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side's change request", "url": "https://candost.blog/notes/53c/", "published_at": "2022-04-16T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f78-72b3-bdde-5bb292210cd9", "title": "Listen with attention and ask questions with curiosity to encourage others to be open", "url": "https://candost.blog/notes/53d/", "published_at": "2022-04-16T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f72-7207-9719-b71e77d91009", "title": "Relationship vs. Task Conflicts", "url": "https://candost.blog/relationship-vs-task-conflicts/", "published_at": "2022-04-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f78-72b3-bdde-5bb292551fa5", "title": "Persuading others requires accepting their arguments and building empathy", "url": "https://candost.blog/notes/44g/", "published_at": "2022-04-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f78-72b3-bdde-5bb2928d2fce", "title": "Present humility and ask questions to persuade others", "url": "https://candost.blog/notes/44h/", "published_at": "2022-04-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f78-72b3-bdde-5bb2931b07b4", "title": "Ask questions that nudge the other side to explore the roots of their stereotypes", "url": "https://candost.blog/notes/44i/", "published_at": "2022-04-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f78-72b3-bdde-5bb2937eebe1", "title": "Unclear WHYs create more relationship conflicts", "url": "https://candost.blog/notes/44f/", "published_at": "2022-04-14T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f78-72b3-bdde-5bb294663cdf", "title": "#27: Problem-Solving Skills & A Strategy for Software Engineers", "url": "https://candost.blog/podcast/27-problem-solving-skills-and-a-strategy/", "published_at": "2022-04-12T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f78-72b3-bdde-5bb294a0bb16", "title": "Relationship vs. Task Conflict", "url": "https://candost.blog/notes/44e/", "published_at": "2022-04-08T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f72-7207-9719-b71e7817095b", "title": "Productivity Scam and Perception of Time", "url": "https://candost.blog/productivity-scam-and-perception-of-time/", "published_at": "2022-04-07T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f78-72b3-bdde-5bb29538949a", "title": "Mektup #28: Changing jobs to seek happiness won't bring you what you want", "url": "https://candost.blog/newsletter/mektup-28/", "published_at": "2022-04-05T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0875c-3f78-72b3-bdde-5bb29611fa24", "title": "How do I behave when I receive feedback?", "url": "https://candost.blog/notes/40d/", "published_at": "2022-04-03T00:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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How Zettelkasten Method Works original ↗

28 Nov 2022

Concluding My Struggle with Note-Taking Systems and Apps, Finally!original ↗

27 Nov 2022

Why is it so hard to be kind?original ↗

23 Nov 2022

Barriers to Learning from Contact with Reality original ↗

16 Nov 2022

Mektup #44: Returning to Office and Remote Work original ↗

15 Nov 2022

DDIA: How to Partition a Database original ↗

13 Nov 2022

Joining SumUp original ↗

1 Nov 2022

Mektup #43: Mektup is changing—Failures and Reflections original ↗

1 Nov 2022

Behaviors run on Auto-pilot original ↗

31 Oct 2022

Tell the other side what's been left out original ↗

31 Oct 2022

Be part of the conversation and also the manager while receiving feedback original ↗

31 Oct 2022

Making decisions based on three groups original ↗

30 Oct 2022

Passionate people drive work better original ↗

29 Oct 2022

Don't leave your best performers alone original ↗

29 Oct 2022

The More accidental complexity the less quality original ↗

27 Oct 2022

Fault Tolerance & Resiliency original ↗

25 Oct 2022

Mektup #42: How to Answer Hiring Manager Interview Questions original ↗

18 Oct 2022

Decision-Making Strategies original ↗

18 Oct 2022

Goals and Existence original ↗

17 Oct 2022

Energy Management at Work original ↗

14 Oct 2022

Hidden Monoliths Affect the Software Design original ↗

12 Oct 2022

What to delegate?original ↗

12 Oct 2022

Who to delegate the work?original ↗

12 Oct 2022

The Teams that enable other teams original ↗

11 Oct 2022

Facilitating Teams in Organizations original ↗

11 Oct 2022

Setting the environment for team interactions to work original ↗

11 Oct 2022

Inverse Conway Maneuver gets help from team interaction modes and team types to succeed original ↗

11 Oct 2022

Team Design Rules original ↗

11 Oct 2022

Monoliths are everywhere original ↗

10 Oct 2022

Team Interaction Modes original ↗

10 Oct 2022

Two teams shouldn't collaborate all the time original ↗

10 Oct 2022

Collaboration harms organizations original ↗

10 Oct 2022

How I think about X-As-A-Service Teams original ↗

10 Oct 2022

Separate Concerns to Relax the cognitive load by using complicated subsystem teams original ↗

9 Oct 2022

Platform Teams original ↗

9 Oct 2022

How to Use Platform teams In The Organization original ↗

9 Oct 2022

DDIA: Encoding, Decoding, Schemas, and Data Evolution in Databases original ↗

7 Oct 2022

DDIA: What is Replication in Distributed Systems original ↗

6 Oct 2022

Mektup #41: One Thing At A Time: Multitasking for Software Engineers original ↗

4 Oct 2022

Questioning vs. Asking original ↗

30 Sept 2022

DDIA: Data Storage and Retrieval original ↗

23 Sept 2022

Mektup #40: Pros and Cons of Changing Tech Stacks original ↗

21 Sept 2022

The Real Difficulty of Engineering Leadership is Not What They Say original ↗

12 Sept 2022

Mektup #39: How I got a promotion offer from another company original ↗

6 Sept 2022

DDIA: Data Models and Query Languages original ↗

4 Sept 2022

Speaking, Writing, and High-Quality Ideas original ↗

26 Aug 2022

The CAP Theorem original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Elasticity in Software Systems original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Key-Value Partitioning (Key or Hash)original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Diseconomy of Scale original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Scalability in Software Systems original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Defining System Load original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Defining System Performance original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Approaches for Coping with Increased Load in Software Systems original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Pros and Cons of Vertical Scaling (Scaling Up)original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Functional Decomposition in Software Systems original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Database Normalization original ↗

26 Aug 2022

DDIA: Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability in Distributed Applications original ↗

26 Aug 2022

Mektup #38: Can you get a promotion by changing jobs?original ↗

23 Aug 2022

Mektup #37: Mentoring vs. Coaching vs. Teaching original ↗

9 Aug 2022

Form enabling teams to share expert knowledge in the organization original ↗

30 Jul 2022

Mektup #36: How to Become A Great Mentor original ↗

26 Jul 2022

Organizations should reduce cognitive load on stream-aligned teams original ↗

24 Jul 2022

Forming teams and defining topology depends on the context original ↗

21 Jul 2022

Team Anti-Patterns and their effects original ↗

20 Jul 2022

Define team APIs to design the team's outside communication original ↗

18 Jul 2022

Mektup #35: Don't call people resources original ↗

13 Jul 2022

Mektup #34: Process Thinking original ↗

28 Jun 2022

On Drugs and Great People original ↗

27 Jun 2022

Mektup #33: One milestone and five articles original ↗

14 Jun 2022

Mektup #32: Product Shouldn't Be Left to Product Managers original ↗

31 May 2022

Learning Cone and Blame Spiral—The Case of Blame Absorbers original ↗

19 May 2022

Mektup #31: Non-Engineers Leading Engineering Teams original ↗

17 May 2022

Structuring Teams in Organizations original ↗

14 May 2022

Conway's Law Still Holds True After Decades original ↗

14 May 2022

Limiting the communication lines to create better system design original ↗

14 May 2022

Database Partitioning (Sharding)original ↗

8 May 2022

Vertical Partitioning original ↗

8 May 2022

Horizontal Partitioning (Range-Based Partitioning)original ↗

8 May 2022

Directory-Based Partitioning original ↗

8 May 2022

Mektup #30: The Exceptional Books, Articles, Videos, and Communities That Made Me a Better Engineering Leader original ↗

3 May 2022

Think Again Book Review, Summary, and Notes original ↗

28 Apr 2022

#28: How to Present Solutions as Software Engineers original ↗

26 Apr 2022

Mektup #29: Building correct relationships will help you climb the Ladder original ↗

19 Apr 2022

Mental Health for Professionals original ↗

16 Apr 2022

Instead of giving advice directly, use an empathetic approach original ↗

16 Apr 2022

Overcoming Binary Bias and Polarization original ↗

16 Apr 2022

Have regular career and relationships check-ups original ↗

16 Apr 2022

Summarize when you want to clarify the other side's change request original ↗

16 Apr 2022

Listen with attention and ask questions with curiosity to encourage others to be open original ↗

16 Apr 2022

Relationship vs. Task Conflicts original ↗

15 Apr 2022

Persuading others requires accepting their arguments and building empathy original ↗

15 Apr 2022

Present humility and ask questions to persuade others original ↗

15 Apr 2022

Ask questions that nudge the other side to explore the roots of their stereotypes original ↗

15 Apr 2022

Unclear WHYs create more relationship conflicts original ↗

14 Apr 2022

#27: Problem-Solving Skills & A Strategy for Software Engineers original ↗

12 Apr 2022

Relationship vs. Task Conflict original ↗

8 Apr 2022

Productivity Scam and Perception of Time original ↗

7 Apr 2022

Mektup #28: Changing jobs to seek happiness won't bring you what you want original ↗

5 Apr 2022

How do I behave when I receive feedback?original ↗

3 Apr 2022