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Great software developerseven the proverbial greybeardsget a little better every day by adding knowledge and skills continuously. This new book invites you to share a cup of coffee with senior Google engineer Teiva Harsanyi as he shows you how to make your code more readable, use unit tests as documentation, reduce latency, navigate complex systems, and more.

The book introduces vital software engineering concepts that will upgrade your day-to-day practice, regardless of your skill level. Youll find focused advice and explanationseach five pages or lesson everything from foundational data structures to distributed architecture. These timeless concepts are the perfect way to turn your coffee break into a high-impact career boost.

What's inside

Generate property-based tests to expose hidden edge cases automatically

Explore the CAP and PACELC theorems to balance consistency and availability trade-offs

Design graceful-degradation strategies to keep systems usable under failure

Leverage Bloom filters to perform fast, memory-efficient membership checks

Cultivate lateral thinking to uncover unconventional solutions

About the reader

For serious and curious software engineers.

About the author

Teiva Harsanyi is a senior software engineer at Google. Previously, he has worked in various domains including safety-critical industries like air traffic management. He is the author of 100 Go Mistakes and How To Avoid Them.