I saw this thread recently posted on Hacker News. “We’re not paying invoices due to the pandemic” – How to handle these. What shocked me is what Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) suggested: “The right response is probably ‘I have received your letter. The invoice is good. I demand payment by the date on the invoice, under the…
An article I read on Tech Crunch recently got me thinking about startup culture. In Are You Building A Company, Or Just Your Credentials Geoff Lewis, expressed his distaste for a friend’s plan to get on Y Combinator’s ‘no idea’ startup incubation program. In this experimental approach, groups or individuals with a desire to be part of a…
Sometimes, you have to be the bad guy. Be resistant to change. Here’s a story about how stubbornness pays off. As we’ve written about before A 4 letter word divides Dev & Ops. A True Story of Resistance I had one experience working as the primary MySQL DBA for an internet startup. Turns out they had…
In the constantly evolving world of cloud computing, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has established itself as a pioneer. It is now offering businesses unparalleled levels of performance and scalability. Among the many features and services provided by AWS, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and Elastic Block Storage (EBS) stand out as the leader in achieving…
Recently at Surge 2011, the annual conference on scalability and performance, Google’s CIO Ben Fried gave an illuminating keynote address. His main insight was that generalists are the people that will lead engineering teams in successfully scaling the web. In a world where the badge of Specialist or Expert is prized, this was a refreshing perspective from an…
As the number of mobile users and the complexity of mobile applications are constantly growing, one critical aspect that app developers and businesses must consider is “Mobile Scalability”. Mobile scalability refers to the ability of a mobile application or system to handle a growing number of users and increase data volumes without losing its performance…
In the Internet world, 24×7 has become the de facto standard. Websites must be always on, and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In our pursuit of perfection, performance is being measured down to three decimal places, that is being up 99.999% of the time; in short, five-nines. Just like a mantra, when…
Six months ago, I got this crazy idea. Why not leave the mothership? Give up on iPhone and try Android. This is what being tech-agnostic is about, I thought––not being wedded to a single platform. Besides, the iPhone’s digital keypad just wasn’t working for me. I got a monthly Boost Mobile plan, which uses Sprint. Service was…
Scalability should be the primary concern in the ever-evolving landscape of technology and business. It helps increase the ability of the system without decreasing the performance. Previously, we have discussed 5 things toxic to scalability. In this article, we will go deeper into five more things that can pose a threat to scalability. Let’s explore…