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Sep 29, 2022

Smart Programmers Write STUPID Code

The Pain At the time of this writing, my watch informs me that it’s 9:30PM. I woke up earlier this morning in a good, optimistic mood about my day, but now I’m tired. I’m not physically tired per se, but more like bummed out that despite all these great technologies at our…

Programming

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Smart Programmers Write STUPID Code
Smart Programmers Write STUPID Code
Programming

12 min read


Sep 26, 2022

When a delinquent client forces you to innovate your product

There’s a quote in the book Grit that influenced me in writing this post: Use mistakes and problems as opportunities to get better — not reasons to quit. At the time of this writing, Cloudgenda is in an exclusive private testing phase which simply means that it’s being used in…

SaaS

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When a delinquent client forces
you to innovate your product
When a delinquent client forces
you to innovate your product
SaaS

4 min read


Sep 22, 2022

The Comfort of Ignorance

You can’t know everything, but you can learn anything. The quote above is one that I share every time that I’m working with either a new intern or junior software engineer. When I was younger, let’s say in my teens and mid-twenties, I had a desire to pack my brain…

Software Engineering

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The Comfort of Ignorance
The Comfort of Ignorance
Software Engineering

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Sep 17, 2022

Slow Down, Finish Faster

This piece is geared more towards those starting their career in software development. And I’ll start with the conclusion. S L O W . . . D O W N ! Okay. Now I get to rant a bit on the importance of slowing down in order to finish faster. …

Software Engineering

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Slow Down, Finish Faster
Slow Down, Finish Faster
Software Engineering

8 min read


Sep 3, 2022

Logging With Intent

One does not write code to please nor impress neither a compiler nor a computer. If that was the case, society as we know it wouldn’t be properly served by the very own technology that its people help to create. Instead, we mostly write code in order to create systems…

Logging

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Logging With Intent
Logging With Intent
Logging

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Jan 10, 2022

A Distributed Architecture Proposal for Dispatching and Tracking Emails using Message Queues

The Idea You have an application that needs not only to dispatch emails to users, but to keep track of any activity status pertaining to the dispatched emails. If this idea tickles your Peter Tingle, then you might be interested in reading the following lines. The Context While designing Cloudgenda, a digital platform for…

Email Tracking

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A Distributed Architecture Proposal for Dispatching and Tracking Emails using Message Queues
A Distributed Architecture Proposal for Dispatching and Tracking Emails using Message Queues
Email Tracking

6 min read

Brian Di Croce

Brian Di Croce

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I’m a software engineer based in Montreal, Canada, and the founder of Cloudgenda. I tweet at https://twitter.com/bdicroce. 🍁

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