Reflections and Roadmap
There are still 2 weeks to go for the year end! Make the most of it.
As the year ends, I thank you for supporting Weekend Programmer.
The initial aspiration of this publication was that I would never monetize this. publication.
The good news is it is still the case despite Substack luring me into 100 different ways to do it. 😊
So I do ask you to support me by sharing the publication if you find this useful.
It has been an eventful journey for me as I found both the joy of publishing and the challenge of coming up with topics to write on.
I want to use this edition to reflect on my journey so far.
Reflections
I started posting videos as I felt it was easier for me to explain than a long post.
I also found doing videos more enjoyable. Hope you liked them as well. 😉
Initial posts were more about thinking (meta) about development. Recently, I have been more focused on how to do <X>.
Let me know what kind of post you prefer.
I did drop the frequency of my publication towards the end of the year.
This was partly due to launching a paid course on doing a software project and the day job taking its toll.
If you are interested in joining the course, you can join the waitlist here: Spring Boot Project Accelerator: Build A Microservice Project in Just 2 Weeks
I need to improve the quality of some of the posts. I know it is not up there. So that’s on me to improve for the year ahead.
If you find something that needs to be improved, I am just an email away. 📧
Future Roadmap
Now this is the exciting bit. 🚀
As a reader, I invite you to shape the future of this publication. I want your feedback on what kind of posts you want to read, learn and enjoy.
Send me ideas, brickbats anything that you feel is required to make this publication better for you.
I have some ideas as well to change the model.
Start numbering the editions. 😂
Have posts based on specific themes every month so that you get a deep dive in 1 area
Doing office hours - planning to be online for 1 hour fortnightly once to have a chat. Planning to do it on Zoom. Let me know if you are interested.
Doing some posts like this more with reflections and more stories
The elephant in the room - AI. I have not talked about it but I guess I have done my research and it is time for sharing them.
Any thoughts, suggestions?
Top Post of the Year
I always thought this was something I needed it. I always had to look up. So this was a guide for myself as well.
Kafka - I love working on Kafka at work. I think more people need to know about this. There are pitfalls that you should be aware of. But that is for another post.
Design Patterns - There is so much focus on learning design patterns. But like everything else in technology, you need to be wary about using it for everything. There are no silver bullets
Tech Debt - In the hustle culture, we create tech debts. How do we balance tech debt with speed to market? It is the eternal question that we face as developers.
Github Case Study - Another one with Kafka. It shows how Github moved towards a more scalable architecture using Kafka
![[Video] A Brief Introduction to Kafka (with analogy)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q7un!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45c66f2a-8116-4bcd-b1c6-c478f25d7ee4_3049x4573.jpeg)
![[Video] How GitHub Changed Their Approach to Processing 300 Million Pushes Every Day?](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!35Mm!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2467f81e-5dca-4090-bea1-f5a31bfbfddb_5472x3648.jpeg)
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