Engineering

Last year, I had the pleasure of presenting a talk on the Montessori method and leadership at Devoxx Benelux. I was thrilled to offer an enhanced version of this presentation in the UK. In contrast to the enormous cinema hall that hosted me in Belgium, the 120-seat room in the…

Who do you want to do your GDPR compliance? Your lawyer? The guy that knows the law? Duh? You say. Well yea duh, but no, not duh. Because those guys don’t know the code. You need someone who knows the code (ok no one freak out I am not saying…

The Octá Tech, — A short story…

Introduction I recently had a fascinating discussion with Ankit Pareek, a brilliant mind, who posed a challenging question about my recent blog on resiliency. His query focused on understanding the difference between retry and auto heal mechanisms. …

How to retain your engineering MVPs — Companies incur substantial costs to attract and vet engineering talent, and engineers expend great effort preparing for the interview process when looking for a new job. Given the pain of the matchmaking process between employer and employee, why would good engineers ever leave a good company, and why would a…

Introduction: Apache DevLake is a data lake architecture built on Apache Hudi and Apache Iceberg, designed to manage and analyze large-scale datasets efficiently. By combining DevLake with DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) metrics, teams can measure their software delivery performance and make data-driven decisions. …

In the world of technology, pushing the boundaries of what we believe is possible has been the catalyst behind some of our most groundbreaking discoveries. It is in this spirit of intellectual exploration that I’m diving into an intriguing thought experiment. …

An example that highlights hurdles that need to be overcome — Once upon a time, China was one of the world’s most advanced civilizations. They invented several products that people still use today, including paper, printing, gunpowder, and the compass. Their medicine (along with India’s) was far more advanced than that of Europe. Yet in the modern era, China is better…

When it comes to building complex, long-running workflows in Go, developers often face challenges in managing dependencies, handling failures, and ensuring determinism. Temporal comes to the rescue by providing a powerful framework that promotes decoupling and flexibility in workflow development. In this blog post, we will explore how Temporal enables…