Do you want to try out a slightly different approach to meeting new people, sharing some knowledge, and learning something new yourself? Start having virtual coffees with strangers as I do! TL;DR – I maintain a Calendly link where people can book a…

There’s a chapter you can find in almost all technical books you’ll ever open. I hate it with a burning passion. It’s the chapter titled “Who this book is for,” usually found in the book’s preface. Authors (actually publishers) use that chapter t…

I was interviewing for a job recently, and I got asked what got me into coding. It’s not the first time I got asked that same question, and it’s one of my favorites. I love to see the person’s reaction who asks me the question when I tell them the answer…

I was reading a book by Ashley Davis on bootstrapping microservices*, and at the beginning of the book, the author sums up his philosophy of development as: Iterate Keep it working Move from simple to complex Fair enough! That sounds like a reas…

There’s a really annoying trend on social networks, where people will post an update only to ask for more followers, or likes (or whatever the term for upping the imaginary reputation number is). I use Twitter, so I see it daily there. Tweets are always wr…