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·Feb 22

Reshaping data with PostgreSQL pivot tables

I have been using PostgreSQL for a while and have grown fond of it over time. As a part of the Rails app I was working with, we have been logging API requests to a table. …

Postgres

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Reshaping data with PostgreSQL pivot tables
Reshaping data with PostgreSQL pivot tables
Postgres

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Tarka Labs Blog

·Jun 30, 2022

What does a CTO do?

There has been a lot of hand-wringing and discussions about what a CTO does on the interwebs. Does a CTO write code? Does a CTO’s calendar look like it is on the maker’s or the manager’s schedule? Does a CTO sit in on interviews? And so on. Let me explain…

Cto

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What does a CTO do?
What does a CTO do?
Cto

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·Mar 24, 2021

Don’t Rewrite, Refactor: Why Brownfield Development Helps

If you’re new to brownfield development, here’s a primer. According to Wikipedia: Brownfield development is a term commonly used in the IT industry to describe problem spaces needing the development and deployment of new software systems in the immediate presence of existing (legacy) software applications/systems. All software ages poorly. All successful software becomes legacy…

Software Architecture

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Don’t Rewrite, Refactor: Why Brownfield Development Works
Don’t Rewrite, Refactor: Why Brownfield Development Works
Software Architecture

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·Feb 4, 2021

My thoughts on Substrate

I’ve been playing around with Substrate over the past couple of weeks. Substrate is a Rust-based blockchain building framework that is powering Polkadot and its associated blockchains. I’ve been a blockchain skeptic but there are a few changes in the ecosystem that is changing my opinion. So, why would I…

Blockchain

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My thoughts on Substrate
My thoughts on Substrate
Blockchain

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·Jan 23, 2020

Why we refuse fixed bid projects

A lot of clients ask us why we do not take up fixed bid projects. Many often think it is because we do not want to commit ourselves to a project but that cannot be farther from the truth. …

Playbook

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Why we refuse fixed bid projects
Why we refuse fixed bid projects
Playbook

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·Sep 18, 2019

My thoughts on Flutter

I’ve been following flutter on-and-off for the past year and a half. Although I primarily work on the backend, I tend to dabble with mobile apps from time to time. I was initially very skeptical about Flutter’s claims. I guess when you get a few gray hairs, you tend not…

Dart

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My thoughts on Flutter
My thoughts on Flutter
Dart

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Tarka Labs Blog

·Jul 29, 2019

How we hire engineers

It started as an internal email on how we should approach hiring but in the interest of transparency; I thought it would serve better as a blog post. Hiring is a crucial aspect of how we grow at Tarka Labs, and we take it very seriously. Finding potential “Tarkans.” Yeah. That’s what we…

Recruiting

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How we hire engineers
How we hire engineers
Recruiting

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Tarka Labs Blog

·Mar 4, 2019

My views on the CKA exam

I have not been a fan of technical certifications because I believe they skew the incentives of test takers to clear the test rather than to gain actual knowledge. Most tests like the Google Cloud certifications or the AWS certifications offer a multiple choice question/answer. While this may test the…

Cka

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My views on the CKA exam
My views on the CKA exam
Cka

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·Jan 7, 2019

Tarka Labs and Agility

Most of the stories we write on our blog is focused towards the “how to” aspect of software development and we have purposefully restrained ourselves from writing about our opinions. We believe in having weakly held strong opinions. But there comes a time when expressing your opinions saves keystrokes. The…

Agile

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Tarka Labs and Agility
Tarka Labs and Agility
Agile

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·Dec 16, 2018

Using SSH certificates — (SSH Recipes in Go) — An interlude

So in our earlier blog post we saw how we could use Go’s SSH library to remote control your server. Before we go on to part 2 of the series, I wanted to talk about SSH auth briefly and on setting up a scalable approach to SSH identities. When you…

Security

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SSH Recipes in Go — An interlude
SSH Recipes in Go — An interlude
Security

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