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Product Engineering

A collection of 9 issues

Choosing the Right Tech Stack: Practicality or Personal Comfort?

In the world of software engineering, one phrase you’ll often hear is: "Use technology based on the needs." On the surface, it sounds like a common-sense approach to choosing the right tools for the job. However, let's be honest. Sometimes, this advice masks an unspoken

Why Saving Timestamps in UTC is the Secret to Scalable and Global-Friendly Applications

When I first started building web applications that involved handling time data, I thought, "How complicated can timestamps be? Just save the time, right?" But as the project grew and more users from different time zones started using the app, I discovered that handling timestamps correctly could make

Strong Consistency vs. Eventual Consistency: The Battle of Data Synchronization in the Digital World

Imagine you’re shopping online for a new laptop. You’ve just found the perfect model, and after reading all the reviews, you decide to make the purchase. You click on the "buy now" button, and in that moment, your order is placed. Now, you’re eagerly waiting

Launching Products as a Non-Technical Founder: A Comprehensive Guide

Launching a product as a non-technical founder can feel like navigating a complex maze. Without a background in technology, it may seem daunting to bring your idea to life. However, many successful entrepreneurs have done just that by leveraging various strategies and resources. Below, we explore how non-technical individuals can

The Trap of Premature Optimization: Why Chasing Efficiency Can Lead to Inefficiency

In the world of software engineering, it’s easy to fall into the trap of premature optimization. This is a phenomenon where developers, in their eagerness to build fast and efficient applications, make changes or design choices too early in the development process—before knowing if those optimizations are even

Modernizing Legacy Systems with the Strangler Fig Pattern: A Step-by-Step Guide to Safe and Incremental Migration

In today’s fast-paced tech landscape, modernizing legacy systems is often essential for businesses to stay competitive and agile. But taking a legacy system offline for a full-scale replacement can disrupt business, introduce significant risks, and cost more than most organizations are comfortable investing. Enter the Strangler Fig Pattern—a

Scaling Your System: Why a Rewrite Should Include Decoupling, Re-architecting, and Optimization for Future Growth

In the life cycle of any application, there comes a tipping point where scaling up becomes both a technical and strategic necessity. Perhaps your system has outgrown its original architecture, or you’re finding it harder to add new features without impacting existing functionality. At this stage, a rewrite may

How to Communicate Metrics That Matter: Going Beyond Numbers for Meaningful Impact

In the fast-paced world of product engineering, metrics are crucial. But just as important as the data itself is the context behind the numbers. Too often, we see reports like, “Infra cost was recorded at Rp 5 million,” or even, “Infra cost dropped from Rp 7 million to Rp 5

Understanding Conway's Law: How Team Structure Shapes Your Software

When designing software, have you ever noticed how the structure of the software often reflects the structure of the teams that built it? This is the essence of Conway’s Law, a principle named after Melvin Conway, a computer scientist who, in 1967, observed a surprising but logical connection between