May 16, 2026
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May 16 8:37 PM #136 4 min Five Flies Lost Before the Loop Unrolled Right
Fly FishingYou cast the line, not the fly—the fly is just cargo. Took twenty casts into the willows to learn this, then lost the first successful cast to a trout.
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Backpressure: When the Stream Tells You to Wait
Backpressure in Stream Processing 🔗 Fly FishingFly fishing taught me about bounded buffers: you can't cast more line until the last loop unfurls.