PinnedDhruv AgarwalinMiddlewarehq“Measure what matters” for engineering leaders?Imagine your team burning the midnight oil, fuelled by coding passion. But hold on — the roadmap is still delayed, and tasks keep bleeding…5 min read·Apr 1, 2024----
PinnedDhruv AgarwalinMiddlewarehqHybrid Sprint Retrospective for the hybrid teams!Remote teams? In-person teams? Hybrid teams? Whatever the setup is, one thing that becomes cumbersome as the time grows is 🥁….Sprint…4 min read·Aug 3, 2023----
Dhruv AgarwalinMiddlewarehqAn open source Spotify-like yearly recap using your Github contributionsYou know that feeling when Spotify drops your annual Wrapped? Well, imagine that, but for your GitHub grind. Introducing Unwrapped!2 min read·Dec 13, 2023----
Dhruv AgarwalinMiddlewarehqWhy is comparing sales and engineering a disaster?Recently, we saw a massive backlash on Mckinsey’s article by a lot of industry leaders like Grady Booch, Kent Beck, Gergely Orosz, etc.4 min read·Sep 7, 2023--1--1
Dhruv AgarwalinMiddlewarehqTop 5 Mistakes Engineering Managers Do 🤦🏻Just became a manager or aspire to be one soon? This post might save you a couple of weeks by bringing you insights and learnings from…6 min read·Aug 16, 2023--4--4
Dhruv AgarwalinMiddlewarehqProduct mindset for Software EngineersAre you a software engineer who wishes to take product decisions but can’t due to the way your team works? This article will help you take…4 min read·Dec 19, 2020--1--1
Dhruv AgarwalinMiddlewarehqGet the role, title will followA human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance…4 min read·Aug 10, 2020--1--1
Dhruv AgarwalinLevel Up CodingWhy is “IN” query slow on indexed column in PostgreSQL?One Friday afternoon, I got a pager alert that one of the queries in production is taking > 60s to execute. I checked the query, it was…6 min read·Apr 22, 2020--4--4