A practical mini‑playbook for senior engineers to think about security-first systems – co-authered by o3. Why Security shouldn’t be an afterthought Many Software Engineers treat Security as a second-class citizen when working on a large-scale system design. They focus on the non-functional...
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, “best practices” are often treated as sacred. Yet, blindly following these practices without tailoring them to your business needs can lead to suboptimal outcomes. The goal of software development is making the lives of its users easier,...
It’s been a couple of months since I left my engineering role at Amazon, one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Working at a big tech company was one of my top goals while pursuing my bachelor’s and both Samsung and Amazon helped me fulfill it. In this article, I want to talkContinue...
System / Architecture design is an important part of any software engineering project. Right after requirement gathering for features and before diving into development, every project lead has to come up with a system design document illustrating how the overall system would like and how it will...
Do you hate writing? Me too. I am not talking about tweets or IG posts. I’m talking about 500 word long articles and essays. Most of us don’t like writing them. They take too much time and effort. But is time really the problem? I don’t think so. We spend a lot of time onContinue reading "Why...
Everyone in the tech industry knows that every few years (months?) a new technology or framework enters the market. Angular, Ember and JQuery were good enough until React came up. Not that people don’t use Angular anymore, but everyone wants to learn React now. Same is true for every other...
This short post is written for recent graduates, current students and code newbies looking for a job as a Software Engineer in the Big N companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix etc. I have personally tried most of the resources mentioned here (free and paid) during my job search. These...