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Nikolay Nemshilov
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Mar 9, 2021

Goodbye Windows

Growing up on rock music, I had never really cared for Spanish guitar; Joe Satriani and Stevie Ray Vaughan were people I looked up to musically. But, as with anything in life you eventually get interested in where everything came from. …

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May 18, 2020

How to pass an interview as a software developer

Hi, how are you? If you are reading this, chances are you’re looking for a job, and a bit stressed. It’s hard; especially in those tumultuous times. The good news is that you are doing the legwork to get better at having interviews, those things tend to pay off. …

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10 min read


Nov 18, 2019

Migrating from Mac to PC as a software developer

They say that penguins are pretty smart. They live in the harsh environment of Antarctica, and they can’t really afford silliness. They mostly bundle up together, they travel well beaten paths across the continent, and they try to repeat what others do to keep themselves alive. …

Apple

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Migrating from Mac to PC as a software developer
Migrating from Mac to PC as a software developer
Apple

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Nov 3, 2019

Part 2: How randomness works in software projects

So, hello again. This is the second part to the theory of constraints stories I have to tell. This time I am going to talk about randomness, and how it affects the best laid plans. …

Statistics

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Part 2: How randomness works in software projects
Part 2: How randomness works in software projects
Statistics

9 min read


Oct 15, 2019

Software company in accordance with the theory of constraints, Part 1

This is going to be a slightly different article than my usual technology stories. It’s going to be weirdly about project management in software organisations. …

Agile

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Software organisation in accordance with the theory of constraints, Part 1
Software organisation in accordance with the theory of constraints, Part 1
Agile

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Feb 24, 2019

Serverless Genetic Algorithm

Ohi, this is a write up of my attempt to make a genetic algorithm to run on AWS lambda serverless architecture. A bit of what, why, and how if you will. You can find all the code of this project over here. …

Serverless

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Serverless Genetic Algorithm
Serverless Genetic Algorithm
Serverless

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Jan 30, 2019

Augmented Empathy

I grew up deep in Siberian woods. I miss thick heavy forests and cold air. In there, in the mids of a winter, all the moisture in the air freezes out and falls. And so when you go out at night, and the new moon is a barely visible sickle…

Software

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Augmented Empathy
Augmented Empathy
Software

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Compono Engineering

·Jan 13, 2019

On Choosing Programming Languages

It is tempting to start this article with the classical “i wanted to write this for so long”, but the truth is, pretty much every single software developer on this planet did; many multiple times throughout their careers. The problem of choosing a programming language is as old as programming…

Programming

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On Choosing Programming Languages
On Choosing Programming Languages
Programming

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·Jan 2, 2019

Economics of Technical Debt

In software engineering we love talking about technical debt. The problem is though, it is often used as a scapegoat for frustration and bad decisions. Talk to 3 technical leads and 2.5 of them will tell you that you should not have any technical debt what so ever, or have…

Software Development

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The Economics of Technical Debt
The Economics of Technical Debt
Software Development

7 min read


Sep 13, 2018

Technical Midwife

Once upon a time I wasn’t in software development. One of my first real jobs was a lathe operator in a large mechanical shop. For a year all i did i was making nuts, bolts and washers. …

Software Development

7 min read

Software Development

7 min read

Nikolay Nemshilov

Nikolay Nemshilov

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Engineer, obsessive maker, and occasional speaker. CTO at @shortlyster

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