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Alex Aitken

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Adding a Shared Script for Jenkins

October 1, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

Recently, we discovered that we had a lot of duplication in our build scripts. Pretty much the same copy+paste code everywhere (we have a …

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Leading Remotely

September 24, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

I went rogue! I did it. I led a team remotely (within the same country, of course). But to be honest, I can't say too much changed while I …

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Being a Remote-Enabled Team

September 17, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

Being a remote-enabled team doesn't mean you are remote-first. It means that you're open to your colleagues occasionally working (or maybe …

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How to Give Feedback

September 10, 2018 By Alex 1 Comment

At Careem we like to give feedback as often as possible and as honest as possible. It can be quite a shock for those who are new to the …

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I am a Good Manager

September 3, 2018 By Alex 1 Comment

When we think about managers, we think about people we know (or knew) who have shaped us. We think about people we either look up to or …

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Onboarding New Engineers

August 27, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

Onboarding is the most important time for establishing company culture and keeping your employees. It's a time when new joiners form …

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JavaScript – Closures and Scope

August 20, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

Looking at JavaScript today, it can be scary as a beginner. People talk about watching out for all the little quirks or "beginner mistakes" …

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Communicating Design – A Code Review

August 13, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

When was the last time you saw a UML diagram? When was the last time you sat down and discussed how you're going to design the code you want …

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Dashboard Fatigue

August 6, 2018 By Alex 1 Comment

Dashboard fatigue is a real thing. I've experienced it first hand! Before Agoda, I would've told myself that there's no such thing. But …

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Alex is an AVP of Engineering currently working at Bukalapak. He is a leader in full-stack technologies. Read More…

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