Sep 18Improve Website Performance – Resources HintsWhat does dns-prefetch, preconnect, prefetch, preload, prerender do and when to use them dns-prefetch & preconnect A 3rd party domain, like https://fonts.gstatic.com/ dns-prefetch Resolve a 3rd party domain to an IP address. …Website Performance2 min read
Jun 27SEO Tools to make your development easierA list of SEO tools that help Web Developers work more effectively. Meta Tags, Screaming Frog, Lighthouse, Broken Links Checker, Redirect Trace, Social Media Preview and more… This post is for Web Developers who work on public-facing web products. There are SEO specialists/consultants working in your organisation. …SEO3 min read
Published in System Weakness·Jun 12Secure Your ExpressJS App6 actionable tips on how to secure your web applications — Know the basics Open Web Application Security Project https://owasp.org/ and its Top 10 Web Application Security Risks https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/ Take Actions 🔒 1. Secure HTTP Headers Use Helmet in your Express app. // Simply do this app.use(helmet()); // or if you need "Referer" to identify traffic channels app.use( helmet({ referrerPolicy: { policy: "origin" }, }) );Programming2 min read
Jun 7First 90 Days - Shut up and ListenWhat I did in my first month as a Senior Technical Lead (Solution Architect) at a new company 1. Know the environment ⛰ Understand the industry and its landscape Where do we play? Who do we compete with? Who do we partner with? How do we win? Know the company What’s the company’s vision? What…Programming2 min read
Jun 1Tech Lead Handbook — NemawashiGetting buy-in The What Nemawashi is a Japanese term that translates to “going around the roots.” The concept of nemawashi was then applied in business particularly in decision-making and consensus-building. In business, nemawashi is the act of gathering information and feedback from employees through one-on-one or small group discussions. Much like giving…Software Development2 min read
May 14Tech Lead Handbook — Pair ProgrammingWhy pair programming? What should we use it for, and when should we not? The What What is pairing programming really for? Pair programming to exchange knowledge among people The main goal of pair programming is knowledge sharing — an activity through which knowledge is exchanged among people. Pair programming to the…Software Development2 min read
May 8A Curated List of Short Posts About System DesignFrom Alex Xu — the author of System Design Interview — An Insider’s Guide I’ve been following Alex Xu on LinkedIn for a couple of months now. I found his posts to be pretty good for people who are interested in System Design and have some time to kill while…System Design Interview2 min read
Apr 25My minimalist shell setup — Bash in Terminal and Zsh in iTerm2The key is having 2 pairs of separate shell environments running independently — the fancy Zsh/iTerm2 setup as my primary shell environment, and Bash/Terminal as a stable fallback environment The Terminal Application Popular terminal applications on MacOS are: Terminal (MacOS built in) iTerm2 (most popular and my goto, written in Objective-C ) Hyper…Iterm 23 min read
Apr 16The Focus Shift from Individual Contributor to Engineering ManagerGitHub Contributions page tells the story of the transition from IC to EM My journey from an Individual Contributor to a Tech Lead / Team Lead / Engineering Manager on a small team (less than 10 developers). I am trying to answer a question about how much code an Engineer…Engineering Manager4 min read
Apr 1Tech Lead Handbook — Consensus vs ConsentEveryone says yes? No one says no? When you come up with a situation, which strategy you should use and when? The What Consensus: everyone says yes. It is transparent and collaborative, but slow. You might need to do Nemawashi to get the border consensus. …Tech Lead3 min read
