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Test for API
August 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🔴 Incremental Platforms: Monolithic Modular Architecture

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Incremental Platforms: Monolithic Modular Architecture
Single deployment but with a clear separation into modules or components
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February 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🔴 Technical Leadership Responsibilities

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Technical Leadership Responsibilities
7 responsibilities for the Tech Lead role by area of influence
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February 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🔴 Break Out of Your Silo: The Path to Staff Engineer

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Break Out of Your Silo: The Path to Staff Engineer
3 factors to gain visibility and advance in your technical career ladder
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February 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🔴 How to achieve a golden CI/CD pipeline

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How to achieve a golden CI/CD pipeline
With consensus and decoupling
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February 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New Initiatives for 2025
Reflecting 2024 and roadmap for 2025
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February 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🔴🎙️ Wearing Many Hats: The StartUp Engineer

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Wearing Many Hats: The StartUp Engineer
Are you ready, player one, to work in a Start-Up?
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February 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🔴 Challenge your Engineering Manager

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Challenge your Engineering Manager
It is expected and you will grow!
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February 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🔴 Software Engineer’s Roadmap to Leadership

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Software Engineer’s Roadmap to Leadership
7-step guide to help you reach your goal faster
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November 27, 2024 at 12:32 PM
🔴 What is Product Platform Engineering?
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What is Product Platform Engineering?
Platform Engineering at the service of Product developments
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November 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
🔴 Template For Tracking Performance Review
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Template For Tracking Performance Review
Simple template to record your path to a successful Performance Review
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November 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
🔴 How to use Kubernetes Custom Resource API in your software?
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How to use Kubernetes Custom Resource API in your software?
Decouple you platform with the Custom Resource API
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November 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
🔴 Opinion About Failing Silently In Our Products
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Opinion About Failing Silently In Our Products
Yes, and depends on the impact over the users
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November 21, 2024 at 6:06 PM
🔴 DevOps Engineer role will melt down
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DevOps Engineer role will melt down
DevOps is a culture, not a position
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November 21, 2024 at 6:06 PM
🔴 Handy Kubernetes commands
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Handy Kubernetes commands
Handy Kubernetes commands for difficult situations
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November 21, 2024 at 6:05 PM
🔴 The dilemma of the person with willingness but lack of experience
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The dilemma of the person with willingness but lack of experience
When you are hiring, do you have to find the candidate that matches all points on the position script? or something else?
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November 21, 2024 at 6:05 PM
🔴 Measuring your performance as Tech Lead
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Measuring your performance as Tech Lead
People tell you you're doing good; Do you?
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November 21, 2024 at 6:04 PM