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Cache busting GET calls with cache-control headers

· 7 min read
D Balaji
Lead Design Technologist

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One of the performance optimization techniques is to serve data from the cache and lookup for the network if the cache fails. It's called cache first then network strategy. Life moves fast and if the API has to get updated information, it's impossible because we are reading the cache always. Is there a way to bypass cache in this setup? Yes, it's cache-control headers.

How to refine your WFH etiquette

· 3 min read
D Balaji
Lead Design Technologist

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The office bees were asked to work from home in March 2020. It means with no prior experience employees are expected to do something as part of a team. Here are 3 things which you should do as part of WFH etiquette.

Comparing scrum vs shape-up as a developer

· 7 min read
D Balaji
Lead Design Technologist

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On my first dev job around a decade ago, I worked as an agile team member. Ever since every project I worked on used some variant of scrum framework like agile, broken agile, pseudo agile, etc. There is a new kid in the block called shape up which also talks about executing projects with a team. Here are some differences and similarities between scrum and shape-up.

How to give a talk about a tech book in front of people

· 5 min read
D Balaji
Lead Design Technologist

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As a passionate reader, I find myself describing the book in brief passionately to my friends. I went on to give multiple book talks in the library. In this post, I put a checklist on the steps to prepare and deliver wonderful book talks at library/community events or on Youtube.