Merge Request Best Practices
Overview This is a living document to be used as a reference to the agreed-upon best practices to follow when creating or reviewing a Merge Request (MR).
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best-practices
General Coding Best Practices
Writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code is a critical skill for every engineer. Below are best practices that can help you and your team build reliabl...
Java Coding Best Practices
Here are a few Java Coding Best Practices that I have learned over the years.
java
Java Coding Best Practices
Here are a few Java Coding Best Practices that I have learned over the years.
AMAZON QLDB
Deprecated — Amazon QLDB was retired by AWS in July 2025. This post remains for historical reference and may contain outdated APIs/links. Consider alte...
coding
General Coding Best Practices
Writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code is a critical skill for every engineer. Below are best practices that can help you and your team build reliabl...
Java Coding Best Practices
Here are a few Java Coding Best Practices that I have learned over the years.
kafka
Designing a Scalable Webhook Delivery System
Webhooks are a critical integration pattern for modern SaaS platforms. They allow us to notify downstream services and partners in near real-time whenever im...
Optimizing Kafka Streams State Store with RocksDB
Kafka Streams is a powerful library for building real-time stream processing applications on Apache Kafka. One of its key features is local state management ...
architecture
Designing a Scalable Webhook Delivery System
Webhooks are a critical integration pattern for modern SaaS platforms. They allow us to notify downstream services and partners in near real-time whenever im...
Chegg Commerce: SaaS Vendor Selection (Stripe vs Recurly)
Led the evaluation to migrate Chegg’s commerce infrastructure to a SaaS platform, ultimately selecting Recurly for its In-App subscription support and gatewa...
aws
Notes from AWS Summit in San Francisco April 2018
Below is a series of notes that I took while I was attending the AWS Summit in San Francisco. There was definitely an information overload. However, it was e...
sfo
Notes from AWS Summit in San Francisco April 2018
Below is a series of notes that I took while I was attending the AWS Summit in San Francisco. There was definitely an information overload. However, it was e...
summit
Notes from AWS Summit in San Francisco April 2018
Below is a series of notes that I took while I was attending the AWS Summit in San Francisco. There was definitely an information overload. However, it was e...
databases
AMAZON QLDB
Deprecated — Amazon QLDB was retired by AWS in July 2025. This post remains for historical reference and may contain outdated APIs/links. Consider alte...
ion
AMAZON QLDB
Deprecated — Amazon QLDB was retired by AWS in July 2025. This post remains for historical reference and may contain outdated APIs/links. Consider alte...
ledger
AMAZON QLDB
Deprecated — Amazon QLDB was retired by AWS in July 2025. This post remains for historical reference and may contain outdated APIs/links. Consider alte...
qldb
AMAZON QLDB
Deprecated — Amazon QLDB was retired by AWS in July 2025. This post remains for historical reference and may contain outdated APIs/links. Consider alte...
apm
Highlights from New Relic’s Roadmap Showcase
At a recent New Relic business meeting, I had the opportunity to see a preview of their upcoming features and long-term vision. The roadmap was packed with i...
devops
Highlights from New Relic’s Roadmap Showcase
At a recent New Relic business meeting, I had the opportunity to see a preview of their upcoming features and long-term vision. The roadmap was packed with i...
newrelic
Highlights from New Relic’s Roadmap Showcase
At a recent New Relic business meeting, I had the opportunity to see a preview of their upcoming features and long-term vision. The roadmap was packed with i...
observability
Highlights from New Relic’s Roadmap Showcase
At a recent New Relic business meeting, I had the opportunity to see a preview of their upcoming features and long-term vision. The roadmap was packed with i...
telemetry
Highlights from New Relic’s Roadmap Showcase
At a recent New Relic business meeting, I had the opportunity to see a preview of their upcoming features and long-term vision. The roadmap was packed with i...
bible
The Bible: From Old to New Testament
The Bible consists of 66 books: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
faith
The Bible: From Old to New Testament
The Bible consists of 66 books: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
new-testament
The Bible: From Old to New Testament
The Bible consists of 66 books: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
old-testament
The Bible: From Old to New Testament
The Bible consists of 66 books: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
merge-request
Merge Request Best Practices
Overview This is a living document to be used as a reference to the agreed-upon best practices to follow when creating or reviewing a Merge Request (MR).
mr
Merge Request Best Practices
Overview This is a living document to be used as a reference to the agreed-upon best practices to follow when creating or reviewing a Merge Request (MR).
pr
Merge Request Best Practices
Overview This is a living document to be used as a reference to the agreed-upon best practices to follow when creating or reviewing a Merge Request (MR).
kafka-streams
Optimizing Kafka Streams State Store with RocksDB
Kafka Streams is a powerful library for building real-time stream processing applications on Apache Kafka. One of its key features is local state management ...
optimization
Optimizing Kafka Streams State Store with RocksDB
Kafka Streams is a powerful library for building real-time stream processing applications on Apache Kafka. One of its key features is local state management ...
rocksdb
Optimizing Kafka Streams State Store with RocksDB
Kafka Streams is a powerful library for building real-time stream processing applications on Apache Kafka. One of its key features is local state management ...
spring-boot
Optimizing Kafka Streams State Store with RocksDB
Kafka Streams is a powerful library for building real-time stream processing applications on Apache Kafka. One of its key features is local state management ...
commerce
Chegg Commerce: SaaS Vendor Selection (Stripe vs Recurly)
Led the evaluation to migrate Chegg’s commerce infrastructure to a SaaS platform, ultimately selecting Recurly for its In-App subscription support and gatewa...
evaluation
Chegg Commerce: SaaS Vendor Selection (Stripe vs Recurly)
Led the evaluation to migrate Chegg’s commerce infrastructure to a SaaS platform, ultimately selecting Recurly for its In-App subscription support and gatewa...
payments
Chegg Commerce: SaaS Vendor Selection (Stripe vs Recurly)
Led the evaluation to migrate Chegg’s commerce infrastructure to a SaaS platform, ultimately selecting Recurly for its In-App subscription support and gatewa...
product
Chegg Commerce: SaaS Vendor Selection (Stripe vs Recurly)
Led the evaluation to migrate Chegg’s commerce infrastructure to a SaaS platform, ultimately selecting Recurly for its In-App subscription support and gatewa...
Recurly
Chegg Commerce: SaaS Vendor Selection (Stripe vs Recurly)
Led the evaluation to migrate Chegg’s commerce infrastructure to a SaaS platform, ultimately selecting Recurly for its In-App subscription support and gatewa...
SaaS
Chegg Commerce: SaaS Vendor Selection (Stripe vs Recurly)
Led the evaluation to migrate Chegg’s commerce infrastructure to a SaaS platform, ultimately selecting Recurly for its In-App subscription support and gatewa...
Stripe
Chegg Commerce: SaaS Vendor Selection (Stripe vs Recurly)
Led the evaluation to migrate Chegg’s commerce infrastructure to a SaaS platform, ultimately selecting Recurly for its In-App subscription support and gatewa...
subscriptions
Chegg Commerce: SaaS Vendor Selection (Stripe vs Recurly)
Led the evaluation to migrate Chegg’s commerce infrastructure to a SaaS platform, ultimately selecting Recurly for its In-App subscription support and gatewa...
distributed-systems
Designing a Scalable Webhook Delivery System
Webhooks are a critical integration pattern for modern SaaS platforms. They allow us to notify downstream services and partners in near real-time whenever im...
resilience4j
Designing a Scalable Webhook Delivery System
Webhooks are a critical integration pattern for modern SaaS platforms. They allow us to notify downstream services and partners in near real-time whenever im...
springboot
Designing a Scalable Webhook Delivery System
Webhooks are a critical integration pattern for modern SaaS platforms. They allow us to notify downstream services and partners in near real-time whenever im...
sqs
Designing a Scalable Webhook Delivery System
Webhooks are a critical integration pattern for modern SaaS platforms. They allow us to notify downstream services and partners in near real-time whenever im...
webhooks
Designing a Scalable Webhook Delivery System
Webhooks are a critical integration pattern for modern SaaS platforms. They allow us to notify downstream services and partners in near real-time whenever im...
communication
Leading Through Change: Lessons from Remote-First Work Since 2013
When people ask me how long I’ve been working remotely, they’re often surprised by the answer: since 2013. Long before “remote-first” became a mainstream phr...
culture
Leading Through Change: Lessons from Remote-First Work Since 2013
When people ask me how long I’ve been working remotely, they’re often surprised by the answer: since 2013. Long before “remote-first” became a mainstream phr...
leadership
Leading Through Change: Lessons from Remote-First Work Since 2013
When people ask me how long I’ve been working remotely, they’re often surprised by the answer: since 2013. Long before “remote-first” became a mainstream phr...
remote-first
Leading Through Change: Lessons from Remote-First Work Since 2013
When people ask me how long I’ve been working remotely, they’re often surprised by the answer: since 2013. Long before “remote-first” became a mainstream phr...
remote-work
Leading Through Change: Lessons from Remote-First Work Since 2013
When people ask me how long I’ve been working remotely, they’re often surprised by the answer: since 2013. Long before “remote-first” became a mainstream phr...
trust
Leading Through Change: Lessons from Remote-First Work Since 2013
When people ask me how long I’ve been working remotely, they’re often surprised by the answer: since 2013. Long before “remote-first” became a mainstream phr...
Dgraph
Onboarding Dgraph: A Local GraphQL Walkthrough
Dgraph is a distributed, fast, and highly scalable graph database designed for efficient storage and querying of connected data. Unlike traditional relationa...
docker
Onboarding Dgraph: A Local GraphQL Walkthrough
Dgraph is a distributed, fast, and highly scalable graph database designed for efficient storage and querying of connected data. Unlike traditional relationa...
graphql
Onboarding Dgraph: A Local GraphQL Walkthrough
Dgraph is a distributed, fast, and highly scalable graph database designed for efficient storage and querying of connected data. Unlike traditional relationa...
schema
Onboarding Dgraph: A Local GraphQL Walkthrough
Dgraph is a distributed, fast, and highly scalable graph database designed for efficient storage and querying of connected data. Unlike traditional relationa...