There used to be a time when showing off your many lines of code as a sign of engineering prowess would make you a laughing stock. The trend was quite the opposite - achieving the same result with fewer lines of code was considered peak performance. Both …
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Ever heard of this great new invention, AI? Have you adopted it thoroughly yet? No? Aren’t you afraid? The FOMO in the industry is real. Executives either have this fear themselves or are pressured into it by their boards and peers. It seems, at the very …
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One of the most annoying myths in software development that just won’t die is the supposed tradeoff between speed and quality. The common thinking goes: quality, speed, cost - pick 2. And because time is money, this in turn gets simplified to speed OR qua…
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How does one get to a 99.999% of uptime on their public, frequently used API? The usual answers are all focused on technical solutions. I suppose your tech stack, architecture, deployment strategy, and all these wonderfully concrete choices matter a lot. …
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No, a cat didn’t just step on my keyboard. There is a lot about the hottest topic in (every) town that is just… confusing. Every single product out there has to have AI in it. Even a toothbrush. This must mean that everyone wants it and customers are supe…
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