Ikraam Ghoor

@ikraamghoor.com

Ruby and JavaScript Software Dev. Husband. Father. Slowmad. I like to type my thoughts with my eyes closed.

If any one is looking for a high-agency Full Stack Rails/JavaScript developer with 5+ years of experience in fast moving startups, please reach out.

If any one is looking for a high-agency Full Stack Rails/JavaScript developer with 5+ years of experience in fast moving startups, please reach out.

I guarantee you, your BS take-home code challenge is not helping you hire better candidates. If anything, you’re selecting for compliance and ability to prompt Chat GPT. Stop being a lazy ass and spend some time talking through a technical challenge with your candidate, or pair on something real.

in case someone needs to hear this. it's okay if the only thing you did this year was just get through it. 🫶 im so fucking proud of you.

Burnout is primarily a result of misassigning the importance of work You ain't gonna die if the deadline is not met You ain't gonna starve if you don't meet expectations You have time and ability. Trust yourself and bring down the importance Or instead, fuck up your health for no good reason 🤷🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

I coded till 3:30am knowing I am walking up with my toddler daughter at 6am. This is the equivalent of making a bad decision to party late and end up with a morning hangover for me 🥱

The thing that really differentiates Bluesky is that it doesn’t feel like it was designed by a bunch of people who will lose their jobs if I spend a little less time on Bluesky.

"Ease for all human beings" is great tenant in software development. Your team, your customers, and especially yourself will greatly benefit. It should influence your technology decisions, your relationships, your code and your product.

The more I work as an a software developer, the more I realise that half of the work is about trust and a clear mind. This might be more about what I've learnt from being human 😄