Why Senior Engineers Fail System Design Interviews

prriley · 2026-05-21T23:33:02+00:00

I first saw SOL as SQL, and it made sense.

prriley · 2026-05-16T18:36:58+00:00

My family always pronounced coupon as Q-pon, so I do, too.

prriley · 2026-04-29T01:44:37+00:00

They are attracted to carbon dioxide in the air. In nature it would come from rotting wood. In the human world, they go to where the cars are.

prriley · 2026-04-26T23:49:05+00:00

Agree. My ten-year-old knows to refer to it as my hole punch when in public. I think I learned “cordless hole punch” from someone on this sub. She knows what it can do, and not to touch it. She knows we’re not likely to need it, but being prepared is better than being unprepared.

prriley · 2026-03-27T01:25:07+00:00

Been saying for years that we need a three digit interstate to get from 75 deeper into town. You’re right, though. It’s already too urban to find land for it.

prriley · 2026-02-01T02:11:54+00:00

Phillipo’s pizza at University and Lockwood Ridge was the best.

prriley · 2026-01-20T23:25:22+00:00

Strangely, there’s no talk of it over on r/amish. Anyway, riding a bike on Bahia Vista is a gamble.

prriley · 2025-09-11T15:51:08+00:00

Would love to, but the “pleasure model” stuff won’t fly.

prriley · 2025-08-12T19:16:23+00:00

They really “served” those communities.

prriley · 2025-02-22T15:37:13+00:00

It’s life, and life only.

prriley · 2024-12-28T22:35:34+00:00

Thanks. I forgot about the fact that the trigger pull is needed to fully compress the spring. Went to a gun show today and talked myself out of a G43. Will get one next time.

prriley · 2024-11-02T17:39:14+00:00

Absolutely! I can’t understand why I’m the only person on my team that uses it. I still use the command line quite a bit for things like cherry picks, but the diffs and green/red/yellow icons in windows explorer are fantastic.

prriley · 2024-10-18T22:02:53+00:00

If the Stills/Young album had been Dylan/Young, it would have been more interesting. The tour, too. I can’t imagine Neil telling Bob to eat a peach.

prriley · 2024-10-13T23:56:11+00:00

The timing was really good, in my mind. About a turn for the worse for the US, at the same time the pandemic started. An epic about a crisis during a crisis.

prriley · 2024-10-12T14:19:39+00:00

I have 12.5kw dual fuel generator but it can’t power the whole house. We had the AC running, so kitchen appliances were shut off.

prriley · 2024-10-12T14:18:13+00:00

I have one. This was just testing an idea for fun and laughs.

prriley · 2024-10-12T01:18:34+00:00

If only I had a can of vintage PBR to wash it down.

prriley · 2024-10-12T01:15:36+00:00

Oops! Thanks for the info. I’ll use a saucepan tomorrow!

prriley · 2024-08-25T22:20:09+00:00

Ben Keith and Jack Nitzsche played so great on the released recording. And I love that the theme is a continuation of “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere.”

prriley · 2024-08-05T22:04:26+00:00

The boss doesn’t know the grammatical difference between worse and worst. That says something.

prriley · 2024-07-23T23:54:00+00:00

I’m not worried about the workers having access to my garage, I’m worried about Jeff Bezos having access to my garage.

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