The Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CKDTF) is a tool that allows us to write IaC in native languages such as Typescript, Go, Python, and others. It allows us to write infra in the everyday language we prefer, which means we can harness the benefits of the features and development workflows. IntelliSense…

Being a developer it is unlikely to have not played around with environment variables at one point or the other. Considering that we will be spending more time with them in the foreseeable future, Shell parameter expansion is one great arrow to have in your quiver. Let’s quickly learn the…

Simply put, the not invented here syndrome is a mindset that favours internally developed products over externally developed products. NIH can be observed in individuals or organizations. It can turn into a problem when it leads to “re-inventing the wheel”. NIH can be a result of pride or in general…

The principle of Shift Left is to take a task that’s traditionally done at a later stage of the process and perform that task at earlier stages. It is an awesome terminology that can be applied in various fields but is most popular in software development. In software development, Shift…

At one point or the other, we have all found ourselves guilty of trying to merge our changes before everyone else’ to avoid bearing the pain of resolving the infamous merge conflict hell. Often resolving merge conflicts takes up a huge chunk of the development time and is sometimes even…

Being a developer we often spend more time fixing bugs than developing features(introducing new bugs 😜). As the code evolves, bugs increase as well. We often see more bugs being added to bug backlog than being fixed in the sprint. Bugs in production may not just cost millions of dollars…

From mobile apps to micro-services, managing dependencies is one of the most crucial yet tedious tasks. Various build tools like gradle, maven, ant, grunt, etc exist to make us developers’ lives easy. Gradle is one of the most popular such build tool with a focus on build automation and support…

We all know, like many other fields software development is one such area that requires constant learning and improvement. In the ever-changing and fast-paced environment of software development, one cannot stay stagnant and expect to grow. One needs to be proactive in constantly learning new things and upskill themselves which…

Ever wondered how to write a good test? Are tests just assertions on expected and actual? Is there anything more to them? Should tests only act as a safety net for incoming changes or refactorings? Let us address all these questions. We all at some point have written tests just…