Ishtiaque ZafarConway’s law and how it can help in making system design decisionsI recently came across Conway’s law which states: “Organisations design systems that mirror their own communication structure”. It is named…Nov 5, 20223Nov 5, 20223
Ishtiaque ZafarHow to stay one step ahead of errors and downtime as you scale up your businessHey, so you managed to scale your business from an early-stage startup to a fast-growing scale-up. This means your tech has grown a lot…Oct 6, 2022Oct 6, 2022
Ishtiaque ZafarNo-code isn’t scalable. Our learnings at FINN going from 1000 toward 100,000 car subscriptionsAt FINN, we grew from 0 to 20,000 car subscriptions, expanded to the US, all in just two years. Those statistics bring one word to mind…Jul 18, 202225Jul 18, 202225
Ishtiaque ZafarWhy I don’t like API frameworks together with ServerlessEvery time when creating a new API that is meant to be serverless, I consider or have been asked to consider using an API framework…Apr 26, 20224Apr 26, 20224
Ishtiaque ZafarHow A German Start-up Achieved 4 Mn € ARR In One YearEmbracing no-code solutions enabled FINN to scale at breakneck speeds and achieve 4 million euros of ARR in the first year itself with just…Jan 27, 20223Jan 27, 20223
Ishtiaque ZafarDockerize you projects for faster setup and development — Part 2This article is part of a series where I’ll be getting a full-fledged nodejs REST API server containerized, up and running in minimal time…Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
Ishtiaque ZafarDockerize you projects for faster setup and development — Part 1I love exploring new technologies and I feel I haven’t learnt it unless I have played with it for a long time, got my hands really dirty…Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
Ishtiaque ZafarYou have become a good programmer, what next?You can write software programs, but what next? How to grow from that role to something better? This article is about how I am trying to…Dec 27, 2017Dec 27, 2017
Ishtiaque ZafarWhy I chose to be a Software DeveloperI recently came across this article on MediumNov 24, 20171Nov 24, 20171