Even though I’ve been working at a company that uses Kubernetes, I’ve never got the spark or the need to go deep in understanding the technology. I knew the basics and a couple of kubectl (a tool that allows you to run commands against your Kubernetes cluster) commands that allowed…

When designing a table that has a column referencing a primary key of another table, or in other words, a table that has a foreign key to the primary key of another table, it is pretty common to automatically add an index for that column. It was my understanding that…

One of the things I realized as I was managing a team of 7 engineers, is that even though each of my teammates had its own perspective and expertise in different areas relevant to their role, the knowledge was not being shared with each other. My teammates were getting knowledge…

As a parent of a 4-year-old girl (named Mia), I’ve gone through several iterations trying to find the best way to help her become a self-organized person and encourage her to play and work in a space where clutter won’t be the norm. After having done some reading and talking…

We, as managers, should find ways for our teammates to grow in their careers. It’s expected in our role and it can also be one of the most rewarding parts of our job. The question is, which areas should we encourage folks to grow? Since we are kids, they ask…

It’s simpler than you think. This article covers an easy explanation on how the stock price is determined and the logic behind it. Stock (Quoted) Price definition Let’s start by talking about what is the number that it’s shown when you Google a price of the stock for a specific…

Have you ever asked questions such as ‘what is my purpose in this life?’, ‘what is my true calling?’, ‘what is my true passion?’, etc… I certainly have, and it has been really hard to find answers to these questions. In ‘The Art of Work’, Jeff Goins provides some guidance…

One of the first tips that I got from one of the mentors I’ve had since I started working as an engineering manager was “on your one on ones, you should be asking a lot of questions and your report should be talking more than you”. Following that suggestion, I…

Today I was working on a project where there was a class that looked (roughly) like this: class LazyColor def initialize(real_color_id, name) @real_color_id = real_color_id @name = name end def method_missing(method, *args, &block) if real_color.respond_to?(method) real_color.public_send(method, *args) else super end end attr_reader :real_color_id, :name private