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How to ship product faster ?

How to ship product faster ?  There are many things goes into building a tech product like requirements gathering / analysis to development and testing. There are few things which are in control of developer like architecture , design , code quality  and there are something which are outside the control of him/her like requirements clarity , stakeholder mgmt etc. So as a developer , what I can do to make things faster ?  Lets first look at, what is that is  most important to drive fast ?   Break  ? Like break plays a very vital role in speeding up your car, you can't accelerate unless you are comfortable to control / break when you need. Similary in Tech world , Testing and Monitoring provides the right level of controls you need. Automation testing helps build confidence of build quality  & Strong Application monitoring gives you an immediate feedback is something goes wrong , this in-turns enable you to control and correct the damage quickly incase something goes wrong.
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AWS Startup CXO Mixer - How To Scale Up Your Startup Fast But Not Break Things

I am glad to be part of the panel discussion organised by AWS.  It was a great learning experience and a great opportunity to connect and hear from other leaders who are using technology to solve user problems. Also it was a great surprise to meet my ex - RBS colleagues as Panel moderator  from AWS ,Vikas Bajaj.    Reference - https://awsstartupcxomixerpune.splashthat.com I am putting down some of the key points that we discussed both on and off the stage. Obsession with Customer  Key is to Know Your Customer and help them by solving their problem by the use of Technology , don't go other way around that develop best Technology solution w/o understanding your customer. Customer should be centre of everything we do. Fail Fast Learn Fast It is important to focus and spend time and energy on innovation . Innovation is key to success, however its important to do it on more measured and controlled fashions. Accept failure and move on if the experiment not working.

PostgresSQL to Amazon RedShift

As in the today's world, volume of data is increasing significantly along with the need of real time analytics on the data. This is driving unprecedented demand for Big Data/No SQL type of databases.  More and more requirements are coming to migrate from traditional (relation) databases to more Morden database. The good news is there are plenty of options like Mongo, Cassandra , Dynamo DB, Redshift , Hadoop etc .  But the challenge is,  they all solve a special needs and selecting right database depends on the actual use cases , type of data etc. Here I am covering a generic use case of migration from Postgres (or any other relational databases) to Redshift. We will focus on 2 key area .. 1) Fundamental Architecture difference between Postgres and Amazon Redshift, especially the way Storage and Scaling is managed. Storage played a very important role when it comes to performance as most of the time its I/O that's impact performances. 2) Best Practices in usin

Around the Web

Around the Web IBM Is Betting Big on Blockchain Technology. Is It Worth the Risk? Money.CNN.com 3 Startups That Can Turn Blockchain Tech into an Everyday Tool for Asian Users News.Yahoo.com Appraising the Luxury Goods Market With Blockchain Technology Forbes.com The Promise of the Blockchain Technology Economist.com Blockchain Jobs Are Booming in Asia, Even as Cryptocurrency Prices Struggle CNBC.com

Fake media - Can blockchain help ?

Fake media - A potential solution using Blockchain ? Media is an important pillar of democracy but this pillar is loosing trust and getting weaker due to TRP focused approach. This is a big risk for the democratic fabric of  any country. News channel /media industry needs a refinement to remain responsible and trustworthy.  What is the problem ? - Media is loosing trust due to fake or misrepresented facts. - There is no effective regulating body for media. - U nreliable information going viral online (aka fake news) is one of the biggest threats faced by society. What is the solution ? - Need an effective regulating body to control fake news. There is no central agency which can be trusted today.   - Need a central agency which is unbiased , run automatically and transparently without any human  interaction. How Blockchain can help ? Step 1:  Create an open community controlled by blockchain  The community should be open for everyone 

What is Bitcoin ?

Bitcoin - Explained  with a simple use case      →????? Let’s imagine it’s a great evening and we are sitting in a pub. I have one 100 dollar note* with me. I give it to you. You now have one 100 dollar note and I have zero. That was simple, right? Note * : Here 100 dollar note is a banknote (often known as a bill , paper money or simply a note ).  I will refer it as note , please read it as note or bill based on your local convention. Let’s take a closer look at what happened. My 100 dollar note was physically put into your hand. You know it happened. I was there. You were there. You touched it. We didn’t need a third person there to help us do the transfer. We didn’t need to pull in a judge to sit with us and confirm that the 100 dollar note went from me to you. The note is your now, you can do anything you like, you can use it to buy something for you or you can give it to someone else. You have the full ownership of the note.   I can’t use the sa