Good habits for Software Engineers
“I’m not a great programmer; I’m just a good programmer with great habits.” - Kent Beck
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How i got “that” job at Microsoft
What does the interview process look like at Microsoft India for a Senior engineer? What tips and approaches work well. In this blog, I’ll breakdown my inter...
💰 How to negotiate your tech job salary
Many candidates leave money on the table by either not negotiating or doing it in a suboptimal way; don’t be that person. In this blog, I’ll share practical ...
🚀 Ace your QA Tech interview
How does the tech interview for a QA or SDET leader look in 2025? What type of interviews are conducted, and what strategies could help you land your next ro...
🗃️ Unboxing Github Copilot Agent mode
We’ll use GitHub Copilot Agent mode to build a developer productivity feature for analysing failing test stack traces and grasp the nuances as we vibe code o...
How to run LLMs locally ⤵️ with Ollama
Setup Ollama on docker, run Llama3.2 and deepseek-r1 models locally, chat with open web UI, and use CLI/API, all in 30 minutes with the privacy of your machi...
Copilot Edits: Edit multiple files and enhance your coding workflow ✨
Get into a true pair programming workflow where Copilot takes on the driver role and you help it navigate changes in your codebase
Enhance Your Coding with GitHub Copilot: AI-Powered Autocomplete, Inline Chat, and Quick Chat Commands 🥷
Learn how to harness its AI capabilities for smarter code autocompletion, contextually relevant suggestions via inline chat, and time-saving quick commands i...
Prompt Engineering for Test Design: Supercharge Your AI Skills
Learn Prompt Engineering techniques to supercharge your GenAI skills and create effective test designs. This post provides a user-focused overview of the Gen...
⚡️ SDET career roadmap: from entry level to staff engineer
In this post, I break down expectations at entry/mid, senior, and staff levels and then help you form an intuition about what you can learn and share an appr...
Upgrading ReportPortal with backup/restore of Postgres and binary data
In this blog, learn how to take Postgres db, binary data backup, make upgrades in docker-compose.yml file, and then restore the DB data and binary data safel...
How to setup report portal dashboards using attributes for test observability
This blog will give a technical walkthrough on how to create rich and interactive report portal dashboards such that data can be grouped by different dimensi...
🎤 Good communication makes great software engineers
How can software engineers be more confident communicators in their written, spoken and non verbal communication. This blog provides practical tips and insig...
Is there growth in testing?
Is testing a dead-end career? Should I continue in testing? If I’m still here, how do I grow? Is there a future? In this blog, I provide my take on this freq...
📛 Common terminology misses in software testing
Does it matter? Maybe … maybe not. But … It doesn’t hurt to be clear