Pleasures and Pangs of Contributing to StackOverflow

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@sidstechcafe.com | 6 years ago

Greenfield Software Projects – A Pessimist’s Outlook

TL;DR: Technical decision making in software projects is a challenging endeavour, especially if it’s being developed for someone else, viz… | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 7 years ago

The Developer Glass Ceiling

Software engineering in general and programming in specific is a young person’s game; or so it’s treated. I have seen people’s quaint… | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 7 years ago

Browser automation – Auth forwarding with Cookies

Browser automation is quite a common requirement in software projects, usually intended to reduce manual effort of repetitive tasks… | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 7 years ago

ThoughtWorks TechRadar: New Tools of the Trade

Disclaimer: All opinions mentioned here are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 7 years ago

The “Startup Mode” Conundrum – Fight between getting it right vs. getting it out

The Eternal Fight between ‘getting it right’ vs ‘getting it out’ | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 7 years ago

Gmail vs. WhatsApp: End to End Encryption Debate in News

In a recent news show on the lynching incidents in my home country India due to the fake news spreading over WhatsApp, a technology savvy… | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 7 years ago

Leadership – Expectations and Aspirations Management (Part-2)

This blog post is an outcome of an informal discussion at ThoughtWorks around managing peoples’ expectations and aspirations, and how they… | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 7 years ago

Kotlin: Not a Scala Killer, Just Better Java

To avoid any adverse flack, I would like to clear at the outset that I have nothing against Java 8, and I actually love Scala. | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 8 years ago

Leadership – Expectations and Aspirations Management (Part-1)

This blog post is an outcome of an informal discussion at ThoughtWorks around managing peoples’ expectations and aspirations, and how they… | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 8 years ago

Agile Is Dead, Long Live Agility

The bugles of the death of Agile in Software/IT Project execution have been sounded since 2013. Agile style of project execution is… | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 8 years ago

Dr CultureShock, or how I stopped worrying about Org Culture (Part-2)

In my previous post I talked about some impacts of organization’s culture on its people. In this article, I will take a stab at providing… | Continue reading


@sidstechcafe.com | 8 years ago