Communication between client and server is fundamental for any CSR application. The REST API is the traditional approach for requesting data to the server from the client. If the server needs to dispatch the data to the client proactively, that comes with challenges. I know many would come up with…

My initial journey after taking up the Engineering Leader job had never been easy due to a lack of cognizance required for this particular role. The support from the senior leaders, rigorous self-learning, and an ability to imbibe others’ professional expertise put me in a position to operate independently and…

Conflicts are inevitable in the workplace, and managing such circumstances well is a professional skill to be acquired and keep sharpening to thrive in the career. We merely talk about it in an open forum or train people but keep an implicit expectation that everyone should be good at it…

A couple of months ago, I was interviewing a few candidates. I had a heartfelt experience when some of them revealed a fundamental misconception that APM, Observability, and Monitoring are just synonymous. Later I realized that some of my DevOps engineer friends also feel diffident to distinguish the same. Nevertheless…

Asking to write a snippet for the polyfills function is an elementary question in any JavaScript interview. Most people write polyfills function-body by extending native object-prototype. IMHO, it is an anti-pattern. Although, we hardly encourage writing polyfills functions in the production code. Instead, we use many util libraries like lodash.js…

As a hiring Manager, I receive a lot of resumes for the hiring cause. Shortlisting candidates by scrutinizing a piece of paper is a challenging task indeed. Sometimes a good candidate fails to get through the initial screening round due to ill crafted resume. A good quality resume increases the…

Having a job interview is indeed a stressful situation for many people. Besides the pressure of getting hired or not, various things we try to control before or during the interview. I’ve been part of the interview process in the IT industry for more than a decade now. This hard-earned…

Looking after a newborn is not just a mother’s responsibility but also a father’s. A new mother endures several hormonal imbalances during post-pregnancy. She also needs a hand wrapped around her shoulder to soothe herself too. Although a mother gets long maternity leaves to take care of the baby and…