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Candost's Blog

Candost

I used to think that reading would make me wise. One day, ten pages before finishing a book, I realized that I had read that same book before. At that point, my perspective on reading and, therefore, my life had changed. Now, I don’t care how many books I read; I take many notes, connect dots, and share what I’ve found on my blog and newsletter. I’m interested in many things at the same time (I’m a multipotentialite). On this blog, you’ll find me talking to about multiple aspects of life like leadership, software engineering, philosophy, psychology, software architecture & design, urban & industrial design, exercising, finance, Formula1 Racing, eating healthy, and many more. I’m a software engineering manager; that’s my current job. At home, I’m a writer and an avid reader. I rarely watch TV, movies or TV series. I don’t have any social media account (except Mastodon where I have automated posting of my new articles). Hence, I often miss the popular culture references in conversations. That’s alright. I don’t have FOMO; I embrace JOMO. I rarely read fictional books.

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I used to think of system design as being formed by technical and communicational patterns. However, everything around software teams and technical infrastructure affects the system design: offices, team distribution, CI/CD,...
Organizations mistake collaboration as a good strategy and don't see its side effects. The effect of two teams collaborating on systems is sometimes invisible. Collaboration between two teams can enforce "great teamwork," and leaders can...
Sometimes, it looks like long-term collaboration is necessary between two teams that are both stream-aligned. But it doesn't fit into the collaboration team interaction mode framework (e.g., consumer and provider teams were meeting every...
When organizations are poorly managed, usually, there is chaos between teams: either more interaction than necessary or no interaction at all where it needs to be. Clearly defining the expected interaction mode will provide clarity, and...
Platform teams have a lot of organizational work besides designing and coding the platform. Without organizational work, they cannot function well. Organizations have to ensure that platforms' APIs are well-designed and documented. Their...
Getting the platform right is difficult because of the product pressure. Once the platform team works efficiently, it's fantastic to have because the team takes a lot of organizational burdens away from stream-aligned teams along with...
Using Complicated Subsystem Teams separates the complicated part to reduce the cognitive load on stream-aligned teams. Separation of concerns and decoupling are fundamental techniques in software engineering. The key part and difficulty...
This article is part of my notes from Chapter 4 on Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann. You can read other chapter notes as well. Chapter 1: Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability in Distributed Applications...
This article is part of my notes from Chapter 5 on Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann. You can read other chapter notes as well. Chapter 1: Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability in Distributed Applications...
Hey friend, As a manager, I coach engineers at various seniority levels. Some of them have much more experience in the industry than me, some have a similar experience, and some are less experienced. Regardless of the experience levels,...
These two words—questioning and asking—have different meanings, although both often refer to the same meaning. When we question a person or a piece of work, we meet with resistance. Questioning judges, investigates or interrogates. It...
This article is part of my notes from Chapter 3 on Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann. You can read other chapter notes as well. Chapter 1: Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability in Distributed Applications...
Lately, I had a conversation with an iOS developer who wants to change to the gaming industry and asked me how I switched my tech stack from iOS to the backend and my experience. Today, I will talk about the tech stack change, its...
For a while, I've been thinking about what makes leadership difficult and why it challenges me—and others—that much. Before becoming a manager, I had a few discussions with some leaders to figure out the difficulties. I asked them what...
I was thrilled when I received an email from a company—let's call them Acme Inc.—to lead a team of six engineers, including mobile app developers, reverse engineers, and a QA specialist. Although I'm happy that I took the counteroffer my...
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