This article was published here Hiring is one of the most difficult and also rewarding parts of building a company. I prioritize hiring as important as building products. This article reflects what has worked for me to find and hire the best Product Engineers across hundreds of hiring interviews. It outlines topics to cover with example questions. […]
Authentication in web apps using an Estonian ID card with Nginx is pretty straightforward (although quite unstable). Initial setup Simple ID card authentication boils down to: Enable One-Way TLS on your main domain (e.g. app.example.com) Enable Two-Way TLS on a secondary domain (e.g. id.example.com) using the ID card certificate chain. Redirect user from main site […]
Why? GAE(Google App Engine) is a great choice for developers who want to build and deploy applications in a minute. Thanks to a fully managed serverless platform, you are free from the painful server configuration for deployment as well as automatic scaling. But there is a problem that comes with the cost. Google App Engine […]
The usual document structure Taking a look at the OpenAPI specification file, there are several distinct sections: Information – which usually includes the title, version, some description, terms of service, etc. Servers – where we describe the servers that we use, usually split into production, staging, etc. Paths – resources that our API exposes and […]
Need of Optimization In most IT systems, the database is an integral part. Data needs to be processed from databases to actually use it — and SQL is the standard interface language used to query the Database for data. Most of the time, SQLs written to communicate with the Database are simple, easy and fast. […]