Archive - Basta’s Notes

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The importance of tools

Aug 9 •

July 2024

Don't ask me to embarrass myself.

Or: Please Lucy, stop asking me to kick the football.

Jul 18 •

February 2024

What I have been so busy with

How I built a website that lots of you will probably hate

Feb 8 •

January 2024

All the bullshit I did as a kid (part 1?)

My first computer, and the first computer I called a server

Jan 17 •

September 2023

No sacred masterpieces

Or "that time I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it like a week after launch"

Sep 15, 2023 •

August 2023

Read every error. You can't read every error.

System stability is a steady state, not a goal

Aug 18, 2023 •

July 2023

My event-driven life

I apologize for my extended absence!

Jul 8, 2023 •

June 2023

May 2023

That time I broke login at Box

and what it says about business logic and code re-use

May 19, 2023 •

25 terrible engineer interview questions

Ones that you should never ask

May 12, 2023 •

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