“It has become impossible to plan anything. Things are changing rapidly; every day is a new challenge. How to create a plan that will work?” Yash and Sangram both were looking frustrated. The sun was very bright, and the heat in the air was affecting everyone. We decided to meet earlier in the day. “That is a good question, Yash. Things will change rapidly. It’s...
"We already have CI/CD in place… builds and deployments are already automated… what else do you need?", the project manager was confused by the team's demand for further automation for load balancing and failovers. A few months ago, a huge effort began to redesign the existing monolith application into lightweight micro-services. The team worked smart and hard, and the microservice-based...
This story started a long time ago when Mandira was a rookie developer. (That's how she thinks about that time, today :) ) But at that time, she was confident that she was an old hand at all things software. She could code well. She was good at solving gnarly bugs. She had good communication skills. She was a pro...
"Makarand, I am confused." "I was looking at the financial plan, and I think my current savings will be good to cover the next few months. I was looking for options for fundraising while I stumbled upon a few startup gurus advising to bootstrap and Not raise investment and dilute my stake early." We were about to start the review of our budgets. Based on the numbers in...
The application stopped working - in mid of the demo! I was in the Philippines and all set to win the customer demo. We covered a few screens and to my horror - the application just stopped responding after a few screens! I was relatively novice and quite hesitant to reach out to people of authority like senior management, or customer counterparts. I...
Yash was engrossed in some thoughts as we settled for the cup of coffee. I kept quiet while he took some time to gather his thoughts. “Last week I was relieved from the job. My idea is fully explained to the team, and I am just waiting for Sangram to finish the product development. I wish I had continued with the job for some more time....
"Now the release will swap the old deployment with the new one in just 2 to 3 minutes!" exclaimed our DevOps person, happy with his achievement! "Good achievement on the deployment side, but it doesn't solve my issue", the technical manager had some more concerns - "Any data loss is not acceptable - devices send 6 messages in a...
“My friend Kumar is interested in this product. He is willing to fund the part of initial development by investing in the company. What is the best way forward?” Yash was excited. Finally, he could find someone willing to put money into his idea. “Has he invested in other companies before? Does he know all the pluses and minuses?” That...
We need not emphasise why coordinating your team is THE important thing for success of your project, but the question is HOW? Here are some quick steps that will ensure the leadership that the team is well orchestrated to achieve grand success. Build Trust: Trust is the key to open communication. Once the trust is established, the members communicate about what is working...
“Now that I have clarity on the product requirements, we have put together a development plan. I am working on the budgets, looks like we are going to need a lot of money.” Yash started as we found a corner table in the coffee shop. “Yes, you need a lot of capital to build a product, particularly when you have ambitious plans. And it’s not easy...
