Pakka Nimbu Podcast with Bhavin Doshi

Catch interesting conversation with Anuj Gupta and Bhavin Doshi about top misbeliefs about AI amongst leaders.

#hiring #startup #pakkanimbu Summary In this episode, Abha Bhakoo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhabhakoo/), VP Talent at Lightspeed India, discusses how developers, architects, and engineering managers can determine if they are a good fit for early-stage startups. She explains the different types of companies and personas that recruiters work with, such as builders, scalers, and leaders. Abha hig...

In this conversation, Bhavin Doshi interviews Anuj Gupta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anujgupta-82/) about career counseling for developers in the field of AI. They discuss whether developers should switch to an AI team, the importance of being AI aware, and how to make oneself more AI aware as a software developer. They also talk about the wrong steps to take in adding AI to one's resume, how...

#practo #seniorengineer #softwareengineers In this conversation, Bhavin Doshi and CTO of Practo Abhinav Lal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhinavlal/) discusses various aspects of tech debt and architectural decisions at Practo. Abhinav clarifies misconceptions around tech debt, emphasizing that tech debt is an intentional choice. He also shares insights into Practo's tech stack, including the...

In this episode, Prajwal Kumar, AVP of Human Capital with Matrix Partners India, discusses the role of talent acquisition and its importance for businesses. He emphasizes the need for founders to have a clear understanding of their team-building requirements and aspirations. Prajwal also highlights the role of recruiters as candidates' advocates and the importance of building relationships wit...

Hari talks about the journey of starting HackerRank, expanding the team, scaling the organization, the tech stack and infrastructure, monitoring and alerting, front-end development, and shares some scale experiences and mishaps. In this conversation, Hari Karunanidhi, the CTO of HackerRank, discusses various technical challenges and scaling issues faced by the company. He emphasizes the importance...

Harshad Saykhedkar shares his background and past experiences in the AI/ML field, including working at Slack and Astro. He discusses the challenges of transitioning from hardware to software engineering and the importance of effective communication in remote work settings. Harshad also talks about the acquisition of Astro by Slack and the learnings he gained from working in a US-based company. He...

In this conversation, Sahil Ahuja and Bhavin discuss the challenges and strategies of managing library dependencies in software development. They explore the differences between patch, minor, and major versions and the impact of each on code stability. They also delve into the complexities of major version upgrades and the need for careful planning and testing. The conversation highlights the impo...

Why is boredom important for software engineers? What is the power of jargons to allow you to think about very complex things in a simple manner? Which of the generalist vs specialist hiring should you prefer as a candidate? Find out about all of this, and more, in this episode of Pakka Nimbu Podcast with Manu Manjunath, Senior Principal Engineer at Atlassian, who shares unique insights from his l...

In this episode, Swanand Pagnis discusses the importance of deep work and how it can lead to career growth and mastery. He shares his experiences in building the Ruby community and highlights the challenges he faced in finding meaningful work. Swannand emphasizes the need for clear boundaries between deep work and shallow work, and suggests strategies for reducing the number of meetings. He also d...

In this conversation, Anand Bagmar shares his journey in the software space and the defining experiences that shaped his beliefs. He discusses the transition from testing to quality and the importance of understanding agile and influencing quality throughout the software development lifecycle. Anand emphasizes the need to focus on practices rather than best practices, as what works in one context...

The conversation explores the concept of the pirate mindset in the world of software development. The spirit of the pirate is about being rebellious, breaking rules, and embracing a sense of adventure and exploration. It is a reminder to not lose sight of the DNA of the rebel and renegade that drives innovation. The conversation also delves into the importance of craftsmanship and engineering in s...

In this conversation, Bhavin Doshi and Senthil discuss the growth of software engineering and the importance of aligning architecture with business goals. They explore the concept of industrial engineering and the need for on-the-job learning. The conversation also delves into the balance between technical depth and managerial skills, emphasizing the importance of understanding the business impact...

In the episode 05 of Pakka Nimbu podcast, we have Sahil Ahuja, CTO of GMetri. GMetriXR is a no-code editor to build your own metaverse. Sahil talks about the architecture of metaverse system, moving away from cloud and self-hosting the infrastructure, creating a virtual file system and solving latency problems for global metaverse. He also talks about importance of IAC (infrastructure as code) to...

This conversation discusses the challenges of dealing with flaky tests and the impact they have on the development process. The speaker shares their experience of struggling with identifying and fixing flaky situations, as well as the psychological and operational impact it had on them. They explain how they decentralized the problem by defining test health and flakiness, building a service catalo...

In this episode, Bhavin Doshi interviews Alagu Muthuraman, co-founder at Peoplebox, about a production issue they faced with collaborative editing. They discuss the challenges of debugging an issue that is hard to reproduce and the stress management required during such incidents. Alagu shares his experiences and strategies for staying calm and strategic in high-pressure situations. He emphasizes...

In this conversation, Bhavin Doshi and Rajneesh Prakash discuss the importance of digging deeper to overcome challenges and stagnancy in one's career. They highlight the need for knowledge sharing and the consequences of not sharing knowledge, particularly in the context of on-call responsibilities. The conversation also delves into the challenges of alerting and monitoring operational, system, an...

In this conversation, Amit Chhajer⁠, the CTO of Trudoc, discusses the challenges of alerting and monitoring in production back-end systems. He shares his experience of dealing with excessive alerts and the impact of noise in the alerting process. Amit explains the process of reducing the number of alerts and the importance of ownership and teamwork in maintaining system uptime. He also highlights...