated SVG illustrations and layered section transitions make this the most visually decorated of the minimalist-adjacent personal sites, justified by his joy-of-coding brand.
Josh W. Comeaudesignportfolioinspirationweb designanimation