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Miguel Shinyenyi

Backend engineer in Nairobi. I write to test whether I understand what I build: Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, and the ideas behind them.

Location Nairobi, Kenya Joined Joined on  Personal website https://miguel-shinyenyi.github.io/miguel-site/

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Backend Engineer at Global Link+

More Copies Is Not a Better Life
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More Copies Is Not a Better Life

#sapiens #incentives #systemsthinking
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What the Reconciler Can't See
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What the Reconciler Can't See

#springboot #postgres #reconciliation #kafka
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What Becomes True When Both Stay
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What Becomes True When Both Stay

#sapiens #selfobservation #concurrency
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Knowing and being able to explain are not the same skill
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Knowing and being able to explain are not the same skill

#learning #firstprinciples
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Claim, Argument, and the Discipline of Not Fooling Yourself
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Claim, Argument, and the Discipline of Not Fooling Yourself

#reading #reasoning #documentation
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A Mind That Lies to You Too
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A Mind That Lies to You Too

#sapiens #cognitivebias #selfobservation
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The Outbox Held, the Ledger Didn't
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The Outbox Held, the Ledger Didn't

#springboot #postgres #kafka #concurrency
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Idempotency keys, under load
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Idempotency keys, under load

#springboot #postgres #concurrency
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