Mohamed Afdhal

Former CTO & Technical evangelist; Specialities: Distributed Systems, Message-Driven Architectures, Reactive Systems, DevOps and Containerisation

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

It occurs to me that one of the problems with the usual hiring process is that it embodies the very anti-agile notion that we have to get it right the first time rather than inspect-and-adapt. ISTM, there must be an iterative way to hire, tho I'm not sure how. Any ideas?

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

“Large scale IT architecture is very much like the real world…” https://t.co/0blv6mTCr1

[Allen Wirfs-Brock @awbjs]

Alan Kay famously said “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

Here’s how to go about it

[Josh Long @starbuxman]

lazy or genius? hacker writes a script to automate everything in his life #NSFW

https://t.co/OC904zgFx6

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

@im_anis https://t.co/1CTZWbL95B

[DEV Community @ThePracticalDev]

Software deployment
https://t.co/dHca4cvA9H

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

"The role of the architect is to delay making decision, to create structure that allow decision to be deferred" @unclebobmartin

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

Awesome presentation about architecture, design, IT history and people. Watch, learn & enjoy:... https://t.co/qzKenN7spF

[WIRED @WIRED]

Silicon Valley mourns Andy Grove, a titan of tech https://t.co/p9bRrdp8og https://t.co/9NZ5wwXFFd

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

Transform the craziest deadline into "Consider it done, Sir"
@im_anis https://t.co/TGH0NmgabB

[DEV Community @ThePracticalDev]

The last programming book you'll ever need

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

"Who think angular may be the struts of the javascript nation?"
--
Matt Raible... https://t.co/AU6VF6KD1g

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

"As developers we need to wake up and break free from the perceived reality of living in a single globally... https://t.co/WSS4ZmsVMF

[DEV Community @ThePracticalDev]

8 Ways to Become a Better Coder https://t.co/5HCjjMxfSM

[The ASF - Apache Software Foundation @TheASF]

Thanks to @ofbizbyhotwax and @Lucidworks for developing our new visual identity! https://t.co/akLItRsGjD #Apache

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

I love software books that are both old and still-relevant. One of my favorite such books is William Kent's Data and Reality. @martinfowler

[Mike Amundsen @[email protected] @mamund]

Google’s surprising discovery about effective teams https://t.co/soH8n0hp0S

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

"As developers we need to wake up and break free from the perceived reality of living in a single globally consistent present" @jboner

[Nathan Marz @nathanmarz]

Programming languages have huge effect on your ability to grow as a programmer.

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

"There's Just No Getting around It: You're Building a Distributed System" @mcavage
https://t.co/w1W03JRaAy

[Mohamed Afdhal @medafdhal]

Why "2 of 3" is missleading...
CAP Twelve Years Later by @eric_brewer
https://t.co/IgTyDqN0BG
@Lillitou @im_anis