Let’s NOT have a beer
For the first time, I won a major raffle at a recent conference. However, I had to give the prize back since it was a beer dispenser and I don’t drink. If yo...
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StackConf 2022 Conference - Reflection
Last month I travelled across the pond to attend and give a talk at StackConf EU 2022 - an open-source infrastructure-focused conference. After two virtual e...
Coach yourself - how long should the resume be?
In the last 8 years, I have reviewed over 800 resumes as part of my free resume review service on LinkedIn. I’ve also followed dozens of hiring managers and ...
Principles and patterns - A tale of infrastructure as code
A few years ago, I wrote about common objections to infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and how stability comes from making changes. If your leadership is now convi...
Dewan learns Kafka - Let’s talk to Kafka
In this week’s blog, I try to make sense of Apache Kafka® ProducerAPI and ConsumerAPI. In an effort to do so, I use a simple Java program to produce some mes...