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Integrate Google Calendar with Slack for Team Updates
A shared calendar, such as a PTO calendar, is most effective when integrated with a Slack channel. This process is free and secure. First, add the calendar to Google Calendar as a webcal link. Then, connect it to Slack, select daily/weekly updates in your team’s channel. Continue reading
Coding practices to prevent incidents and get through code reviews quickly
The content discusses best practices in programming, emphasizing the use of small try/catch blocks for clarity, precise exception handling, and avoiding Null Pointer Exceptions. It advocates for early returns to simplify code, using Lombok to reduce boilerplate, logging exceptions properly, and employing AssertJ for thorough testing of objects to ensure code integrity. Continue reading
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Tagged clean code, exceptions, java, lombok, offensive programming
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Keep Your Apps Updated: Overcome Deep Sleep Issues on Android
For Android power users that like to put apps into Deep Sleep, there is a side effect: apps won’t get updates from Google Play. Most of these apps are infrequently used. When they do get opened, the app developers may … Continue reading
Posted in Android Apps, How-To
Tagged Android, apps, deep sleep, google play, runner, update
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Good Tech Blog: YAGRI: You are gonna read it
This rings true with my experience. I am happy having some extra metadata in my database tables. This allows for complex queries when doing backfills and incident analysis. https://www.scottantipa.com/yagri
Good Tech Blog: Minimize Spillover in Agile: Break the Habit of Unfinished Work
I really like the side effects for this anti-pattern. https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/unfinished-work-every-sprint-three-ways-to-break-the-habit
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Good Tech Blog: Eats Safety Team On-Call Overview
Gives an overview of a health on-call rotation at a major company. https://www.uber.com/blog/eats-safety-team-on-call-overview/
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Good Tech Blog: How Core Git Developers Configure Git
One place for all of the best ways to customize Git with explanations that lets you choose the ones you want. https://blog.gitbutler.com/how-git-core-devs-configure-git/
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Good Tech Blog: When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky’s Lossy Timelines
This is a unique article that explains how a system was designed overtime. Good for understanding iteration in system design questions. https://jazco.dev/2025/02/19/imperfection/
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Risks of After-Hour Changes in Engineering
After-hour system changes pose risks due to human factors and incomplete checklists. Organizations must prioritize thorough testing and gradual investments to minimize incidents and enhance monitoring effectiveness. Continue reading
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Tagged after hours, deployment, deployments, system changes
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Risks of Ad Hoc Database Scripts in Engineering
Writing ad hoc database scripts might seem faster for modifying records than the more structured production code (like endpoints, cron jobs, backfills), but are we really convinced they are reliable? These scripts come with a host of drawbacks that can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged adhoc database scripts, ai, database, nosql, Software Engineering, sql, technology
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Chai
When I tasted chai, wow, my life was changed. I have been adapting my chai recipe as I have learned from “chai experts” and experimented myself. The primary credits go to my mother-in-law Manju Agrawal. Chai is very customized for … Continue reading
Make an old laptop into a “Chromebook”
My father-in-law needed to use a web browser on an old laptop. He liked using Chrome, but Edge would open and not close. Random apps popped up and took up the screen. Windows 10 on an HP laptop was hogging … Continue reading
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