A narrative on how we make or break things for ourselves and others … — Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of my current or previous employers. Context The purpose of organizations is to understand customers' needs and serve them while managing the business well. This requires bringing people…

Towards one vision, one dream, one team! — Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of my current or previous employers. Pitch As social animals, we must approach everything as humanely as possible! While we’re individuals with our own aspirations; our mind, our…

Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of my current or previous employers. I came into existence not by my choice, and I don’t know where I end, yet my journey needs to be…

Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of my current or previous employers. Storyline: Two Brothers and the Geese Two sons work for their father on the family’s farm. The younger brother had for some years been given more responsibility…

Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of my current or previous employers. Introduction In this series of articles, I will reveal my perspective and thoughts on effective teams, individual contributors, and company culture. …

Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of my current or previous employers. Microservices and UNIX Today’s microservices have so much in common with the legendary UNIX philosophy. Here are some connections that I believe resonate well…

Improving software development practices every day. — Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of my current or previous employers. 5S is a framework that emphasizes the use of a specific mindset and tools to create efficiency and value. …

Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of my current or previous employers. On one side, workplace politics can be ruthless, mentally draining, and destructive. On the other side, it can be a powerful…

Emoji Challenge Building telegram bots are fun. Choosing Java to create a bot and use emojis sent me into a tricky situation. The unicode code points for emoji must be converted to surrogate sequence for Java code to process it correctly, otherwise the character will not be rendered rightly to visualize. Java…