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Gilad Peleg
A blog about technology, software development, management and more.
Latest posts
Getting Real With LLMs
It's hard to tell from the internet what can one do with LLMs at their workplace. This blog tries to cover the current options and challenges
Smart Receiver, Dumb Sender
We've been solving notifications from the wrong end this whole time.
Digital Asset Ownership
How will LLMs and training cycle devour our digital assets and what can be done
Say hello to your new manager
Your next manager won't be human. And that might be a good thing.
Who owns your team's oncall channel?
Who should own on-call channels and how ownership choices shape incident response culture.
A Better Code Review
A practical code review process that improves quality without slowing delivery.
Levels of Us Vs. Them
Lessons from "Us vs. Them" dynamics and how leaders can reduce destructive group boundaries.
Reach Your Private Mongo From Anywhere
Use a bastion host and SSH tunneling to access a private Mongo replica set securely.
Why Lambda in VPC Breaks at Scale
Why Lambda in a VPC can break at scale and how cold starts and ENI limits cause issues.
AWS Kinesis Producer Retry Strategy
How to handle Kinesis put_records failures with retries, batching, and new partition keys.
Stop Wrestling with Lambda Dependencies
Package Python Lambda dependencies with Docker to match AWS runtimes and avoid import errors.
Wire AWS Alerts to PagerDuty in Minutes
Create SNS-to-PagerDuty subscriptions with Terraform for reliable alerting in minutes.
Spring Boot Remote JMX
Enable remote JMX for Spring Boot to inspect performance and debug apps in production.
The Hidden Math Pattern in Every Codebase
Why codebase conditionals follow a power-law pattern and what that reveals about complexity.
Code Retreat - Game of Life Notes
Notes from a code retreat exploring Conway's Game of Life and constrained practice sessions.
Finally Make Sense of Lambda Logs
Use CloudWatch Logs Insights to query Lambda logs, reduce noise, and find issues fast.
Stop Extensions From Spying on You
Limit Chrome extension permissions to specific sites and reduce the risk of data leakage.
Opening A Blog
Why I started this blog and what I hope to share about engineering and leadership.