backend swe @ ebay | upskilling | experimenting with AI
Joined June 2021
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hello_(tanya's)world; 🌞 retweeted
Pro tip: If the LLM generates code that you cannot understand, it means you need to upskill. Use AI to explain what was generated and provide more resources to help you keep up with the model. Being able to review the code that AI generates will become a mandatory requirement for software engineers.
hello_(tanya's)world; 🌞 retweeted
read code. no matter what. accountability is still yours. optimizing for speed while risking correctness is stupidity.
Learnings from this youtube.com/watch?v=4IeCUl64… video about pool sizing:
The real danger isn’t too few connections.
It’s too many.
At high utilization (>80%):
• wait times spike 📈
• context switching kills CPU
• DB throughput drops
This is where Kingman’s insight matters:
Small load increase → huge latency jump.
hello_(tanya's)world; 🌞 retweeted
As a backend developer in 2026, how many of these 10 terms do you understand?
1. Idempotency
2. Backpressure
3. Circuit Breaker
4. Eventual Consistency
5. Distributed Lock
6. Exactly-Once vs At-Least-Once Delivery
7. Cold Start
8. High Cardinality Metrics
9. Sharding vs Partitioning
10. P99 Latency
hello_(tanya's)world; 🌞 retweeted
It's sad that we promote and encourage complexity in the tech industry
I'd love to see more of a push towards simple solutions to problems
joined a new company recently as a swe-2. Unlearning and relearning new workplace patterns currently
So put my creativity + vibe coding skills to use and started with this mini project.
The goal was to make it as simple as possible. ☘️
Tools I used:
@Pinterest : Inspiration ✨
My notebook: Planning 🗒️
@canva : Designing the UI & choosing the fonts 💪
Vo by @vercel: Vibe-coded some parts 👩💻
