Setting up Pop!_OS 10 October 2019

I have been using Macbook ever since I started work(> 4 years). I used to be a Ubuntu/Windows user back in college. After starting work, I have been given a Macbook to work on and have not owned a personal computer/laptop since. I really love Macbook's hardware - the touchpad and keyboard are exc…
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Pair programming & Senior Engineers 13 August 2018

From Wikipedia: Pair programming is an agile software development technique in which two programmers work together at one workstation. One, the driver, writes code while the other, the observer or navigator, reviews each line of code as it is typed in. The two programmers switch roles frequently. Yo…
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Say Yes to Technical Debt 10 August 2018

Technical Debt is usually referred to as something Bad. Most articles on the topic are about how to get rid of technical debt. Having been influenced by such articles, I shunned hacks, features that were poorly designed or features without much test coverage. However, I have been thinking quite the …
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PostgreSQL Backup and Recovery 29 April 2017

Taking backups is an important administrative task that can have some disastrous consequences if it is not done right. The use of RAID configurations in your storage system, replication between nodes, clustering and trusting 100% that your SAN(storage are network) will be up ARE NOT backup strategie…
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