@itzysabo

I share Engineering, Management & Tech Ops experience • CTO x3 • Indie maker x2 • Built a fintech from 0 - €500M ADTV • Scaled a marketing platform to 9M MAU

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Do you go on engineering adventures & expeditions? “Shiny object syndrome” can cause engineers to skew solutions towards the less optimal. This is how to stay at the bleeding edge, but in a realistic and measured way: →
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How I align tech initiatives to business goals: open.substack.com/pub/itzy/p…
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CTO Logic is booting up ... I write about how to operate professionally at the intersection of software engineering, tech management, leadership, and business. open.substack.com/pub/itzy/p…
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LinkedIn seems down due to misconfiguration 😱
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However, accessing some deeper paths still works, e.g. linkedin.com/feed/
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Layoffs at Lemmings R Us: "The board made me do it, because the shareholders expect it." — said no CEO ever.
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C-suite people: Your CTO is probably lying to you. OK, she's not actually lying, but she does need to represent the truth in a way you can handle. Otherwise it would be too difficult for you to trust the development process. world.hey.com/itzy/the-inver… #CTO #CEO #founders

The Inversion of Control

C-suite people: Your CTO is probably lying to you. OK, she's not actually lying, but she does need to represent the truth in a way you can handle. Otherwise it would be too difficult for you to trust...

world.hey.com
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.@agazdecki Is @microacquire friendly to foreign acquirers who don’t want to end up owning a US corporation? Do you have a standard solution for this? E.g. transfer ownership of the *product* and related intellectual property, rather than sell the *company* that owns it?
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As a software engineer I cannot look at this without itching to fix the logic error. There should be 4 options, not 2 !!
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As a software engineer I cannot look at this without itching to fix the logic error. There should be 4 options, not 2.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk4 Dec 2022
I am not expressing an opinion, but did promise to conduct this poll. Should Assange and Snowden be pardoned?
80%Yes
20%No
3,316,014 votes • Final results
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1200 microservices just to render the Twitter timeline. Or is it "just" 200? Microservices are a double-edged sword. Like everything else in engineering, they are a trade-off. If anyone can decide on a whim to create a new microservice, you’re doing it wrong.
Public argument about the number of microservices required to render a Twitter timeline. Is it 1200 or 200?

ALT Public argument about the number of microservices required to render a Twitter timeline. Is it 1200 or 200?

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Creating a new service must be a carefully considered decision. The more trivial the functionality, the more it should be combined into a related pre-existing service. Done right, you end up with “macroservices,” which each handle a complete functional or business domain.
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Corollary: What will engineers tend to choose? A. Write something from scratch on a clean slate. B. Refactor/extend something that exists. If you make it too easy to decide to create a new service, you will end up with lots more of them than necessary!
Welcome to the Popular Front for the Revival of Monoliths! Personally, I think we need to popularise what you might call "macroservices" rather than complete monoliths.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk14 Nov 2022
Replying to @elonmusk @sampullara
Part of today will be turning off the “microservices” bloatware. Less than 20% are actually needed for Twitter to work!
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Itzy Sabo@itzysabo27 Oct 2022
CEO to CTO: “ I want it ASAP! ” vs. CTO to Engineering Manager: “ I want it ASAP¹ ” _____ ¹ As SIMPLE as possible.
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Many software engineers don't realise: ❌ We are NOT paid to write code. ✅ We're paid to SOLVE BUSINESS PROBLEMS. Ask until you understand the business problem behind what you’re working on. You'll make better decisions & possibly be able to offer alternative solutions.
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CEO to CTO: “ I want it ASAP! ” vs. CTO to Engineering Manager: “ I want it ASAP¹ ” _____ ¹ As SIMPLE as possible.
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Summary: 1. Identify adventures early & discuss 2. Cost-effective & appropriate for business problem 3. Direct costs, current & future 4. Indirect costs, esp. complexity 5. Degree of lock-in Have pity on your future self. Keep things as simple as they can possibly be.
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Itzy Sabo@itzysabo26 Oct 2022
Do you go on engineering adventures & expeditions? “Shiny object syndrome” can cause engineers to skew solutions towards the less optimal. This is how to stay at the bleeding edge, but in a realistic and measured way: →
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