Code Reviews
We should define a software engineer as someone who does rock-solid code reviews and writes code in their spare time. Not the other way around.
Kashif
I make things up
Releasing
Think of release as a train that features/PRs/developers have to catch. Not as a tool to ship a fix or features. Set a cadence and release. Do not wait for that one last PR to get merged in the trunk to release.
Security & Compliance
A local gym membership management system has very different security requirements than Twitter. Analyze the game you are playing and act accordingly.
Estimations
Most deadlines aren’t deadlines because a lot of them are breached and no one dies.
Making Money
With only a job, the probability of making it big is equivalent to the inverse of DynamoDB's uptime.
Promotions
If you ever feel like wanting to get a promotion, rethink your priorities until you no longer feel like that.