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Matija Cvetan

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When I'm not working my magic, you'll find me exploring blogs and books, experimenting with wild ideas, or creating with my 3D printer as a trusty companion.

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Some of my recent reads 📒📖

Articles and resources

Title	Type	Score	Tags	Completed at	Size
Do y’all actually check licenses for all your dependencies?	Reddit	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	License	28.08.2025.
Junior got questions regarding CancellationToken	Reddit	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	.NET/C#, Best practices	28.08.2025.
Encode unicode to ASCII/Punycode and vice-versa	Tool	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟	URL, Browser	26.08.2025.
Things AI images	Website	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Fun, Websites	26.08.2025.
How I Hacked McDonald's (Their Security Contact Was Harder to Find Than Their Secret Sauce Recipe) \| bobdahacker	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Security	24.08.2025.	M
.NETPro #3 \| Special Edition: Strengthening ASP.NET Core security — Authentication, Authorization, and Secure Data Handling	Blog	⭐️⭐️	.NET/C#, Security, Sales pitch	24.08.2025.	M
2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey	Article	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Survey, Software development	22.08.2025.	XL
Mantine	Tool	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	UI/UX, CSS, Frameworks, React	21.08.2025.
Bulma: Free, open source, and modern CSS framework based on Flexbox	Tool	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	CSS	21.08.2025.
Web Awesome	Tool	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟	CSS, UI/UX, Accessibility	21.08.2025.

Books

Book title	Category	Relavance	Summary	Learned	Completed
“Designing Data-Intensive Applications”	Software Architecture	10%			TBD
"100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them" by Peter Carter	SQL	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them focuses exclusively on the errors that you might—and p...	// TODO	13.07.2025.
".NET Core Succinctly" by Giancarlo Lelli	.NET	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	".NET Core Succinctly" by Giancarlo Lelli is a concise and practical guide designed to introduce dev...	Quick and straightforward read that provides basic knowledge about the history of .NET and the vario...	02.06.2025.
"HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strengthening Your Soft Skills" by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Amy Gallo, Amy Jen Su, Richard Boyatzis	Soft Skills, Cross-Cultural Communication, Motivation management	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	If you read nothing else on developing your interpersonal skills, read these 10 articles. We've comb...	This book is an excellent collection of essays grounded in research and real-world surveys, offering...	23.04.2025.
"Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects" by Jacqui Readacaa	Communication skills	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	How to design appropriate diagrams and documentation, and master written, verbal, and nonverbal comm...	Communication Patterns offers a mix of practical advice and common-sense approaches to handling comm...	16.04.2025.
"Software Engineering at Google" By Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright	Software Development	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Today, software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but also how to develop p...	Software Engineering at Google is easily one of the top books I’ve read, and I strongly recommend it...	02.04.2025.
"How to Get People to Do Stuff" By Susan M. Weinschenk, PhD, Jo Anna Perrin	Communication skills, Motivation management, Business motivation	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	We all want people to do stuff. Whether you want your customers to buy from you, vendors to give you...	How to Get People to Do Stuff offers valuable insights into human behavior, motivation, and communic...	19.03.2025.
"C# 13 and .NET 9 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals - Ninth Edition" By Mark J. Price	C#, .NET	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	This Packt bestseller continues to be the definitive guide to modern cross-platform development. The...	Continued exploration of C# and .NET by reading "C# 13 and .NET 9 – Modern Cross-Platform Developmen...	05.03.2025.
"Real-World Web Development with .NET 9" By Mark J. Price	.NET	⭐️⭐️⭐️	Real-World Web Development with .NET 9 equips you to build professional websites and services using ...	Honestly, it’s a good book if you’re just starting with .NET web development, but if you’re looking ...	28.02.2025.
“The Art of Communication” By Judy Apps	Professional Communication, Communication skills	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	This book focuses on developing deeper, more meaningful conversations by engaging both logical (left...	This book isn’t a simple guide on how to act in specific situations—it dives deeper into how our bra...	13.02.2025.