How to get TypeScript compiler to ascertain type safe and exhaustive matching in switch statement. Without using any external libraries. — Motivation Being a bit inclined towards functional programming, I wanted to try and build a “type safe” and “exhaustive” Pattern Matching in TypeScript, without using any additional libraries, and only using switch statements and the power of Type Inference and Control Flow Analysis provided by TS.

Although immensely popular in open source projects, does the blocking nature of code reviews via Pull Requests really help in the closed source projects? This article explores the downsides of a blocking code review and reasons with its alternatives. Code Reviews have long been and will always be an integral…

Does the famous saying “Age is just a number” hold true in the programming world too? Can age be simply an integer type? Or is it something more evolved than just a naive primitive type? Can age ever be negative? I bet the primitive integer value can. So what is a better representation of age in programming languages then? — Age and Integer (as much as they look like they were made for each other) are quite different types and have different properties and behaviours. Let's try to think out loud. An integer can be added to or subtracted from another integer, would you need to do that with age…

Some top considerations while contemplating over Monolith vs Microservices are scalability, independent deployability, increased releasability & maintainability. However, thinking only about application without considering how the choice would affect the team, is like looking at only one side of the coin. — Just as a “good” application which is easier to scale, maintain, release and test enables to serve more end-users (by handling more user requests), a “good” team helps is the force behind success of such applications. …

The talk compares the synchronous vs asynchronous communication approaches in Microservices and Distributed Systems. It highlights common patterns like Distributed Transactions, Distributed Queries, Orchestration vs Choreography and discusses pros and cons of each. Hosted by Technogise Speakers: Nayab Siddiqui and Gaurav Pasarkar We compare the sync vs async approach and…

It often seems best to look out for another job to learn more, or better yet to learn more to get that new job. Often, it seems best decision to always hire people to fill the tech void within the company, and seems a waste of efforts to let people…