Published in Bits and Pieces·Mar 7Member-onlyLessons Learned From a Failed Microservice ArchitectureHow over-engineering harms the business even though it may improve developers’ technical skills — It was a typical story. I joined a new company and work in a small and innovative team to help the business to find the product-market fit. The team has a startup culture and one of its core values is to “be bold”. The team developed a new website that…Microservices5 min readMicroservices5 min read
Feb 6Over-engineering examples in CodeSome over-engineered examples may harm your code quality. Automate non-repeated tasks that can be done in a few minutes It’s a common mistake that every developer has made before. Developers tend to jump into the solution mode to automate everything without evaluating the return on investment (ROI). Pro Tips: Learn “The Builder’s Trap” Think about Opportunity Cost Think about Maintainence Cost …Overengineering2 min readOverengineering2 min read
Jan 25Tech Lead Handbook — DCI — Decision Making ProcessA great decision-making process that helps you gain consensus and drive better decisions. The What Decision Maker — Individual(s) who makes the decision and is accountable for its impact on the business Consulted — Individual(s) accountable for providing guidance based on functional expertise and experience, highlighting issues and raising alternatives to support…Decision Making2 min readDecision Making2 min read
Dec 27, 2022How Browser Works – SimplifiedSimplified version of how browser works with a curated list of great resources High Level Architecture Chrome has a multi-process architecture. Each module executes in one or multiple separated processes. For example, each tab may have its own renderer process. Navigate to a URL While typing, the UI thread needs to parse and decide whether to send…Browsers2 min readBrowsers2 min read
Sep 18, 2022Improve 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 readWebsite Performance2 min read
Jun 27, 2022SEO 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 readSEO3 min read
Published in System Weakness·Jun 12, 2022Secure 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 readProgramming2 min read
Jun 7, 2022First 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 readProgramming2 min read
Jun 1, 2022Tech 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 readSoftware Development2 min read
May 14, 2022Tech 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 readSoftware Development2 min read
