Software Development, Finance and AI

The correct answer is "No". Or, is it? It really depends on a few different factors. Let's talk about a few pros and cons of either approach.

I knew we would have engineering challenges and that didn't bother me (having done this for a while). But what kept me awake were the roadblocks that were bound to be there that I had little clue about!

How much time are you spending in meetings? And are you sure you needed to be in these meetings?

If you can draw, this approach will work really well! But, even if you are like me and cannot really draw, it will still save you a ton of time if you manually drew out the UI pages to share with your development team.

While it would save time (which is priceless for everyone, not to mention smaller startups where it is even more valuable!) to use UX designs created for the Web for Mobile Apps, and vice-versa, it is hardly ever possible (if a seamless User Experience across devices is at the top of your priority list).

Well, as technology improves, we get smarter as humans. But, so do bots. There's any number of things you can, and should, do to ensure your app is not hit with bot (aka: fake) sign ups.

We use our own product (obviously!) to give us a federated view of all the projects that our ecosystem comprises of but at a code repository level, we use GitHub's Project feature to manage repo-specific issues. Here's how we do it.

There is no single answer to what branching strategies work for you when it comes to GitHub. We've tried more than a few ourselves but eventually arrived at one that works quite well for us.

While it's important to not be bogged down by terminologies, it is also imperative that there is consensus within any given team so there is no confusion.

It is hard to overstate the value strong typing brings to the table, especially in the context of teams that move real fast (and have fun doing so)!

If you upgraded to heroku-20, and ran into SSL errors, this quick video (less than 2 minutes is very, very quick for someone for who brevity ain't always a forte!) may help you. It took me 3 hours to figure this out, and if I can save you that time, it would be worth it, right!

Refactoring your code periodically is a good idea. But, when you do, exercise some caution.

If you are an ambitious startup (like us!) that tries to churn out a lot of new features on a weekly basis, you are always focused on the next cool thing to do. But, needless to mention, a stable platform in Production is imperative to building user trust. Here are some of the things we do to ensure uncompromising stability.

If you are an ambitious startup (like us!) that tries to churn out a lot of new features on a weekly basis, you are always focused on the next cool thing to do. But, needless to mention, a stable platform in Production is imperative to building user trust. Here are some of the things we do to ensure uncompromising stability.

Apple's Final Cut Pro X is a good piece of software for Video Editing but it isn't without its share of bugs. Here are some I've run into, and the workarounds I've resorted to.

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Now that a lot of the world is working remotely, there are probably even more meetings than there already were, and there used to a lot to begin with!   Keep an eye on the time spent in meetings. i. Do you need to have as many meetings as you do? ii. Can they have fewer people? iii. Do you have a sense for the collective human hours spent in them?   ## Snowpal Pitch   You can track these things on...

As they say, every drop makes an ocean. I've noticed time and again that organizations don't keep an eye out for the "little" time that is wasted here and there. It all adds up and no matter how big you are, it is bound to come back and bite you unless you have a concrete plan to handle it.

While there may be some arguments about what exactly constitutes a micro service, let's take a simple use case and try to understand it better.

You want your pages to render as fast as they can. Most times, it is easier to bump up your hardware but that merely hides the problem, it doesn't fix it.

You want your pages to render as fast as they can. Most times, it is easier to bump up your hardware but that merely hides the problem, it doesn't fix it.

Let's take an example MongoDB Aggregate Query to understand certain fundamentals of aggregate queries.

Credibility is key. Make sure your resume is a reflection of that. It is no less important than your technical skills.

If you are looking to improve performance in your web or mobile apps, this series of videos may help you. At least, a wee bit.