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Matija Cvetan

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Articles and resources

Title	Type	Score	Tags	Completed at	Size
The challenges of soft delete \| atlas9	Blog	⭐️⭐️	DB	09.02.2026.	L
Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users \| OpenAI	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	PostgreSQL, Performance	09.02.2026.	XL
Jamieson O'Reilly on X: "eating lobster souls Part III (the finale): Escape the Moltrix" / X	X Article	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	LLM, Security	09.02.2026.	L
Company as Code - by Daniel Rothmann - 42futures	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟	Product idea, Organization	09.02.2026.	L
Rent-a-Human Site Lets AI Agents Hire an IRL Set of Opposable Thumbs	Article	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	LLM	09.02.2026.	M
Stories From 25 Years of Software Development - Susam Pal	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Career	09.02.2026.	L
YARP — Reverse Proxying the .NET Way \| by Marek Sirkovský \| Jan, 2026 \| Medium	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	.NET/C#, Proxy	09.02.2026.	M
Kafka Dead Letter Queue Triage: Debugging 25,000 Failed Messages \| Stefan Kecskes Blog	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Kafka, Best practices	04.02.2026.	L
Temporary Table Caching in Stored Procedures	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	SQL Server, Performance	04.02.2026.	XL
I identified the 7 deadly sins of engineering productivity so you don't have to	Blog	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Problem solving, Flow	04.02.2026.	L

Books

Book title	Category	Relavance	Summary	Learned	Completed
“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.
"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.