Riyafa Abdul Hameed
@Riyafa1
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A Computer Science Enthusiast
London, England
Joined July 2014
Deep dive into Google's Fuchsia OS security architecture! Explores Zircon kernel, capabilities, sandboxing & strong focus on modularity/privacy. Great read for OS security enthusiasts https://t.co/HcNwT4Sk7Q
#FuchsiaOS #Cybersecurity #OperatingSystems #Zircon #SecurityResearch
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Love this reverse pyramid of coding principles: h 'Make It Work', embrace YAGNI, KISS, DRY, Clean Code, stand on giants' shoulders, follow the Boy Scout Rule, and optimize! https://t.co/JV1WNLVjS6
#Programming #CleanCode #SoftwareEngineering #CodingTips #DRY #KISS #YAGNI
muhammad-rahmatullah.medium.com
There are a lot of processes that need to be completed and technical issues to be tackled to make a fully functional application. One of…
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Struggling to switch off from work thoughts? This Forbes article shares 7 practical strategies to stop overthinking and reclaim your peace ✌️ https://t.co/OkaTQe4upa
#WorkLifeBalance #MentalHealth #Overthinking #Productivity #Wellbeing #SelfCare
forbes.com
Use strategies to stop thinking about work, and learn how to stop obsessing or overthinking. Adjust your thinking, limit your thinking and fill your mind successfully.
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Migrations: @Pragmatic_Eng’s guide for smooth system migrations at scale. Prep, execution steps, post-migration pitfalls, long-tail effects, checklist—plus handling people & leadership buy-in. Must-read! https://t.co/yOmGX3KUTH
#SoftwareEngineering #TechMigrations #SystemDesign
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
A guide for executing migrations well, at both small and large scales.
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Tired of story points in Agile? Even creator Ron Jeffries calls them wasteful & obsolete-pure guesswork that adds zero value, harms teams, & distracts from real delivery. Time to ditch them! https://t.co/iW3ocguWpA
#Agile #Scrum #StoryPoints #Estimates #SoftwareDevelopment
rigidity.medium.com
Story points are waste. Creator of Story points, Ron Jeffries, summarized the waste:
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Choreography vs Orchestration in serverless: Orchestrate *inside* bounded contexts for visibility/control; choreograph *between* for loose coupling. Hybrid wins! 🚀 By @theburningmonk
https://t.co/UgkhSbiMgV
#Serverless #AWS #Microservices #EventDriven #AwsLamda
medium.com
Choreography and Orchestration are two modes of interaction in a microservices architecture.
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Great PM advice for engineers/EMs: Build true partnerships, share outcome ownership, ask "why" for context, and communicate relentlessly! Must-read from @GergelyOrosz: https://t.co/cdNakYRaNX
#SoftwareEngineering #ProductManagement #TechLeadership
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
Product managers and founders share tips for engineering managers and engineers to work better with them.
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Tech debt isn't a burden—it's a **strategic lever** for success. Discover the 6 types and how to leverage them wisely instead of chasing zero debt. Great read from @reforge: https://t.co/YqPUpFq7Mp
#TechDebt #ProductManagement #Engineering #Startups #TechLeadership
reforge.com
Why, when, & how to handle tech debt can be challenging questions — especially when you don’t fully understand: What is tech debt?
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Just read this wild experiment: They managed a swarm of ~20 AI agents for a full week and built a production-ready app (800+ commits, 100+ PRs). Here are the 8 rules they learned https://t.co/wvp9Go430Q
#AI #AIAgents #MultiAgentSystems #AIEngineering #FutureOfCoding #Productivity
zachwills.net
FYI – part 2 with copy/pastable agents + commands is out! A couple weeks ago I went heads-down and experimented with a new development model....
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To Deploy or Not to Deploy? That is the question. 🎭 A thoughtful SysAdvent piece on the human side of deployment decisions, testing limits, and building psychological safety in ops. By @ubergeekgirl
https://t.co/jE0NTSOOXR
#SysAdmin #DevOps #SiteReliability #SRE #SysAdvent
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Looking back at the database landscape in 2021: PostgreSQL's dominance, epic benchmark battles, massive funding rounds, and industry shake-ups. Great retrospective by @OtterTuneAI ! 🚀 https://t.co/2xCp1YEQyl
#Databases #PostgreSQL #DBMS #DataEngineering #Tech
cs.cmu.edu
Andy's take on 2021 database industry happenings - PostgreSQL, Performance Wars, Passings, and Larry Ellison.
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Open source pioneer Brian Behlendorf discusses Log4j's lasting impact: exposing vulnerabilities in supply chain security & the need for better tools, training, and incentives. https://t.co/WZcrlIX1Uq
#OpenSource #CyberSecurity #Log4j #OpenSSF #InfoSec
venturebeat.com
For the last few weeks, the world of computer security has been turned upside down because of the Log4j vulnerability. VB talked to Brian Behlendorf to understand the depth of this.
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Ditch rigid projects for milestones—small, high-impact wins that ship value faster & build true agility. "Milestones are an easier game, and you get better results." — Jade Rubick https://t.co/GJ9FK39WRu
#EngineeringLeadership #Agile #Tech #Productivity #SoftwareProjects
rubick.com
Programs are more complicated than projects which are more complicated than milestones. Instead of projects, focus on milestonesMost engineering organizations focus on delivering projects. You can...
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Want to become a better mentor for software engineers? Focus on listening first, use radical candor, and address goals, situations, or skills. Great insights in this guide: https://t.co/WAybBoTTo0
#Mentoring #SoftwareEngineering #TechLeadership #Engineering
xdg.me
Mentors should operate at three levels: goals, situations, and skills.
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The classic ceramics class story proves it: churning out lots of work (and learning from failures) beats obsessing over one 'perfect' piece. Quantity always trumps quality! 🔥 https://t.co/Z1oNfHP0po
#Productivity #Creativity #Writing #Programming #ArtAndFear
blog.codinghorror.com
Nathan Bowers pointed me to this five year old Cool Tools entry on the book Art & Fear. Although I am not at all ready to call software development “art” – perhaps “craft” would be more appropriate,...
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Check out this handy quick reference guide for the GitHub fork and pull request workflow! Perfect for contributors and repo owners. 🚀 https://t.co/Uy29rHHsBm
#Git #GitHub #OpenSource #Programming #DevTips
github.com
Quick reference guide on fork and pull request workflow - susam/gitpr
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In distributed systems, true exactly-once message delivery is impossible due to faults, partitions, and the FLP theorem. We fake it with idempotency or deduplication. https://t.co/FMTREvUVpW
#DistributedSystems #ExactlyOnce #Idempotency #FLPTheorem #SystemDesign
bravenewgeek.com
I’m often surprised that people continually have fundamental misconceptions about how distributed systems behave. I myself shared many of these misconceptions, so I try not to demean or dismi…
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Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time — still the ultimate 2025 sanity-saver 😂 “There are always 24 hours in a day” “Leap seconds don’t exist” “Time zones make sense” https://t.co/8TC63XWQGn
#Programming #TimeZones #DevLife #CodingHorror
infiniteundo.com
Over the past couple of years [I have spent a lot of time][checklist] debugging other engineers' test code. This was interesting work, occasionally frustrating but always informative. One might not...
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Bugs aren’t failures—they’re proof you’re building something real. Ship fast, fix what matters, embrace the mess. Wise words from @dhh 👑 #SoftwareHasBugs #ThisIsNormal #BuildInPublic
https://t.co/SLeKUOhlYF
#SoftwareDevelopment #Bugs
world.hey.com
Disappointment occurs when expectations don’t match reality. And our expectations for software quality are profoundly unrealistic. Thus, lots of people are continuously disappointed — even enraged —...
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Discover the USE Method for fast system performance analysis: Check Utilization, Saturation, & Errors for every resource to spot bottlenecks quickly! Essential for devs & sysadmins. 📊🔍 #PerformanceTuning #SysAdmin #USEMethod
@brendangregg
https://t.co/sSMOFD1gI2
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