INSIGHTS

December 2, 2025

Newsletter

Agentic AI

LLM Application

Software Engineering

AI Assisted Engineering

enterprise SaaS data, third-party SaaS platforms, vendor AI features, private enterprise data, business process data, customer interaction data, operational cost reduction

AI for SWE also helps with excellent DevX and Professional Growth

October 9, 2025

AI Assisted Engineering

Software Engineering

Coding Agent

developer experience, should haves, coding agents, outside competence, day to day work, professional growth, writing more code

A beginner’s guide to using SpringData JPA with Hibernate in Spring Boot.

Aditya Shedge

September 22, 2025

Spring Boot

Java

Hibernate Jpa

JPA repository, entity mapping, CRUD operations, object relational mapper, database interaction, ORM features

Field notes on AI powered coding

September 18, 2025

AI Assisted Engineering

AI Product Development

LLM App

Engineering Practices

Copilot agent mode, Windsurf chat code, Claude Code terminal, inline edit mode, terminal based agents, LLM coding tools, IDE plugin prompts

Engineering

Why Unit Tests Matter: A Currency Converter Story

Kush Saraiya

September 8, 2025

Software Testing

Unit Testing

Product Management

Software Engineering

Agile Development

exchange rate bugs, USD INR conversion, conversion logic errors, financial calculation testing, edge case coverage, regression bug prevention, testable business logic

How AI is unlocking possibilities for products that depend on public information

September 2, 2025

LLM App

AI Product Development

Gen AI

public data curation, CBSE ICSE content, LLM API use cases, educational content extraction, learning material distillation, curriculum content ingestion, structured content generation

Engineering

The Vicious Circle: Understanding and Breaking Circular Dependencies

August 25, 2025

Clean Code

Code Smell

Circular Dependencies

Software Development

Code Quality

service interdependence, mutual service calls, dependency cycle, bidirectional dependency, module coupling, import cycle, service layer coupling

Hiring

Lessons from a Ceiling Fan: Why Everything Runs Better When you Care

August 13, 2025

Productivity

Mindset

Self Care

Career Growth

Personal Development

ceiling fan capacitor, fan speed issue, dust buildup blades, fan maintenance cleaning, electrician diagnosis, slow spinning fan

Culture

What a Cricket Podcast Taught Me About Being a Better Teammate

Abhimanyu Patil

August 12, 2025

Teamwork

Team Building

West Indies cricket, team dynamics, sports podcast, cricket leadership, player cohesion, team performance, locker room culture

Two Versions, One Project — A Guide to Java Dependency Shading

Faisal Dilawar

August 11, 2025

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Maven dependency conflict, Gradle dependency conflict, Java classpath shading, Jar relocation, transitive dependency clash, single JVM library versions, package relocation

🌸 Write Predictable CSS

Rekha Kumari

July 31, 2025

CSS

HTML

Web Development

Front End Development

CSS3

selector specificity, CSS rule precedence, style conflict resolution, inline style priority, origin importance, source order, CSS inheritance

Culture

Build Beyond Your Role: Unlocking True Ownership in Tech

July 29, 2025

Teamwork

Professional Growth

Ownership

Work Culture

Software Development

shift-left testing, developer accountability, cross-functional delivery, code review ownership, quality ownership, feature handoff, team accountability

Feeling Intimidated by a Big Goal? Try Taking a Detour.

Faisal Dilawar

July 24, 2025

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Iron Butt Association, Saddle Sore challenge, 1600km ride, 24 hour ride, motorcycle endurance, long distance riding, distance challenge

NLP — Natural Language Processing

Renuka Naik

July 21, 2025

NLP

employee search bar, manager team lookup, natural language query, homepage search input, organization head lookup, profile navigation shortcut, team details search

Engineering

Beyond the Endpoint: The Hidden Layers of API Security

July 17, 2025