Hey there software engineering friends! Let’s gather ’round the coding campfire to discuss something you’ll eventually have to deal with: layoffs. What’s a layoff? Layoffs are when lots of people are notified at once that they will not have a job either immediately or within…
Hey friends! Time for a quick chat around the coding campfire. Let’s discuss minimum viable product, henceforth MVP. MVP in software is the least amount of functionality needed to satisfy some given requirement. Why is MVP important? You’ll likely only have time to implement whatever…
Microservices have been steadily growing in popularity over the years. Why have a monolith when you can have clean, concise services? Like anything in your “engineering toolbox”, there is a cost. Microservices have been popularized by Netflix and Amazon (and others) as the universal solution…
I get into the office as early as I can. Why? So I can study. I always try to spend the first 30-60 minutes of my workday learning.No emails open, no IMs. I completely focus only what I’m reading or watching during “learning time”. As…