Teams often tend to follow some off-the-shelf agile model as a written-in-stone guidebook… move away from the very essence of agile
Don’t dread the Thread, it’s just Java async code
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It’s useful to think of threads simply in terms of tools that provide the ability to execute pieces of code asynchronously. Before async-await and Future…
Book Review — Coming into the Country
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Cross-posted from Goodreads It’s said that Coming into the Country is one of the finest books on Alaska and wilderness ever written. That may be true, but I wouldn’t know as this is the only book on wilderness I’ve read. I picked up this book from The Tim Ferriss Show podcast episode with David Heinemeier […]
Book Review — The Psychology of Money
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Cross-posted from Goodreads The book presents a collection of simple and neat ideas around how to think about managing your money. Notice my emphasis on “how to think about managing” rather than “how to manage.” I guess the title itself makes it abundantly clear that rather than discussing “proven” formulae for increasing your wealth it […]
Hello, Automattic
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I cannot be happier to write my comeback post to say that I’ve joined Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. A8C is an open-source-focused, remote-first, distributed company that has many other cool products in its arsenal, like WooCommerce, Gravatar, Day One, and Tumblr. I’ve joined the WooCommerce division. Joining this wonderful bunch of like-minded people […]
Ep. 5: Micro Frontends Architecture in Practice Pt. 2 w/ Rakesh Menon & Gautam Chadha
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This is the second part of a two-part series. This episode is hosted by AnuRock. In the last episode we were joined by Rakesh and Gautam to talk about micro frontends. We discussed the origins of micro frontends and dissected its various integration approaches. Today we will continue our discussion with Rakesh and Gautam. Topics: […]
Ep. 4: Micro Frontends Architecture in Practice Pt. 1 w/ Rakesh Menon & Gautam Chadha
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This is the first part of a two-part series. To be continued in Ep. 5. This episode is hosted by AnuRock. Today we are joined by Rakesh and Gautam to talk about micro frontends. Rakesh Menon is a Senior Experience Technology Architect and a polyglot developer who specializes in JavaScript. He works with different teams […]
Ep. 3: Building Crazy Fast Web Applications w/ Manish Shekhawat
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This episode is hosted by AnuRock. Today we are joined by Manish to talk about performance. Manish is a Senior Architect Experience Technology. He is currently part of a digital transformation project in retail domain for an Australian client through an omni-channel solution to improve time of market of features across brands and channels in […]
Book Review — Never Split the Difference
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Cross-posted from Goodreads Practical, on-the-ground tips from a long-time FBI hostage negotiator. While some tips from hostage crises may not translate 1:1 to business or personal negotiations, most of them do (you’ll instinctively feel so). The author does an excellent job in pushing across two major takeaways — (a) you cannot separate out emotion from […]
Ep. 2: Why Your Next App Should Be In Flutter w/ Giri
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This episode is hosted by AnuRock. Today we are joined by Venkata Giribabu Jeedigunta to talk about Flutter. Giri is a manager experience technology with a diverse skillset and experience across the full stack. He’s been a Flutter enthusiast and advocate ever since finding it and falling in love with it a couple of years […]