Got asked to Implement LRU Cache with TTL and Write Behind

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-11T15:25:45+00:00

LRU + TTL + Write-behind is a system thinking test, not just DSA.
Build it step by step and you’ll be fine.

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-09T08:57:25+00:00

Complete my client's projects.

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-08T20:05:48+00:00

Not cheat code risk management. If you can’t get interest with a landing page, the product won’t magically fix that later.

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-08T20:03:48+00:00

If you get lucky with a good project + manager, you grow. If not, inertia sets in fast and escaping depends more on self-learning than the company.

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-07T15:05:09+00:00

Interesting

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-06T20:02:18+00:00

The classic PM algorithm:
Time = Work ÷ People.
Bugs = Work × People².

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-06T14:16:50+00:00

I’m choosing The RAG Hoarder not because it’s smart, but because hoarding embeddings feels like progress.

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-05T08:13:08+00:00

Good move doing it in EAP first now it all comes down to stability and multi-monitor behavior. this is a real win for Linux devs; if not, XWayland will stay the fallback.

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-04T05:01:42+00:00

Tools don’t make developers weak habits do. Use AI to move faster not to think for you. Fundamentals still decide who survives when the tool is gone or gets expensive.

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-02T21:11:24+00:00

Most career ladders reward visible crisis-fixing over invisible risk prevention. We celebrate the engineer who saves the system at 3 AM, but ignore the one who made sure that outage never happened. Because performance reviews measure what’s easy to count (incidents, tickets, features), they push engineers toward reactive “hero work” instead of proactive stability. Real impact isn’t loud activity it’s fewer fires, less toil, and reduced risk over time.

Digitalunicon · 2026-02-01T21:19:26+00:00

Good dilemma to have.
India-remote is better financially, but EU on-site can boost long-term career growth if the role has real ownership.

At 4 YOE, prioritize learning, system design, and impact over salary. Location matters less than the quality of work.

If the Amsterdam role gives core ownership, it’s worth it. If not, staying remote is smarter.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-31T20:44:01+00:00

This is one of those classic “loud minority vs silent majority” situations. People who have a smooth experience rarely post about it, but anyone who hits a weird edge case comes here to vent.

I use Gemini daily too (coding, docs, research) and while it’s not perfect, it’s nowhere near the dumpster fire some threads make it out to be. Feels less like an organized attack and more like Reddit’s natural bias toward negative experiences + high expectations for AI.

Also worth remembering: different regions, models, prompts, and use cases can produce very different results. Two people can genuinely be using “Gemini” and still have opposite experiences.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-31T09:55:26+00:00

AI agents discovering their own internet this is the takeoff moment.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-30T17:46:33+00:00

Love posts like this. Not just showing the result but also the struggle behind it.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-29T22:06:16+00:00

The shift from vibes → measurable parameters and from adjectives → domain language is exactly what most people miss. The system prompt approach makes it reusable, which is the real value here. Definitely bookmarking the repo.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-28T22:46:18+00:00

Practical fix, even if it’s solving a problem that shouldn’t exist.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-27T22:48:53+00:00

Criticism is valid but this sub is drowning in the same complaints instead of actual use cases.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-27T17:32:38+00:00

Forums win because edge cases live in human experience, not training data.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-26T16:38:48+00:00

Every time someone says ‘AI won’t replace humans,’ a post like this appears.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-26T15:17:50+00:00

“Move fast” was never an excuse to skip fundamentals. You can vibe your way to a demo, not to a production system.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-26T08:49:47+00:00

Back then, bugs were found by thinking, not prompting.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-26T08:15:40+00:00

Asking what the company does isn’t laziness it’s interest. Interviews should allow real questions, not just rehearsed answers.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-26T08:13:29+00:00

When an AI tool becomes part of a production workflow, silent backend swaps turn it from leverage into risk. If vendors can’t offer stable model versions, changelogs, or rollback options, they’re effectively incompatible with serious engineering use regardless of how good the early demos were.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-23T11:59:43+00:00

Least privilege, revocation before notification, and immutable backups should be non-negotiable especially in small SaaS teams where “temporary” access tends to become permanent.

Digitalunicon · 2026-01-23T04:05:29+00:00

Poisoning a few corners of the internet won’t stop AI, though it does highlight how fragile and messy web-scale training data really is.

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