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If you have followed this newsletter for a while, you would notice I usually recommend software engineers pursue a Jerry Maguire “Help me Help you” approach in their day to day work. First if you did not watch the movie, it’s highly recommended. Please do :) Here is the “Help me…
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A good unit test should be: Idempotent: It’s every engineer favorite word :) Meaning it can be run over and over and is always green…
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Outage management is a core skill for a software engineer to acquire and is critical to achieve high availability of an online service. First, ideally…
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There is no magic bullet for clean readable code but these are tips that usually overwhelmingly increase code readability. 1) Declaration close to usage…
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If you have ever seen a great chef cooking, you will see a pattern. Every couple of chops, every couple of minutes, the chef cleans up his station. He…
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Often times, software engineers are faced with the prospect of adding new functionalities or checking in new code that seems to be beneficial but are…
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A sad topic for today: Layoffs. Layoffs are necessary when the future of a company is at risk and need to reduce its expenses to survive and compete in…
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This is my take on software engineering ladders and what it takes to be promoted from one band to another. Software Engineer I: You are tasked and are…
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