Polyglot Software Development
We’ve been doing Software Development and Architecture work for a while at Snowpal, and currently have several B2B and B2C products in production. In this podcast, we’ll share our experiences on a regular basis to help you & your teams build great software. The topics covered in this podcast will include Product Management, Project Management, Architecture, Development, Deployment, Security, Release Management, Sales, Marketing, Advertising, and just about everything else an ambitious, fast growing startup based out of the US is likely to be involved in. So, join us. Let’s become better!
Episodes

Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
I've worked on making performance improvements across all tiers, and in a variety of ways within any given tier, during the course of my career and one thing I can say with a good degree of certainty is that it gets more challenging as you get closer to your goal. Reducing a page rendering time from 3 seconds to 1 second is a whole lot easier than reducing it to 900ms, then to 800ms, and then to 50ms!
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Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Keep your code DRY. As in, super DRY! Code duplication is a maintenance nightmare.
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
You have to make a conscious effort to keep your code base DRY. Every time you make a change, add a feature, or fix a bug, make an effort to find duplication and to determine design patterns. This will play a huge role in keeping your code DRY, and maintainable in the long run.
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Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Some of us prefer a framework that offers a lot more than what we might initially want, while others prefer a library that is small and simple but offers the barest minimum. Based on that simplified definition, what do you generally lean towards?
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Friday Nov 17, 2023
Should you implement that next requirement now, later or never?
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Before you implement something, ask yourself if it needs to be implemented at all.
#snowpal #softwaredevelopment #requirements
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
[Paid Course] Snowpal Education: Writing scripts to understand REST APIs
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
If you are building integrations, or leverage other API Providers to reduce your Time to Market, you are bound to consume a fair number of APIs.
When you do that, how quickly your team wraps their head around a brand new API is going to make all the difference between going LIVE in the next sprint vs one down the road. We use a simple tool that we created for one part of this purpose. Let’s explore it.
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(ii). If you are an Android user, go to http://android.snowpal.com.

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Is GitHub Copilot worth it?
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
I've been using GitHub Copilot for a few months now, and am ready to share my thoughts on it.
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
API Hubs. API Portal. API Platforms. What are some of the differences?
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
blobr, apiable, kong, and the list goes on... Let's understand the similarities and differences between some of the providers in the same space (of APIs).
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
How many developers does it take to build something?
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
That's a very generic question! So, let's take a hypothetical scenario and discuss that.
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
What’s more difficult? Building something, or selling something?
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Is it more difficult to build something than sell the same thing? Or, is it vice-versa?
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Do not reinvent the wheel. Create what is not readily available.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
To prove your Unique Selling Proposition to your investors and/or end users, you should build what is not readily (already) available.
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