Various methods I use to gain new knowledge — A few years ago, I started my journey; picture this, a recent undergraduate SW engineer on his first full-time day job. My team mainly consisted of seniors; I saw those “giants” that both have vast product knowledge and tons of it in software development. They even found the time to…

In every team I was part of, a debate started on this point: should the developers write automation tests as part of the development process? They’ve just finished implementing the requirements and wrote some unit tests; now, should they also write automated tests? Well, the answer, “it depends”. Depending on…

My humble effort on managing your career — Few months ago, I switched jobs. As part of this move, I have changed my daily programming language from C#, which I have been using for over eight years, to Java. …

Solving the “It works on my machine” syndrome — This is the last post in the simplify docker series ( if you haven't read the previous ones, go ahead and read them, it will make more sense afterward — part I & part II). This time I’ll cover networks, docker-compose, docker volumes, and more. What is it all about with docker-compose? Docker-compose allows you to define…

Solving the “It works on my machine” syndrome — I covered the basics of creating and building Docker images in part I (if you haven’t read that yet, I would recommend it since this part is based on it). In this part, I’ll explain how to run and delete an image of the container you’ve built.

Solving the “It works on my machine” syndrome — I’ve heard a lot about dockers, even had some experience with it as part of my graduate degree. Still, as the old saying goes, learning is by doing. By doing, I mean using the stuff you want to learn as part of your daily work (instead of using it…

It's like learning to ride bicycles whole over again — As long as I recall my relationship with computers, I’ve been using Windows. I customized everything to the perfection that fits my needs. Whether it's keyboard shortcuts, specific applications (like this one) that helped do my work, scripts, and more. …

What is YAML? And how it works? — Recently I switched jobs, and as part of this change, I’ve been introduced to a whole new tech stack. RabbitMQ 🐰, Java Spring, Docker, etc. (meaning more subjects to write about 😂). Most of the technologies I use on a daily basis consume YAML as their configuration. …

But I’m a (scope) creep…what the hell am I doin’ here? — Here is a situation that I am pretty sure every team or individual contributor has encountered throughout his career. You get well-defined requirements, review them, ask questions, adjust them with your product owner, and prepared one heck of SW design. Soon after, the implementation phase begins, and a few hours…