Understanding Decision Overload and Its Effects When Notes Fly An explainer of decision overload, the way hundreds of small daily choices deplete decision-making capacity so the most consequential decisions get the least deliberate thought, illustrated by an eng… EBEmir Baycan
UX Designer Daily Tasks: Research and Reality When Notes Fly A realistic account of a UX designer's daily work, correcting the image of uninterrupted Figma time by showing a fragmented, collaborative, interpersonal reality. Structured as a week, it walks resea… EBEmir Baycan
Understanding Database Transactions and ACID Rules When Notes Fly A deep explainer of database transactions and the ACID properties, defining a transaction and why transactions exist, then working through atomicity (all-or-nothing via write-ahead logging, undo/redo… EBEmir Baycan
Data Pipelines: Efficient Data Movement and Transformation When Notes Fly An explainer of data pipelines, the automated workflows that extract data from source systems, transform it, and load it into destinations for analysis, opening with Uber's nightly cascade producing… MSMelik Can Sariyer
Data-Driven Business Ideas When Notes Fly A guide to data-driven business ideas, defining a data business as one that monetizes information asymmetry, the gap between what raw data contains and what a customer can extract without specialized… EBEmir Baycan
Choosing Between Cybersecurity and Software Engineering When Notes Fly A comparison of cybersecurity and software engineering as career choices, two overlapping technical paths that both offer strong salaries and prospects but differ in day-to-day work, culture, progres… EBEmir Baycan
Exploring Cybersecurity Career Opportunities When Notes Fly A guide to cybersecurity career paths, treating the field as a family of distinct careers rather than one job. It gives full treatment to five tracks, offensive security (red team and penetration tes… EBEmir Baycan
Cultural Dimensions Explained When Notes Fly An explainer of Hofstede's cultural dimensions, the measurable axes on which national cultures systematically differ, developed from large-scale IBM survey research. It defines the six dimensions (po… EBEmir Baycan
Creative Revenue Stream Ideas for Creators When Notes Fly A guide to creator revenue streams, opening with Ali Abdaal building a 5-million-dollar-a-year business across six streams, arguing that what separates sustainable creators is revenue architecture ra… EBEmir Baycan
Creative Block: Why It Happens and How to Break It When Notes Fly An explainer of the gap between information and knowledge, built on the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom hierarchy and opening with the O.J. Simpson trial, where the prosecution had overwhelming evi… EBEmir Baycan