Full-time programmer, part-time writer, and lifelong learner — Bio Hey! I am a programmer, hacker, computer science engineer, and product developer from Bangalore, India. I have 16+ years of Software engineering experience across multiple technologies including High-performance web backend platforms, Cloud services deployment. These are some of the areas I have worked in: Product Development, Systems software & firmware…

Downsides and Upsides — You’ve probably heard the term cloud computing, but do you really know what it’s all about? If you’re like most people, your main understanding of cloud computing is that it can make developers’ lives a lot easier. This isn’t far from the truth. Cloud computing has a ton of benefits…

How an excessive focus on quality can have adverse effects — QA is a necessary evil when it comes to creating software, as a lot of gems slip through the cracks. But it can also be a hindrance if an organization puts too much focus on its QA process, instead of the customer experience. This can happen when the QA process…

I hope it does! — The world has become a smaller place. People can travel to faraway lands in the blink of an eye and experience things they never thought possible before. But what are the consequences of this? Over-tourism is a serious problem that needs addressing, but until now there hasn’t been a solution. …

Spoiler: it’s ECS. — If you’re an AWS developer, you probably know that the cloud giant offers two different ways to run your applications: EC2 instances and ECS containers. Both are powerful and flexible options that give you access to various computing resources and services. But how do they compare? …

It was just a missing hyphen — This story is from the era of the Cold War when the USSR and the USA were competing with one another to dominate the world in every possible way. In 1957 the USSR took lead in space domination by successfully launching the first artificial satellite that encircled Earth for 2…

Are such questions relevant? — Many such questions that might not have any real use-case are often asked during the hiring process. And you might feel — “Why should I know that? I never had to do this in my career and probably will never do.” Let’s go back a bit in time. When you…

Change is constant in Software Design as well! — Most developers at least the naive ones directly jump to write code when they are presented with a problem. The love of writing code or the eagerness to solve the problem takes over. A good design is something a developer should worry about. …

Endless stairs are the only way to reach this village — Cherrapunji (aka Sohra) is one of the wettest places in the world. It receives over 11,000 mm of rain every year. It is situated in the Northeastern state of Meghalaya, India. Living root bridges are a common sight in the region. There are quite a few of them. More than…