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Georges El Khoury

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Georges El Khoury writes Software Engineering Tidbits, a personal blog at softwareengineeringtidbits.com about programming and career. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “A good unit test (versus a bad one)”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.

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14mentions?
4HN people?
2023–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 11 in 2023

Small (or sometimes big) tidbits about software engineering. This is where I share tips and learnings I acquired building, maintaining and supporting software in production at Airbnb, Uber and Microsoft. with te

Most-linked posts?

  1. A good unit test (versus a bad one)
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-04-14
  2. How to Scale Yourself
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-04-11

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  1. Here is mine: https://www.softwareengineeringtidbits.com/

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    on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”
  2. Submitted Software Engineering Ladders as a story · 5 points

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  3. Submitted A good unit test (versus a bad one) as a story · 3 points

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  4. Submitted Code Reviews – all about code reviews from the author to the reviewer as a story · 2 points

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  5. Submitted How to Scale Yourself as a story · 2 points

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  6. Submitted Overview of the AI Landscape as a story · 1 points

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  7. Submitted Overview of the AI Landscape as a story · 1 points

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  8. Submitted A Good Unit Test as a story · 1 points

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  9. Submitted How to safely migrate from one system to another as a story · 1 points

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  10. Submitted CI/CD vs. On-Demand Releases as a story · 1 points

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  11. Submitted How to be a good software tech interviewer? as a story · 1 points

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  12. Submitted Outage Management as a story · 1 points

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  13. Submitted A Good Unit Test as a story · 1 points

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  14. Submitted How to Scale Yourself as a story · 1 points

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