Published in About Me Stories·PinnedAbout Me — MeghnaYou know that feeling when someone asks “Tell me about yourself” and you come up with a blank? Who even am I? My Bio Last time I tried this was on a dating app, and it didn’t go very well. But let’s give it another shot. Hiya! The short version: I am…About Me2 min readAbout Me2 min read
Published in Better Programming·PinnedMember-onlyOne Habit To Become a Better DeveloperAnd it’s something that you probably do anyway — In my line of work, I read code all day, every day, be it code reviews of new features or making out head or tail of old ones. If you’re like me, you might even be going through code bases over decades old. That’s almost three centuries in the computer…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in Coffee Time Reviews·Oct 26, 2021Member-onlyWhy I Loved Reading ‘The Phoenix Project’A novel about IT, DevOps, and helping your business win — First off, it is a novel. Need I say more? It has all the makings of a great story. There is our protagonist, the hero, Bill Palmer. He gets a mysterious phone call from HR, and a surprise promotion he doesn’t seem too excited about. The mess on his hands…Software Engineering5 min readSoftware Engineering5 min read
Published in Better Programming·Oct 13, 2021Member-onlyHow To Make Software Design Discussions More ProductiveAre you asking the right questions? — There’s more to software development than writing code. If you check out my journey on building an app from scratch, writing code was one of the last things I did. Design discussions are my favorite part of the software development process. The discussions are highly intelligent, and it’s great to…Programming8 min readProgramming8 min read
Published in The Pink·Sep 10, 2021Member-onlyThe Amazing Benefits of Having Women in the WorkplaceI feel like I belong. — A Brief Introduction Year 2009 I was in an all-girls school briefly when I was young. We were a class of 20 teenagers, and there was plenty of angst and drama to fuel a Spanish telenovela in all of us combined. What I remember distinctly is, there was never discomfort. We could talk to each…Women In Tech5 min readWomen In Tech5 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·Aug 24, 2021Member-onlyHow Visualization Can Help You Live A Better LifeIt’s a little bit more than daydreaming. — I wake up. The world’s softest comforter keeps me in bed for another 20 mins, after which I finally wake up and make my bed. I brew some coffee, with freshly ground coffee beans, while listening to some happy morning playlist. I put on my workout clothes, and head to…Happiness6 min readHappiness6 min read
Published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself·Aug 19, 2021Member-onlyI Don’t Want To Be Kind To MyselfMy Struggle with Self-Love — I’m gonna be totally honest here. I’ve indulged in a lot of productivity porn, read countless books on self-help, and read even more about mindfulness and mental health. I’m not sure if I subscribe to all the advice they bestow. The one statement that irks me when I am being…Self Love3 min readSelf Love3 min read
Published in Better Programming·Aug 10, 2021Member-onlyProduction Outages: The Biggest Test of the DevOps CultureDevs are from Venus, Ops are from Mars — Folks, your girl has graduated in life. I was looped into a production outage, and I had my first tussle with the Operations team of my application. If I view it objectively, it wasn’t so bad. The heightened emotions and stress of the situation were more responsible for the raised…Dev Ops5 min readDev Ops5 min read
Published in Curious·Aug 10, 2021Member-onlyDo You Have a Toxic Relationship With Productivity?I do, and this is how I am breaking the cycle. — Here goes another personal flaw admission on the internet: I tend to suffer from productivity guilt. I find it hard to let go and relax. Every moment not spent doing something that has some tangible, measurable output is a moment of my life wasted. Time is the ultimate exhaustive resource…Toxic Productivity6 min readToxic Productivity6 min read
Published in Writers’ Blokke·Aug 7, 2021Member-only5 Writing Tips From ‘On Writing Well’I got my first Medium hit by following these. — While I started writing online only a little while back, the act has always fascinated me. It is akin to magic. Something that is a cloud of ideas and thoughts nagging in your head, pouring out on paper, ready for someone else to devour. But it’s not magic. Writing is…Writing Tips4 min readWriting Tips4 min read
