
Ep. 12: Ignoring Conway’s Law will sabotage your software architecture
In this episode, Asim Razzaq explains Conway’s Law, which states that “Any organization that designs a system, will inevitably produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communic...
7 Des 202213min

Ep. 11: Clearing the confusion: AI vs Machine Learning vs Deep Learning
On today’s episode, Asim Razzaq elaborates on the misconceptions between artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and data science. While many might not be able to see the difference ...
29 Nov 202210min

Ep. 10: Antifragile software: The next frontier
Join Asim Razzaq as he introduces the concept of antifragile software systems. This concept aims to demonstrate what happens during catastrophic scenarios inside the system. For today’s episode, he wi...
21 Nov 20228min

Ep. 9: Deliver customer value, not just code
On today’s show, Asim Razzaq focuses on the importance of customer-centric software engineering. Software engineers should always be creating meaningful value for customers, and other stakeholders as ...
15 Nov 202213min

Ep. 8: Confused about Platform Engineering, SRE, DevOps?
In this episode of Always an Engineer, Asim Razzaq breaks down four different types of engineering roles: platform engineering, site reliability engineering, development operations (DevOps), and appli...
8 Nov 202211min

Ep. 7: Don’t let bad startup habits ruin your career
In this episode, Asim Razzaq talks about the pitfalls of joining the wrong startup when you are early in your software engineering career. While young engineers relish the opportunity to become part o...
31 Okt 20228min

Ep. 6: Software rewrites (almost) always fail
In this episode Asim Razzaq sheds light on the ongoing debate of whether companies should undertake a software rewrite or instead refactor. This age-old decision can often make or break an organizatio...
24 Okt 20229min

Ep. 5: Why staying an IC can be the best career move for engineers
In this episode, Asim Razzaq clears out the career path dilemma for software engineers, whether they should pursue a path as an individual contributor (IC), or in a managerial role. He will detail the...
17 Okt 20229min





















