I keep critical systems reliable and build the teams behind them. I write about system design, reliability, infrastructure as code, Go, and Java.https://mihaibojin.comenhttps://mihaibojin.com/projects/golang/scheduled-jobs-in-gcphttps://mihaibojin.com/projects/golang/scheduled-jobs-in-gcpA short tutorial on scheduling workloads using Infrastructure-as-Code with GCP, Docker, and TerraformMon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTGoogle CloudDockerGolangIaaCTerraformgcloudhttps://mihaibojin.com/projects/golang/best-practices-vs-timehttps://mihaibojin.com/projects/golang/best-practices-vs-timeThe key to shipping toy projects is to choose the most impactful best-practices that will save you time and pain in the future.Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTBest practicesTimeGolangTerraformhttps://mihaibojin.com/blog/building-products-vs-non-functional-requirementshttps://mihaibojin.com/blog/building-products-vs-non-functional-requirementsI asked myself, am I overengineering my pet projects? 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