It’s not about just making it work, It’s about how long it stays. How I started working out and made it as a habit I hardly remember the memories that happened during my school/college days, I used to ask my friends how… · castle, remember, code, parts, making

– HATE SOMETHING, CHANGE SOMETHING, MAKE SOMETHING BETTER – Have you ever had an idea haunt you night and day for years and years? An idea that won’t be deterred in spite of all the naysaying and fear you can muster? The… · play, agile, something, idea, school

We like to write software! Coding is a zigzag journey of problem-solving, and the destination is less important than some might think. We often get asked questions like: If one spends a lot of time on Hacker News, or… · software, might, fun, like, news

I write a lot of code and get really dramatic about it · write, lot, code, really, dramatic

Hey there! It's Aseem. I'm self-taught and have worn many hats in a career spanning more than 17 years. I am known for being well-versed in all stages of software development, from requirements to design, implementation… · being, software, development, design, hey

Overflowed.dev is a collection of some of my ideas and projects I write down for myself and share with the world

I’ve been thinking lately about software I enjoy using, as contrasted with software that seems like a struggle to use; and why that is. One way to look at this is through the lens of respect: Did the developer of this… · software, think, been, way, look

Have you ever felt like your brilliant ideas are stuck in your mind forever? Do you struggle to figure out how to turn your ideas into a working product? Have you ever burned through your budget on low-quality… · ever, ideas, product, felt, like

I had an interesting conversation with a colleague after my last post, about whether it was possible to get the best of both worlds, or if any new tool would necessarily make you dumber. And I had to stop and think –… · like, had, engineers, interesting, post

Software development and its discontents I'm looking for my next challenge! Senior+ roles. Toronto. Hybrid or Remote · software, development, its, discontents, looking

What a year, what a year, what a year! It's a last-minute writing exercise so apologies in advance for not being fully committed with this post lol. I mean... without a doubt, of course the highlight of this year is… · yang, year, lol, bingung, apa

Loading your experience… This won’t take long. · loading, experience, won, take, long

One of the watershed moments of my life was as a 20 year old intern attending a workplace presentation about personal finance. Over the course of one hour, I learnt about the power of buy-and-hold investing and compound… · continue, reading, software, learnt, engineer

Random thoughts on software architecture, development, and DevOps processes.

Having written a retrospective pretty consistently for the last decade or so, at this point its almost customary to start with how different this year felt compared to previous ones. But this one was truly one for the… · been, various, year, last, team

Last year passed in a jiffy lot of changes happened in life and work. I used to write a yearly review for every year since 2020 but couldn’t write one... I came across this interesting question on HN and decided to write… · write, been, year, lot, work

We all dream of working on software projects that make a difference but all too often the apps barely even run. Over budget and buggy, we’re lucky if the services address even a part of the problem they’re supposed to… · dream, software, even, everything, keeps

I'm a software engineer, a student, and a complete dumbass on the internet. I've been doing this whole "programming" thing for half of my life now, and i'd like to think i'm getting good at it. If you're wondering what… · doing, programming, around, software, engineer

I have been a professional software engineer for over 8 years. I'm an expert in full stack distributed blah blah blah... · blah, been, professional, software, engineer

I don’t remember the last time I had so much fun building something. The process felt less like writing software and more like assembling a cognitive entity — giving it personality, skills, memory, and the ability to… · like, don, remember, last, time

I have been working as a professional software engineer for more than 10 years. For as long as I can remember, anxiety has been a part of my life. Over the years I’ve made peace with its existence and sometimes I’m even… · been, experience, remote, working, years

Hi, I'm a software developer based in the UK. I work with a talented team to build applications that make sense for our business. Each project teaches me something new, and I love seeing how good tech can help our… · business, software, developer, based, work

Ok, I need some help today. I heard the word "disinvestment" and frankly it makes me want to scream. I looked it up and it is in the dictionary and it is a real word. I understand that it is a word, but I am thinking… · team, need, word, doesn, like

Seems everybody and their dog are “doing agile” and they all seem to be complaining about how agile isn’t helping them, in fact for a lot of them it seems to be hindering them. I’ve wondered about this for a while and it… · agile, software, years, way, projects

Beginning of this year I spoke to a colleague who, as the background on his phone (Thanks Mr. Novianto), had his personal mantra. I thought that was neat, so I made one for my desktop. These are the three things I try to… · driven, purpose, want, his, three

These are the musings of a software engineer when he can find some time

It’s no secret that software development has exploded in the past 20 years. New software startups pop up like dandelions in the spring. It then follows that a lot of people think software development is a good career… · developers, software, development, frameworks, developer

Helping you become a productive programmer and get work/life balance

If you had asked me a few years ago if I thought I'd be a software engineer some day I would have looked at you like you were crazy. While I was fixing computers and knew that I absolutely loved everything that had to do… · software, had, engineer, self, skills

As developers, most of us feel proud about some of the tools we use in our day to day. This means that wearing a cool Last week we’ve officially launched our new shop, theboreddevshop.com, a place where, as someone… · article, version, day, gradle, sharing

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Software engineering is changing — again. Not in a loud, overnight way, but in a quiet structural way that’s already reshaping how good teams build software. We aren’t replacing engineers. We are upgrading the way… · engineering, way, software, build, engineers

I'm a software engineer who specializes in making messy systems understandable again. I work primarily in modern fullstack applications, but my real strength is untangling ambiguity in any language — production bugs… · making, systems, real, engineer, specializes

Random words about development and technologies Random words about development and technologies · random, words, development, technologies

I’ve always been a curious mind and I always wanted to explore new things related to programming. I already explored a couple of programming languages but I'm always curious to learn more. This blog post will be split… · always, curious, programming, been, mind

I’ve been having a joy developing in .NET 6. I’m only half joking. Some of the capabilities in the ecosystem are simply wonderful… once you figure them out. In the process, most of the reference documentation is… · been, caught, these, found, advice

You’ve tried the frameworks.The playbooks.The certifications.The “next-gen” tools. They all said they’d fix the friction.Deliver the value.Restore the motion. Another stalled project.Another firefighting week.Another… · another, enough, fast, tried, frameworks

What a long strange trip it has been! This project was fun, but it hasn't been maintained or updated in about 8 years. It has existed like a time capsule or dare I say a relic of "the good 'ol days". Those days are gone… · been, like, time, good, days

The rate of change is accelerating. New developments are coming thick and fast. You’ve been thinking “will I still be doing this in 5 years?”. Doom-mongers are screaming “software development is over”. · rate, change, accelerating, developments, coming

I like to think I'm a professional, constantly learning, coaching and teaching agile team member who specialises in Testing and people. I'm a active member of the Testing community, I host the London Tester Gathering and speak at conferences.

At That Sucks, we celebrate failure, incompetence, dissatisfaction, anger disillusionment, mediocrity, apathy, frustration, vengeance, cynicism, futility, chaos, sarcasm, tomfoolery, buffoonery and jackassery… · sucks, suck, celebrate, failure, incompetence

As a developer, I often find myself knee-deep in a new technology – perhaps investigating a library, or learning a language. I’m trying to frame new concepts in my head, applying my own data and architecture on the fly… · docs, code, find, myself, learning

I think that all of us can recall the feeling three months into our first Software Engineering job, coming up with a solution that includes every advanced language feature we could possibly think of. That desire doesn’t… · code, design, there, think, requirements

keep thinking and keep learning --- dev life=] · keep, thinking, learning, dev, life

Thoughts and opinions inspired by life in the Software Engineering industry

i’m a software engineer by day but i am doing a lot more – i handmake a number of items for friends and family for as long as i can remember, i’ve been thinking of stories · engineer, day, doing, lot, handmake

i like to do a lot of things, but im not very good at most of them. · like, lot, things, very, good

A few weeks ago, I sat in a meeting with colleagues from one of our product teams. We were discussing how to support them with an additional feature team to make faster progress on their backlog, and I could feel the… · team, could, something, code, picture

Welcome to my humble blog, a space where I intend to write about things that interest me. I have been a professional software developer for over 20 years now so a lot of what I am going to talk about is going be related… · interest, time, things, been, software

They're not always looking to make a million dollars. They're not always looking to make one dollar. Sometimes they do something just because it's fun. Maybe they're irked by the ergonomics of a particular tool and they… · looking, want, maybe, tool, open