#practo #seniorengineer #softwareengineers In this conversation, Bhavin Doshi and CTO of Practo Abhinav Lal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhinavlal/) discusses various aspects of tech debt and architectural decisions at Practo. Abhinav clarifies misconceptions around tech debt, emphasizing that tech debt is an intentional choice. He also shares insights into Practo's tech stack, including the use of SQL databases and Elasticsearch. He highlights the importance of addressing tech debt iteratively and the need to balance paying off the principal and interest. Abhinav concludes by discussing the challenges of throwing away code and the cultural mindset needed to tackle tech debt effectively. This conversation covers topics such as managing tech debt, engineering's value to the business, owning business outcomes, balancing short-term and long-term thinking, managing cloud costs, and Abhinav's journey from developer to CTO. Abhinav shares insights and experiences from his time at Practo, including the challenges and lessons learned along the way. Chapters in this video: 00:00 Introduction 09:00 Tech Stack and Evolution of Practos Products 23:44 Early Architectural Decisions 38:32 Tech Debt and Prioritization 51:02 Managing Tech Debt 54:23 Engineering's Value to the Business 56:46 Owning Business Outcomes 59:13 Balancing Short-term and Long-term Thinking 01:07:11 Managing Cloud Costs 01:16:37 Abhinav's Journey from Developer to CTO 01:33:46 Interesting Incidents from the Early Days This episode is also available as podcast on all major platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music. This episode's sponsor is ⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueJay by 10xEngg⁠⁠⁠⁠, they are building a very promising product "Bluejay" that makes it easier for developers to create and manage alerts. If you aren't using them, you are missing out!! It automatically handles the creation of alerts and adds a ton of intelligence to them going forward! Request a demo from them TODAY! Find Bhavin Doshi on other platforms: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkdonline/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PakkaNimbu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Telegram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.me/pakkanimbu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@pakkanimbu⁠⁠