What makes a good engineer

Recently I have been watching/reading Professor Jordan Peterson My mind was transfixated by his way of expressing controversal ideas/thoughts which is both logical and blunt. Like all good lectures do, they tend to trigger your own thinking process. I’d like to use this quarantine time during the pandamic to talk about and break down what makes a good engineer.

  • The traits of a good engineer
  • Generalized ability of a good eengineer
  • The congnitive ability required to achieve the goals

The goal gradient

As the coronavirus shit hit directly to the high-speed fan, the world turn from turmoil to the abyss. With the extended period of working from to at least the end of May, there’s no ending in sight. It feels can be a warm bed for our oldest friend - procrastination.

All the bits regarding kafka lib versions Part-I

I have been building kafka as a data platform for Afterpay for 14 month now. I thought it would be nice to share some of common track one could face during the impmentation