Kislay Verma
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Building @shoffr_in . I also think about systems, books, travel, and music.
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NEWSFLASH - I and some friends have launched
@shoffr_in
- an all-EV cab company we want to build into the gold standard of airport pick-up and drop experiences. If you have an upcoming ride to/from Bangalore airport, head over to and give us a shot!
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Adding muscle to the hustle!
More cars joining our fleet at
@shoffr_in
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Book your Shoffr now before we get all booked out again :)
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Too many small teams with narrow objectives is a bad way to scale.
My bit on how we twisted "two-pizza" teams all out of shape by confusing independence with autonomy.
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We just launched Shoffr Rentals!
Not only airports anymore - You can now book hourly packages on
@shoffr_in
for going anywhere in the city. Comfortable cars, professional drivers, and did I say NO kilometre limits like other services?
Check it out!
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I'm digging into
@swardley
's book on Medium and decided to share my highlights here. The thing is part familiar, part new, and all awesome. Here are some highlights from the first chapter.
On being lost :
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Today I start my next gig as a software engineer at
@BeCureFit
. Excited to build a fitter world!
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Today is the day I make a case against the "central platform team". Irony Irony. -
#platform
#organization
#Growth
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I've been doing a major re-write of Shoffr's payment system for the last 3 weeks and it is finally stable in dual-write mode (old stuff works alongside new stuff).
Now another anxiety-ridden 2 weeks for cutover.
Managing migrations should be a major in Comp. Sci.
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Dussehra is the perfect time to announce that you can now take a
@shoffr_in
to Mysore!
Definitely try us out if you are travelling to Mysore to witness the fantastic Dussehra celebrations!
Or otherwise too :)
#MysoreDussehra
#mysoredasara
#mysore
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Illuminating as usual from
@KevlinHenney
Getting over the Waterfall
"Only a minority of software development actually meets the bounded and goal-oriented definition of what a project is… very little of what is called project management in software development is actually project management."
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More
@BYDCompany
cars joined the
@shoffr_in
fleet today!
@vikasbardia
and I couldn't be more excited to be able to extend the Shoffr experience to more of you.
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After three years of tinkering around with
@vertx_project
, here's why I think it's the best Java framework out there right now -
#programming
#Java
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@pfreixes
@mipsytipsy
I got a lot of responses like this around debugging and deriving information, so I wrote a followup -
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Onwards and upwards at
@shoffr_in
!!
@revfinindia
and
@shoffr_in
expand e-taxi fleet to 40 in Bengaluru, plan to enter other cities
Read at:
#ETAuto
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Insanely psyched on publishing my first book on Amazon (self-published)!!!! Welcome the complete guide to business rule modelling using
#Rulette
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#books
#selfpublishing
#ruleengine
#rulesuystem
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@martinfowler
@testobsessed
This is so, so true!! I wrote a whole thing about this after having seen both approaches play out a few times -
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I wrote a thing about how managers in autonomous teams need to coach developers to love the problems instead of loving the solutions. This is the only way to satisfy different developer personas in a team.
@TeamTopologies
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“architecture represents the set of significant design decisions that shape the form and the function of a system, where significant is measured by cost of change.”
A super thread on software architerure and delivery
Software architecture is in crisis, and the way to fix it is a hefty dose of anarchy.
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As our fleet at
@shoffr_in
grows, we are looking to hire some female drivers.
Please ping if you know of one or have any contacts that can help.
RT for karma.
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In a team size larger than one, if you merge code to main, you deploy. That's it. Postponing this is cruel to the next person who merges and has to deploy.
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Large scale microservice architectures expose "too many domains" to be easily comprehensible.
I wrote about applying systems thinking and API gateways to mitigate this problem. Layered aggregate domains are the way to go-
#microservices
#systemsthinking
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Shifting houses is a bitch but the view at the new place is worth it.
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Being a tech-led org is less about technology and more about the technologists knowing the business deeply, understanding its current trends, and anticipating its future.
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🚖 I'm excited to announce the launch of the
@shoffr_in
Android app. Booking and tracking your Shoffr rides just became even more convenient!
Get it here -
Give it a whirl and let me know what would make it more delightful. You can DM your ideas to me.
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There was a time when no one could have stopped me from creating a shit-ton of microservices out of this 😂
On another note, packaging by domain >> packaging by tech layer (Controller, DAO etc)
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@simonbrown
@franDayzDev
@copyconstruct
I think the harder part of this is maintaining developer discipline to keep the components decoupled as teams churn. People start adding coupling almost inadvertently (the code is right there!) over time.
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As promised, I'm starting a series of mini-essays.
Let's see how far this goes
#1
- Mindful Actions
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Building a CRUD service in Go instead of actually learning the language. Going to be fun I think
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@jponge
@vertx_project
@java
@rhdevelopers
Just started reading this book after working with Vert.x for a few years. I love what you guys have built!
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You can bring your pets to the
@shoffr_in
experience!
Just select "travelling with pets" while booking your ride with us and we will roll out the red carpet for you and your pets too :)
Dear hoomans:
@shoffr_in
is now officially welcoming pets! If you're travelling to/from the airport with your 🐱 or 🐶, or leaving town & need to drop them to boarding en-route, take them to the vet, or just want a day out in town - we've got you covered.
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- Small Team
- Familiar System
- Clear objectives
- Few distractions
That'll do it.
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Absolutely!
I’ve been in this "deploy fast" zone rant for a couple of straight weeks now :)
Faster deployments with good deployment tooling () and
Safer deployments using feature toggles (among other things) -
i consider feature flags an absolutely necessary component of a modern software development pipeline... so much so that i keep forgetting to mention them. :facepalm:
decouple your releases and deploys, people. it's worth the time investment.
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#Bangalore
peeps - Here's your reminder to book your
@shoffr_in
if you are travelling to/from the airport this weekend. Your airport commute can't get better than this -
With that out of the way...
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We built a live car tracking system at
@shoffr_in
! No more worrying about where the car is :)
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I summarized many, many hours of Dr.Russell Ackoff's lectures on
#systemsthinking
so you can save some time.
The lectures (covering systems, creativity, leadership, and mangement fads) are fantastic but this will give you a flavour of what to expect.
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Most teams underestimate the amount of data/application engineering needed before data science/AI/ML can be deployed.
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4 weeks, 13 pull requests, and 2 outages later, we have finally completed the re-architecture of the
@shoffr_in
payment system. There are still old pieces of data and dead code remaining, but the moving parts are now all on the new design.
I've been doing a major re-write of Shoffr's payment system for the last 3 weeks and it is finally stable in dual-write mode (old stuff works alongside new stuff).
Now another anxiety-ridden 2 weeks for cutover.
Managing migrations should be a major in Comp. Sci.
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I'm starting a series of articles to explain software concepts in simple language.
Episode 1 talks about distributed systems -
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How to solve a problem - by Dr. Russell Ackoff:
- Absolution: Ignore it and hope it goes away
- Resolution: Do just enough to resolve the problem right now
- Dissolution: Redesign the system to make the origin of the problem go way
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I am hiring a frontend intern at
@shoffr_in
.
This is a paid internship where you will work on our website and the upcoming mobile app to take our customer experience to the next level. Working knowledge of React JS is needed. Knowledge of React Native is a plus but not mandatory
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And that's how Calculus should be taught
Did you hate Calculus in school?
This excerpt from Calculus Made Easy, by Silvanus P. Thompson (1910) will change that!
Full book here:
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After 16 years of coding, what I'm most proud of is that I can now go into a codebase of most prog. languages and copy-paste/google my way to new features without learning much about the language at all.
Not that I should, but I can.
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I got a lot of responses to my previous article on thinking about
#events
instead of thinking about
#logs
. Some were common enough that I felt a follow up was required. So here are some more thoughts -
#observability
#debugging
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We made it! The 50th episode of "It Depends" is out. Been a bumpy ride, but YAY!
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I write about how manager should explicitly coach their teams to love their problem domains rather that the technical solutions they build. Developers engaged with the problem statement are the key to building autonomous, high-performing teams.
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A lot of my writing ideas don't make it to a full blog article. So I'm considering writing a series of mini-essays with them instead.
What do you think?
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Finished "The Subtle Art of not giving a F***" by
@IAmMarkManson
in last night. Irreverent, insightful, and breezy at the same time.
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I wrote about why software engineering is the process of converting technical debt into learning
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I feel like management advice should be less about "getting buy-in" or "convincing" and more about building shared context in the team. That is true leadership - convincing everyone to join a collective.
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I distilled some essential wisdom from "97 things every software architect should know". I strongly recommend that you read the book, but at least read these koans -
#books
#bookreview
#softwarearchitecture
@OReillyMedia
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Firsts are always memorable :)
The first order on the online store - Booyah!
If you are looking for a simple, powerful rule management system - I present Rulette to you -
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This is insanely on point.
@thekpae
@bi_jackass
"a lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine"
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"It depends" is now a podcast too!
You can now listen to me explain why "the problem isn't the problem" and other sundry socio-technical opinions.
More episodes coming soon.
Spotify -
Google -
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Regardless of outcomes, the thrill of building something new has no equal
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I wrote about envisioning software delivery as a stream of changes instead of thinking of it as stream of features to make it faster -
#softwareengineering
#DevOps
#Delivery
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In case you missed it - we launched Shoffr for Events!
If you are hosting any kind of event - be it a conference or concert, an office event or a wedding, or anything else in between, partner with us to gift your guests the
@shoffr_in
experience.
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I wrote about why "eat your own dog food" is the Golden Rule of building Platforms -
#platforms
#platformdesign
#buildingplatforms
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I wrote a brief intro to the CQRS architecture pattern. Use with care :) -
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"Moving fast" is not actually about moving fast.
It is about creating the capability to move fast when you know which direction to go in.
Take time to learn about the customer and solve problems for them. Coding is far easier than these two.
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Not "strong opinions, loosely held" but "shared knowledge, rapidly evolving"?
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Few understand this...
@muthurangnathan
@shoffr_in
@bangalore_2
No one admits this but the real reason everyone books a
@shoffr_in
is the Pulse Mango candies.
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Here's your recurring reminder to book your
@shoffr_in
right away if you are travelling to/from the Bangalore airport - :)
Moving on to system design now...
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Parents liking Shoffr is a big validation - that's a tough crowd in most cases :)
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“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” - Mike Tyson
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Proud to partner with an event having such a focus on the environment and alternative stories!
And a personal matter of smugness and awe - we Shoffr'd
@indianoceanband
whose music I've idolized all my life.
We are thrilled to be the official chauffeur for the amazing
@NatureIn_Focus
festival! Their love for nature and commitment to sustainability is inspiring, and being a part is a big honour for us 🙏🏼
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I read a good bit on the internet, and share a very small fraction of it in my newsletter.
Would anyone be interested in the full stream of what I've been reading with high level summaries/intros?
Is there an easy way that I can do that today?
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@dinquisitively
@shreyas
@mipsytipsy
@KentBeck
@ruthmalan
@skamille
is kick-ass on eng mgmt stuff.
@trondhjort
on sociotechnical perspective of engineering
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Asking people to go into another team's codebase and build features rarely ends well in my experience. Why is this ever a good idea?
Why not flip it around and design for external functionality extension via callbacks etc.
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#TIL
Pluto has yet to complete a full orbit of the Sun since its discovery, as one Plutonian year is 247.68 years long
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I just launched 4Later on
@producthunt
- Your reading list, notes, and followers all in one place
Check it out and take it for a spin! Would love to hear what everyone thinks of it
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This applies just as well to software development and temas as well. Too much measurement leads to gamed metrics
Great read!
“hypercompetition caused by the proliferation of performance metrics causes academic scientists to emphasize quantity over quality, incentivizes them to cut corners, and selects for the most career-minded rather than science-minded scholars”
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So my article on code review is trending on
#LinkedIn
#programming
. Interesting how the simpler posts get the most love -
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Writing production code "not" in Java after years today. Feels good :)
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It's finally out!
Presenting - a chrome extension to build your reading list, take notes on it, and share what you are loving with your followers.
All without leaving your browser.
I read a good bit on the internet, and share a very small fraction of it in my newsletter.
Would anyone be interested in the full stream of what I've been reading with high level summaries/intros?
Is there an easy way that I can do that today?
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Genius as usual from John.
Thinking now about how I'm operating with my work and teams
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Find the torture you're comfortable with...
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm never not working on material. Every second of my existence, I'm thinking, could I do something with that?
Howard Stern: That, to me, sounds torturous.
Seinfeld: Your blessing in life is when you find the torture you're comfortable with.
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