Episode 207 | Gurpreet Sachdeva - Providing

Guest: Gurpreet Sachdeva @gssachdeva Gurpreet Sachdeva talks with Dave Rael about becoming an author, software architecture, Microservices in the cloud, and providing valuable service Gurpreet S. Sachdeva is a Technology Leader with 20 years of experience working on some of the most challenging technologies related to Communication Software, Enterprise Computing and Cloud Computing. Gurpreet did his B. Tech (Computer Engineering) from NIT, Kurukshetra and M.S. (Software Systems) from BITS, Pilani. He is currently working as Director – Technology with Aricent, Gurgaon. He is a keen Java enthusiast and co-founder of Delhi - NCR - Java User Group. Gurpreet is passionate about building cloud scale software and manage it through ELK stack along with other DevOps tools. Gurpreet is an invited speaker in prestigious conferences like Oracle – Java One, Great India Developer Summit, Indic Threads. Gurpreet blogs at http://www.thistechnologylife.com Chapters: 2:26 - Dave introduces the show and Gurpreet Sachdeva5:33 - Gurpreet on Microservices8:07 - Gurpreet's book: Practical ELK Stack: Build Actionable Insights and Business Metrics Using the Combined Power of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana13:58 - Gurpreet's motivation for writing the book16:27 - Gurpreet's sacrifices and priorities in getting the book written18:28 - The things that "light Gurpreet up"20:55 - The perspective of an Indian software professional24:54 - How Gurpreet got started in software28:33 - Gurpreet's story of failure - struggles with mobile user interfaces32:08 - Gurpreet's success story - iterative cloud migration and lessons in domain focus, fault tolerance, and reliability38:55 - How Gurpreet stays current with what he needs to know42:32 - Gurpreet's book recommendation46:26 - The things that have Gurpreet most excited47:58 - The things about which Gurpreet likes to geek out apart from software50:17 - Gurpreet's top 3 tips for delivering more value52:11 - Keeping up with Gurpreet Resources: Gurpreet's Blog Practical ELK Stack: Build Actionable Insights and Business Metrics Using the Combined Power of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana - Gurpreet S. Sachdeva Gurpreet on LinkedIn Delhi NCR Java User Group Year 2000 problem In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. Martin Fowler's Bliki Uncle Bob Martin's Blog Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire Software Engineering Radio Kevlin Henney on Developer On Fire Gurpreet's book recommendation: Gandhi: An Autobiography - The Story of My Experiments With Truth - Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software - Eric Evans The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Gene Kim Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale (Lean (O'Reilly)) - Jez Humble Practical ELK Stack: Build Actionable Insights and Business Metrics Using the Combined Power of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana - Gurpreet S. Sachdeva Gurpreet's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Be prompt in your responses Listen to your customers Don't shy away from taking risks