Rishi Goomar

We live in a world where constant connectivity has become the norm. Slack notifications, email pings, and calendar invites seem to multiply overnight. For many teams, especially those operating with limited headcount or resources, the challenge isn’t just deciding what to work on but creating the conditions to actually

Overview When building a data model for PostgreSQL, you're more than likely to have foreign keys to define relationships between tables. When you have those foreign keys, one quick way to optimize your queries and allow them to be significantly faster is to index on those foreign key

Weekly updates aren’t just a routine check-in—they’re a way to advocate for your work, track your growth, and surface impact that might otherwise go unnoticed. When it comes to performance reviews, compensation conversations, or promotion cycles, it’s often much easier to make a strong case when

When embarking on a technical project, having a clear and well-structured project plan is crucial. Often times, the mistake that I’ve seen made is that once you have the “why” behind the project, people (especially software engineers like myself) will dive straight into the how. This can lead to

the persistent inability to believe that one’s success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one’s own efforts or skills. Imposter Syndrome is common in the world of software. I’ve experienced it myself over the years and have spoken to many colleagues that