I spent the last 5 months implementing the first kafka system at Wealthsimple, rolling it into production and scaling it to many millions of events everyday. Our old system that would update customer balances used a poller and we knew...

My company organized a Coffee Masterclass, hosted by Christian Vasquez. I’m a coffee enthusiast so I was eager to learn more. My preferred preparation is a pour-over coffee. I start by adding a little milk to an empty cup and...

My company had a lecture about Resilience by Dr. Michael Unger, and I have compiled a few of my notes below.

• Resilience - nagivate your world but also negotiate resources around you.
• Resilience is not just about being positive...

Containerization has resulted in a slew of systems the past few years. While it is convenient to be able to create containers that work on any server, managing and deploying these in production has necessitated the need for orchestration systems...

I picked up the book “Founders at work” on the airport bookstore while I was traveling from Bangalore to Toronto and I’m glad I did. The book is a compilation of interviews between Jessica Livingston and the founders from many...

It’s been a wild journey the past year at Ritual and I’m really proud of what I’ve accomplished and things I’ve learnt. In the first half of the year, Ritual responded to competition by deciding to expand internationally. Under tight...

Here is a summary of relevant statements from “Use the index, Luke”, pertaining to database indexing.

Preface

• The separation of concerns—what is needed versus how to get it—works remarkably well in SQL, but it is still not...

My earliest recollection in the cryptocurrency space was a discussion I had with a colleague in 2012, who had described Bitcoin as an anonymous means of buying shady goods and services online (Bitcoin is not truly anonymous). Almost 6 years...

Lately, I’ve felt that I’m spending a lot of time on computer science and software development and not enough time on self-development. This is not aligned with my personal goal of becoming a more well-rounded person. Hence, I decided to...

There was a Postgres User Group meetup at Pivotal Labs today. The talk was about MVCC (Multi version concurrency control) in Postgres and why COUNT queries are slow. It seemed interesting enough, so I made my way towards King and...

The VP of Engineering at Loblaw Digital graciously offered me a corporate ticket to attend Elevate Toronto, a week-long tech conference that celebrates Toronto’s tech ecosystem. I have compiled a short summary of my key takeaways from the various presentations.

With the release of the 3rd Edition of “Effective Java” a few months back, I decided to re-read it and compile a few notes for future reference. These notes only represent points that are specifically useful to my development as...

I spent the past few months diving deep into 11 weeks worth of lectures on “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies” offered by Princeton University on coursera.com. I have painstakingly compiled a summmary of my learnings from the course.

Table of...

I attended my very first Java User Group meetup today held at Free Times Cafe near College and Spadina. The meetup room was packed, and most of the attendees were senior java devs. The presentation was about bridging the gap...

I’ve compiled a list of my learnings from the book “Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham.

Commentary on the introduction

• Intelligent investor : Being patient, disciplined and eager to learn. Harness your emotions and think for yourself.
• Don’t let the...

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