Jacob's Thoughts and Musings

• A Senior Engineer's Guide to the System Design Interview (Part 2) Article Summaries
  #article #article-summaries #system-design #interviews

  22 min read • March 17th, 2024

• Go for Node.js Devs YouTube Summaries
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  5 min read • March 14th, 2024

• A Senior Engineer's Guide to the System Design Interview (Part 1) Article Summaries
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  9 min read • March 13th, 2024

• Introduction to AWS Networking YouTube Summaries
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  16 min read • March 13th, 2024

• Design a Multiple Job Payments Tracking System Database Design Problems
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  3 min read • March 10th, 2024

• Learn Terraform (and AWS) by Building a Dev Environment YouTube Summaries
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  4 min read • March 7th, 2024

• System Design Interview (Part 1) - Design a Web Crawler Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #system-design #web-crawler #interviews

  9 min read • March 6th, 2024

• GitHub Actions Tutorial - From Zero to Hero in 90 Minutes YouTube Summaries
  #youtube #youtube-summaries #github #github-actions

  12 min read • March 4th, 2024

• System Design Interview (Part 1) - Design a URL Shortener Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #system-design #url-shortener #interviews

  3 min read • March 3rd, 2024

• Designing a DB Schema Random Thoughts
  #random #db #db-schema #relational

  3 min read • March 2nd, 2024

• Designing Data-Intensive Applications - Data Models and Query Languages Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #data #data-intensive #data-models #query-languages

  7 min read • March 1st, 2024

• The System Design Interview Process Random Thoughts
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  21 min read • February 29th, 2024

• Designing Data-Intensive Applications - Reliable, Scalable and Maintainable Applications Book Summaries
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  3 min read • February 28th, 2024

• System Design Interview (Part 1) - Design a Unique ID Generator Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #system-design #id-generator #interviews

  3 min read • February 25th, 2024

• System Design Interview (Part 1) - Design a Key-Value Store Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #system-design #key-value-store #interviews

  6 min read • February 15th, 2024

• Unique Paths Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #dynamic-programming #matrix #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • February 6th, 2024

• Longest Palindromic Substring Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #strings #maps #hashmaps #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • February 4th, 2024

• Binary Tree Right Side View Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #breadth-first-search #trees #binary-tree #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • February 3rd, 2024

• Spiral Matrix Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #graphs #depth-first-search #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • February 2nd, 2024

• String to Integer Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #strings #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 31st, 2024

• Word Break Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #string #dynamic-programming #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 30th, 2024

• System Design Interview (Part 1) - Design Consistent Hashing Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #system-design #consistent-hashing #interviews

  3 min read • January 30th, 2024

• Sort Colors Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #two-pointers #maps #hashmaps #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 29th, 2024

• 12 Week Year Notes Repo Article Summaries
  #git #merging #rebase #commits

  2 min read • January 28th, 2024

• Time-Based Key-Value Store Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #stacks #maps #hashmaps #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 27th, 2024

• House Robber Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #dynamic-programming #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 26th, 2024

• Docker Tutorial for Beginners YouTube Summaries
  #docker #tutorial #beginner #youtube

  18 min read • January 26th, 2024

• Merge Intervals Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #intervals #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • January 25th, 2024

• Advanced Git Tutorial YouTube Summaries
  #git #advanced #youtube

  7 min read • January 25th, 2024

• Permutations Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #recursion #permutations #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • January 24th, 2024

• Combination Sum Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #dynamic-programming #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 23rd, 2024

• System Design Interview (Part 1) - Design a Rate Limiter Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #system-design #rate-limiter #interviews

  4 min read • January 23rd, 2024

• Search in Rotated Sorted Array Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #arrays #binary-search #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 22nd, 2024

• Rotting Oranges Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #rotting-oranges #queues #breadth-first-search #medium #leetcode

  4 min read • January 21st, 2024

• System Design Interview (Part 1) - A Framework for System Design Interviews Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #system-design #framework #interviews

  3 min read • January 21st, 2024

• System Design Interview (Part 1) - Back-of-the-Envelope Estimation Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #system-design #calculations #estimate #interviews

  2 min read • January 21st, 2024

• Roman to Integer Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #roman #strings #easy #leetcode

  3 min read • January 20th, 2024

• System Design Interview (Part 1) - Scale from Zero to Millions of Users Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #system-design #scaling #interviews

  5 min read • January 20th, 2024

• Validate Binary Search Tree (BST) Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #tries #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 19th, 2024

• Singleton Class in TypeScript Random Thoughts
  #random #typescript #classes #singleton

  3 min read • January 18th, 2024

• Min Stack Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #stacks #stack #min-stack #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 18th, 2024

• System Design Interview Questions ChatGPT Interview Questions
  #interview #chat-gpt #system-design

  8 min read • January 18th, 2024

• Implement Trie Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #tries #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • January 17th, 2024

• Course Schedule Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #topological-sort #queues #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 16th, 2024

• Coin Change Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #dynamic-programming #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 15th, 2024

• How to Start an AI Automation Agency with $0 in 2023 YouTube Summaries
  #ai #business #chat-gpt #automation #summaries #youtube

  4 min read • January 14th, 2024

• Reverse Polish Notation Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #stacks #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • January 13th, 2024

• Clone Graph Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #graphs #depth-first-search #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • January 12th, 2024

• Level Order Traversal Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #level-order-traversal #binary-tree #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • January 11th, 2024

• Database Design Interview Questions ChatGPT Interview Questions
  #interview #chat-gpt #database-design

  20 min read • January 11th, 2024

• Three Sum Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #arrays #two-pointer #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 10th, 2024

• API Design Interview Questions ChatGPT Interview Questions
  #interview #chat-gpt #api-design

  22 min read • January 10th, 2024

• Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #strings #sliding-window #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • January 9th, 2024

• K Closest Points to Origin Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #heap #min-heap #medium #leetcode

  4 min read • January 8th, 2024

• 01 Matrix Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #matrix #breadth-first-search #medium #leetcode

  3 min read • January 7th, 2024

• Refactoring UI - Working with Images Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #refactoring-ui #ui-design #images

  1 min read • January 7th, 2024

• Refactoring UI - Finishing Touches and Leveling Up Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #refactoring-ui #ui-design #finishing-touches #leveling-up

  2 min read • January 7th, 2024

• Insert Interval Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #intervals #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • January 6th, 2024

• Refactoring UI - Creating Depth Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #refactoring-ui #ui-design #depth

  2 min read • January 6th, 2024

• Different Merge Types in Git Article Summaries
  #git #merging #rebase #commits

  5 min read • January 6th, 2024

• Maximum Subarray Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #dynamic-programming #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • January 5th, 2024

• Refactoring UI - Working with Color Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #refactoring-ui #ui-design #text

  3 min read • January 5th, 2024

• Contains Duplicate Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #hashmap #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • January 4th, 2024

• Refactoring UI - Designing Text Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #refactoring-ui #ui-design #text

  4 min read • January 4th, 2024

• Middle of Linked List Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #linked-lists #two-pointer #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • January 3rd, 2024

• Maximum Depth Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #recursion #depth-first-search #easy #leetcode

  1 min read • January 3rd, 2024

• Building Twitter Interview Preparation
  #educative #system-design #twitter

  8 min read • January 3rd, 2024

• The $500k/year Solo Dev Agency Playbook - Productization Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #solo #dev-agency #products

  2 min read • January 3rd, 2024

• Diameter of Binary Tree Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #binary-tree #depth-first-search #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • January 2nd, 2024

• The $500k/year Solo Dev Agency Playbook - Expanding Horizons Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #solo #dev-agency #communities #sales

  2 min read • January 2nd, 2024

• Add Binary Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #binary #easy #leetcode

  3 min read • January 1st, 2024

• Building a URL Shortener Interview Preparation
  #educative #system-design #url-shortener #tinyurl

  8 min read • January 1st, 2024

• Majority Element Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #hashmap #map #easy #leetcode

  3 min read • December 31st, 2023

• Dynamic Programming Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #dynamic-programming

  1 min read • December 31st, 2023

• The $500k/year Solo Dev Agency Playbook - Zen and the Art of Unicycle Maintenance Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #solo #dev-agency #zen #maintenance

  2 min read • December 31st, 2023

• Reverse a Linked List Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #linked-list #stack #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 30th, 2023

• Tries Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #tries

  2 min read • December 30th, 2023

• Recursion Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #recursion

  2 min read • December 30th, 2023

• Longest Palindrome Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #strings #arrays #maps #easy #leetcode

  3 min read • December 29th, 2023

• Intervals Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #intervals

  2 min read • December 29th, 2023

• The $500k/year Solo Dev Agency Playbook - Your First Few Deals Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #solo #dev-agency

  1 min read • December 29th, 2023

• The $500k/year Solo Dev Agency Playbook - Turning "no" into a $400k client Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #solo #dev-agency #rejection #deal-making

  2 min read • December 29th, 2023

• The $500k/year Solo Dev Agency Playbook - Price and Negotiate Like a Pro Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #solo #dev-agency #contracts #negotiation

  2 min read • December 29th, 2023

• The $500k/year Solo Dev Agency Playbook - Defining Work Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #solo #dev-agency #contracts #work-definition

  2 min read • December 29th, 2023

• Climbing Stairs Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #dynamic-programming #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 28th, 2023

• Stacks Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #stacks

  1 min read • December 28th, 2023

• Queues Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #queues

  1 min read • December 28th, 2023

• Refactoring UI - Layout and Spacing Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #refactoring-ui #ui-design #layout #spacing

  3 min read • December 28th, 2023

• Refactoring UI - Hierarchy is Everything Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #refactoring-ui #ui-design #hierarchy

  3 min read • December 28th, 2023

• Ransom Note Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #hashmap #map #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 27th, 2023

• Heaps Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #heaps

  4 min read • December 27th, 2023

• Hashmaps Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #hashmaps #maps #hash-table

  1 min read • December 27th, 2023

• Refactoring UI - Starting from Scratch Book Summaries
  #book-summaries #refactoring-ui #ui-design

  4 min read • December 27th, 2023

• First Bad Version Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #binary-search #arrays #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 26th, 2023

• Linked List Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #linked-lists

  4 min read • December 26th, 2023

• Flood Fill Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #depth-first-search #stack #matrix #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 25th, 2023

• Lowest Common Ancestor Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #binary-search-trees #depth-first-search #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 24th, 2023

• Graph Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #graphs

  3 min read • December 24th, 2023

• Linked List Cycle Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #linked-lists #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 23rd, 2023

• Matrix Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #matrix #matrices

  1 min read • December 23rd, 2023

• Building Blocks - Databases Interview Preparation
  #educative #system-design #databases #sql #no-sql

  7 min read • December 23rd, 2023

• Implement a Queue Using Two Stacks Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #stacks #queue #fifo #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 22nd, 2023

• Tree Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #trees

  3 min read • December 22nd, 2023

• Strings Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #strings

  2 min read • December 22nd, 2023

• Product of Array Except Self Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #arrays #medium #leetcode

  2 min read • December 21st, 2023

• Sorting and Searching Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #sorting #searching

  2 min read • December 21st, 2023

• Balanced Binary Tree Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #binary-tree #depth-first-search #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 20th, 2023

• Array Cheat Sheet Interview Cheat Sheets
  #interview #cheat-sheets #arrays

  5 min read • December 20th, 2023

• Building Blocks - Load Balancers Interview Preparation
  #educative #system-design #load-balancers

  4 min read • December 20th, 2023

• Invert Binary Tree Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #breadth-first-search #queue #binary-tree #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 19th, 2023

• Merge Two Sorted Lists Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #linked-lists #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 18th, 2023

• Binary Search Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #binary-search #easy #leetcode

  2 min read • December 17th, 2023

• Valid Anagram Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #strings #map #anagram #easy

  2 min read • December 16th, 2023

• Building Blocks - Domain Name System Interview Preparation
  #educative #system-design #dns

  3 min read • December 16th, 2023

• Building Blocks of Modern System Design Interview Preparation
  #educative #system-design #building-blocks

  2 min read • December 16th, 2023

• Valid Palindrome Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #strings #palindrome #easy

  1 min read • December 15th, 2023

• Back of the Envelope Calculations Interview Preparation
  #educative #system-design #building-blocks

  5 min read • December 15th, 2023

• Valid Parentheses Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #stacks #arrays #easy

  2 min read • December 14th, 2023

• Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #two-pointer #arrays #linear #easy

  1 min read • December 14th, 2023

• What Happens when a User Loads a Webpage Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #dns #tcp #http

  2 min read • December 14th, 2023

• Two Sum Coding Interview Questions
  #interview #two-sum #easy

  1 min read • December 13th, 2023

• Abstractions and Non-functional System Characteristics Interview Preparation
  #educative #system-design #abstractions #non-functional-systems

  5 min read • December 13th, 2023

• Advanced Golang - Channels, Context and Interfaces Explained YouTube Summaries
  #golang #advanced #channels #context #interfaces #youtube

  4 min read • December 12th, 2023

• How I Use AI + No code to Validate any SaaS Idea Miscellaneous
  #ai #no-code #chatgpt #validate #saas

  3 min read • December 11th, 2023

• How to Structure Your Golang (API) Projects YouTube Summaries
  #golang #api #architecture #structure #youtube

  4 min read • December 11th, 2023

• Learn GO Fast - Full Tutorial YouTube Summaries
  #go #golang #tutorial #youtube

  14 min read • December 8th, 2023

• I learned a system for remembering everything Miscellaneous
  #memory #improvement

  2 min read • December 7th, 2023

• How to Use the Context Package in GoLang YouTube Summaries
  #golang #context #youtube

  2 min read • December 6th, 2023

• How to Compose Interfaces in Golang YouTube Summaries
  #golang #interfaces #composition #youtube

  2 min read • December 5th, 2023

• The Most Efficient Struct Configuration Pattern for Golang YouTube Summaries
  #golang #structs #efficiency #youtube

  2 min read • December 4th, 2023

• Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) Educative
  #aws #terraform #vpc

  4 min read • November 7th, 2023

• AWS Block Storage vs. Object Storage Educative
  #aws #terraform #block-storage #object-storage

  2 min read • November 7th, 2023

• Top 6 Coding Interview Concepts (Data Structures and Algorithms) YouTube Summaries
  #coding-interviews #data-structures #algorithms #youtube

  3 min read • November 1st, 2023

• Why Use Type and Not Interface in TypeScript YouTube Summaries
  #typescript #types #interfaces #youtube

  1 min read • October 30th, 2023

• 8 Design Patterns Every Developer Should Know YouTube Summaries
  #design-patterns #facade #factory #builder #youtube

  2 min read • October 30th, 2023

• Fundamental Building Blocks of AWS Educative
  #aws #terraform #iaas

  2 min read • October 29th, 2023

• Always Use a Custom Hook for Context API YouTube Summaries
  #react #context-api #custom #hooks #youtube

  4 min read • October 29th, 2023

• Top 8 Data Structures for Coding Interviews YouTube Summaries
  #coding-interviews #data-structures #youtube

  2 min read • October 28th, 2023

• Complete Terraform Course - From Beginner to Pro (Parts 1 - 3) YouTube Summaries
  #terraform #iac #cloud #youtube

  3 min read • October 28th, 2023

• A (Mostly) Complete Guide to React Rendering Behavior Article Summaries
  #react #rendering #context #memo

  7 min read • October 27th, 2023

• TypeScript Generics are Easy Once You Know This YouTube Summaries
  #typescript #generics #react #youtube

  2 min read • October 22nd, 2023

• Beginners Should Think Differently When Writing Golang YouTube Summaries
  #golang #method-receivers #pointers #youtube

  2 min read • October 21st, 2023