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APIs as infrastructure: future-proofing Stripe with versioning
#API #changemanagement
- Once signed, any changes to a contract become complicated.
- APIs are your contracts for communication with your customers.
- Stability is a superpower for APIs.
- Extensive backward compatibility + Internal change review process before release + Versioning = Stripe’s API superpower
Full post here, 9 mins read
7 non-negotiable security practices for any cloud product
#cloud #security
- Track access and usage across cloud providers
- Manage access to sensitive data
- Automate your user provisioning & de-provisioning
- Configure single sign-on with your identity provider
- Set up login requirements
- Routinely audit activity logs
- Familiarize yourself with your cloud providers security offerings
Full post here, 6 mins read
All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people
#career #teambuilding
- Ensure fixed ownership of every task that needs to be done in a team.
- Know what people expect you to be an expert in. Delivering in your area of expertise is more than enough.
- You truly help others when you solve with them, not when you hand out a solution.
- Learn to harmonize the dichotomy. Everything is an assumption when you are doomed to see in binaries.
- Ensure people are focused on making their work’s value seen and not focused on making themselves seen working for long hours.
Full post here, 11 mins read
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