Photo by Resume Genius on UnsplashJob search can be extremely frustrating. Especially when you are doing everything you think you are supposed to do.You update your CV.You apply on

Director of Engineering at Proximity Works

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Applying Everywhere but Not Getting Replies?

“Just build an MVP” they said.“It’ll be fun,” they said.But no one tells you what happens after your MVP takes off.No one tells you that going from MVP → a product that handles mil

🚀 From MVP to Millions: Why Scaling Isn’t a Linear Path

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📸 How I Self-Hosted a Smart Photo Album with Face Detection - Free, Secure, and Private

Photo by Tá Focando on Unsplash For the last few months, I have started blocking 8 PM to 11 PM as Out of Office.No laptop. No casual work calls. No "just checking one message." No 

The 3-Hour Out-of-Office Block That Changed My Work-Life Balance

How many times have you been in a discussion and someone jumped in with an instant code solution?It feels exciting that within minutes there’s a working demo, maybe even with AI-ge

Think First, Code Later: Why Half-Baked Prototypes Die in Dead Git Repos

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Let’s talk about something most of us don’t talk about until it happens — “layoffs”.

What to Do When You’re Facing a Layoff?

There’s a classic misconception in software development:“If 1 developer can finish a task in 10 days, then 10 developers should finish it in 1 day.”Sounds logical, right? Unfortuna

🤔 Why 10 Developers Won’t Finish in 1 Day What 1 Developer Can Do in 10

Planning your next sprint? and still have tasks left over from the last one?Before you roll them into the next sprint like nothing happened, let’s talk about why tasks often spill 

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Director of Engineering at Proximity Works