Adam Berlinsky-SchineWTF is Serverless?Serverless architectures have been trending the past few years, and many people see them as the future of backend infrastructure. Let’s…Jun 9, 2019Jun 9, 2019
Adam Berlinsky-SchineinHackerNoon.comWTF is git?You’ve probably heard your engineers talking about git, Github, or source control. It may have been in the context of “let me pull the…Aug 18, 2018Aug 18, 2018
Adam Berlinsky-SchineinThe StartupWTF is Net Neutrality?Net neutrality has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. Your engineers might be making a stink about it, but it’s hard to…Dec 12, 2017Dec 12, 2017
Adam Berlinsky-SchineWhy is everything broken?If you don’t live and breathe tech, you probably don’t realize how much time is spent preventing and fixing bugs versus the amount of time…Sep 8, 2017Sep 8, 2017
Adam Berlinsky-SchineWhy are engineers so bad at estimation?Estimating engineering tasks is hard. It’s a skill that can be improved with practice, but even experienced engineers are often way off…Jul 9, 2017Jul 9, 2017
Adam Berlinsky-SchineinHackerNoon.comWhy does my engineer care so much about a few milliseconds?Software engineers place a lot of emphasis on code performance. There is often tension between non-engineers who want more time to be spent…Jun 8, 2017Jun 8, 2017
Adam Berlinsky-SchineinHackerNoon.comFacebook does it. Why can’t we?Some of the disagreements I’ve had with non-engineers in my career stem from an assumption that because someone else is doing it, we can do…Jun 3, 20172Jun 3, 20172
Adam Berlinsky-SchineWhy do engineers worry about scaling?If you’re a CEO or other business type, when you think “scaling” you think “I’m excited to increase our userbase and revenue by orders of…May 29, 20173May 29, 20173
Adam Berlinsky-SchineWTF is technical debt?Your engineer keeps saying her team really needs to dedicate some time to reducing technical debt. WTF does that mean? Why can’t they just…May 26, 20179May 26, 20179
Adam Berlinsky-SchineI wrote the SQL query in 5 mins. Why does my engineer say it will take a month?So you’re a woke MBA who learned HTML last weekend, took a class in SQL, or even audited a 6-week Rails bootcamp. That’s wonderful…May 25, 2017May 25, 2017