Tag: programming
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A story about scrapped items, shopfloor chaos, and the importance of a robust DevOps strategy. When Production and Local Collided It was early in my career as a junior developer, and I was working on a manufacturing execution software—a high-profile system tightly integrated with shopfloor machines, controlling real-time operations in factories. It was exhilarating to…
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Evaluating Knowledge I often find myself reflecting: Where do I stand on the Dunning-Kruger scale? How do I evaluate my own knowledge compared to others? Do I sometimes overestimate what I know? Or do I underestimate myself? These questions might seem self-critical, but I’ve come to realize they’re essential for understanding myself and my biases.…
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Why is YAGNI overrated? Back in 2017, I attended a CodeEurope conference, where Niklas Gustavsson, the chief architect and VP of engineering at Spotify, gave a fascinating talk. He discussed Spotify’s approach to architecture and their in-house framework, Apollo. The talk revolved heavily around microservices – how they structured them, why they worked, and how…