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Matija Cvetan

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Articles and resources

Title	Type	Score	Tags	Completed at	Size
draw-your-font - turn a photo of your handwriting into a real font	Tool	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Font	27.07.2026.
TimeProvider and the End of Untestable DateTime.Now \| Maarten Balliauw {blog}	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	.NET/C#	27.07.2026.	M
How I Find Problems to Solve as a Staff Engineer - Lalit Maganti	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Software development, Career	27.07.2026.	M
The System Design Behind My New SaaS	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Saas	25.07.2026.	M
I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Security, Interview	23.07.2026.	M
Learning to code is still worthwhile	Blog	⭐️⭐️	Software development	07.07.2026.	S
Why I Stopped Arguing With People \| A Geek’s Page	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Feedback, Communication skill	07.07.2026.	M
Ten years of ClickHouse in open source	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Year-in-review, Open Source, Software development	05.07.2026.	L
Why Drizzle ORM couldn't publish new releases on NPM for a month \| vlt /vōlt/	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️	Fun Fact, NPM	05.07.2026.	S
Lies We Tell Ourselves About Email Addresses \| git push --force	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Email, Fun Fact	27.06.2026.	L

Books

Book title	Category	Relavance	Summary	Learned	Completed
“Software Architecture: The Hard Parts”	Software Architecture	40%			TBD
“Designing Data-Intensive Applications”	Software Architecture	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	In this practical and comprehensive guide, author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate this diverse l...	// TODO :)	02.02.2026.
"T-SQL Fundamentals" by Itzik Ben-Gan	SQL, SQL Server	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Effectively query and modify data using Transact-SQL Master T-SQL fundamentals and write robust code...	Comprehensive introduction to querying and modifying data using Transact-SQL for Microsoft SQL Serve...	24.12.2025.
"SQL Server 2022 Administration Inside Out" by Randolph West, Melody Zacharias, William Assaf,…	SQL Server	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Dive into SQL Server 2022 administration and grow your Microsoft SQL Server data platform skillset. ...	SQL Server 2022 Administration Inside Out by Randolph West, Melody Zacharias, William Assaf, and oth...	27.08.2025.
"100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them" by Peter Carter	SQL, SQL Server	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them focuses exclusively on the errors that you might—and p...	This book focuses on common mistakes made when working with SQL Server and explains how to recognize...	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.