Sullivan | Software Engineer

Software Engineer | Architecting Optimized & Resilient Systems | Building Scalable Solutions for businesses | System design and Architectural thinking.

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

Client- Sullivan, I want a web application that connects Homes to Care Workers.

Me- I can do better than that. Instead of an app, it will be a system.

Now, the product is 85% done. Currently, I am integrating Stripe for payment gateway

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@Akintola_steve The truth is this, I only watched a tutorial explaining the settings and usage of AI agents with a project I wasn't strongly invested on. Others, Copilot code suggestions is enough for my projects. I am still amateur in using coding agents. I love thinking man

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

Very true

[Minister of Jobs @emmanuelbasy]

One referral can erase 500 job applications.

Your network is part of your CV.

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@Akintola_steve Your skill sets keep you on the job but you see, most times, it is connections that take you to the job. Have both

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@Akintola_steve What Data are you referring to and how frequently is accessed and how often it changes.

Let's say, user profile - 20 seconds.
product Listing - 60 seconds TTL.

Most times, what determines TTL is how often the data is written to

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@Akintola_steve I measure why it became slow. Is it traffic? How many requests per second?

I will check if it is properly indexed.
Optimize the query.

If there is a traffic spike, I will add caching as the first Scaling approach.

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@system_monarch Cache invalidation. Write-through and cache invalidation prevents stale Data. Each time a record changes, in a strong consistency app, write-through but most times, invalidate the cached key and users reads from the database

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

To manage my time properly, I gave this project design to FE guy. He used AI to generate a very complex UI, libraries were imported. I refused it. Took it, and got something as simple as below for the hero section. I can make changes to it easily. this is called OWNERSHIP.

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

Devs, don't allow the sophistication of AI to take away the sophistication of your mind.

Like AI, your mind can create. Don't allow AI to make you forget how powerful your mind is. The industry still rewards people who know how to think .

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

Microderservice vs Monolith server.
Devs, Microderservice doesn't solve a technical problem, it is solves an organisational problem.

The team is growing, services should be independently deployable, different stack for services , use Micro service design.

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@system_monarch Thanks for all the efforts. We are waiting for the next

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@system_monarch Thanks for all these values. I gained tons of additional insights.

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@codewith55 Been searching for a great laptop to buy until I could get an Apple laptop. Is this a recommendation?

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

At devs, is there a structure you used to charge clients or for gigs. I suck at negotiations

@Akintola_steve @smartnakamoura

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@FolushoxFolarin Please , blame this to a government that failed and the system is not working for the youths. Sir, you don't know what it means for people to just be in survival mode. The comfort to analyze all this is lost.

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@soham_nayak04 I will still be a senior engineer

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@Akintola_steve God forbid. I have a different target audience permitted by law

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

@frontend__fairy It has its benefits. It makes one strong with fundamentals and retains the ability to solve logical problems. AI should do the heavy lifting while a good native engineer could actually solve basics that forms the convention of the codebase.

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

I respect people that are very conscious of their value. It was a
negotiation and because someone else accepts it, doesn't mean she was wrong. One time I accepted an offer too low for my experience and contribution. I regretted it..

[Tosin Olugbenga @TosinOlugbenga]

So we offered 250k to someone who just finished NYSC for an internship role fully remote.

SHE rejected it.

That’s what you get if you know your worth right?

No wahala, another person took it.

[Sullivan | Software Engineer @SullivanJosh2]

Devs, someday, we all need to gather in a round table and discuss how AI is slowing down Engineers. But you all aren't ready for this conversation.

@smartnakamoura @Akintola_steve