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Alex Aitken

Technical and Engineering Leadership, Coaching, and Mentorship

SRE role in team

July 23, 2018 By Alex 1 Comment

I don't know about you, but lately, I've been hearing quite a lot about SREs (or non-acronymized Site Reliability Engineers). Now, there are …

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JIRA v Whiteboard

July 16, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

You know how you can automate everything but some things just shouldn't be. Well, this process is kind-of one of those things. I'm …

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Past Velocity and Prediction

July 9, 2018 By Alex 1 Comment

I don't know about you - but when you talk about stocks, or markets, or funds - the general rule of thumb is: Past performance is not an …

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Are Burndown Charts Useful?

July 2, 2018 By Alex 1 Comment

When developing a product from the ground up, you might think you need a burndown. Do you want to have an overview of how much work is left …

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QA Role in Development Team

June 25, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

As developers, we love to hate on QAs. I'm just kidding, of course. I love my QA. I love that they find bugs in my team's code. It's my …

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Treat Your Tests Like Your Code

June 18, 2018 By Alex 1 Comment

Over my many years as a developer, I have noticed a pattern. This pattern is to do with unit tests. Especially those who write unit tests. …

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DRY – Don’t Repeat Yourself

June 11, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

One of the most common principles of development that I hear is DRY. Don't Repeat Yourself. Why is this principle so important and how do …

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D for Dependency Inversion Principle

June 4, 2018 By Alex 1 Comment

Depend on abstractions, not on concretions. Robert C. Martin Welcome back to the series on SOLID. By now, I’ll assume you’ve read my …

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I for Interface Segregation Principle

May 28, 2018 By Alex Leave a Comment

Make fine grained interfaces that are client specific. Robert C. Martin Welcome back to the series on SOLID. By now, I’ll assume you’ve …

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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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