Polyglot Software Development

AWS Lambda and Layers: How to handle dependency errors

We have begun to use Lambda for one of our projects, and one of the very first issues we ran into with a rather simple Lambda function is dependency related. Here's the problem, and how we resolved it.
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Taking some cues from Test Cricket and using them to build good software!

### Sessions in Test Cricket
 
Borrowing a few concepts from Test Cricket, and trying to relate that to Software Development. Here's my take!
 
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Myths of Software Development (Part 3/3)

(Part 3/3) When it comes to Software Development(much like everything else), there are myths. And while technologies and stacks have changed frequently, I've hardly seen many of these myths go away (not for good, at least).
In this 3-part series (yes, it took me that many!), I try to break those myths.
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Myths of Software Development (Part 2/3)

(Part 2/3) When it comes to Software Development(much like everything else), there are myths. And while technologies and stacks have changed frequently, I've hardly seen many of these myths go away (not for good, at least).
In this 3-part series (yes, it took me that many!), I try to break those myths.
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Myths of Software Development (Part 1/3)

(Part 1/3) When it comes to Software Development(much like everything else), there are myths. And while technologies and stacks have changed frequently, I've hardly seen many of these myths go away (not for good, at least).
In this 3-part series (yes, it took me that many!), I try to break those myths.
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It’s important that you develop across stacks (wide and deep)

By wide, I mean Polyglot development.
By deep, I mean Full stack development.
In today's day and age, it is all the more important that you don't end up being a single-language developer. It's a bit too risky.
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Where to focus your energies when building an MVP?

When you start out to build an MVP, or a new feature in an existing app, how you go about approaching the problem in the initial days or weeks will make a ton of difference.
 
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Are you sure the requirements are complete, and you understand them?

If your requirements aren't complete, there is a problem. Sounds obvious? It sure is but, unfortunately, this is one of those recurring issues in Software Development that happens all too often and before you know it, your team is developing software to a specification that is not even close to being complete.
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Microservices: Always the best option?

A Microservices-based architecture is a desirable one. Sure. But, is it the best solution always?
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A few things to consider while using private methods

Private methods should be used as much as possible (to improve maintainability amongst other things) but not all private methods are created equal. 
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