Siva's Journal

Coding Was Never The Bottleneck - Really???

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:59:17 +0530

There is a phrase making the rounds in the age of AI coding agents:

“Coding was never the bottleneck.”

It sounds profound.

And it contains a grain of truth.

In many software projects, writing code is not the biggest obstacle. You can spend weeks figuring out what to build, why to build it, who the users are, what the requirements actually mean, how the business model works, and how the system should fit into the existing ecosystem.

Builders, Preachers, and Talkers

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:59:17 +0530

Spend enough time in the software industry and you start noticing a pattern.

There are people who build things.

There are people who teach people how things should be built.

And then there are people who mostly talk about the things the first two groups build and teach.

I call them Builders, Preachers, and Talkers.

These aren’t job titles. A person can move between these roles. Someone can be a Builder on Monday and a Preacher on Friday. And, of course, someone can occasionally be all three.

Tales of IT: Don't Let Silence Be Misread

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:59:17 +0530

Suraj had joined the company only three days ago.

Like most newcomers, he was still figuring out where the meeting rooms were, which coffee machine actually worked, and how long it would take before people stopped introducing themselves with their job titles.

That afternoon, he walked into the cafeteria carrying a tray and looking for an empty seat.

“Hey, new guy!” someone called out.

Is Software Development Hard? Or, We are making it complicated?

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 04:59:17 +0530

You started your career as a software developer. Learned some basics and learning many more as you go on. As a responsible developer who wants to be good at your craft, you read the highly recommended books such as “Clean Code”, “Refactoring”, “Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided by Tests”, etc.

You also try to improve your craft by learning TDD(Test Driven Development), DDD(Domain Driven Design), Clean/Hexagonal/Onion/Ports&Adapter Architecture. You definitely feel you are getting better at software development.

When Idealist Software Architect Meet Reality

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 04:59:17 +0530

My name is Vishwas. I am a software architect. I recently joined this new organization. Actually, they hired me because they were impressed with my work in the tech community.

It seems they are going to get a big client project soon, and they want to make sure that the project is successful. I am also excited to work on this project.

An Amazing Lesson I Learned From My Ex-Manager

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 04:59:17 +0530

If I ask you, “have you ever worked on a project with unrealistic deadlines?”, some of you may reply “dude, that’s our default mode of working” 😉

Yes, we have all been there at some point of time in our careers. If we are in this situation once in a while, that may be acceptable. But if we are in this mode of working on a regular basis, then it is very difficult to cope with it.

When you finally meet your hero

Fri, 12 May 2023 04:59:17 +0530

It’s already 8.50am. I got stuck in the traffic, and I doubt I would be on time for the meeting by 9.30am. Somehow, I managed to reach the office by 9.35am, and it looks like the meeting is not yet started. Oh, I didn’t tell you why I am so excited for this meeting, right. It’s actually a workshop, and it’s going to be conducted by Mr Vinod. THE AWESOME VINOD.

The Tiffin center with IT culture and yummy food

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 04:59:17 +0530

Usually, on Sundays we get breakfast and dinner from outside instead of preparing at home. We know a nice place from where we usually get the breakfast, but yesterday we wanted to try some new place. After searching around for 30 minutes we finally found a new tiffin center.

I went to the shop and asked the person sitting at cash counter what I want, and she repeated my order loudly to the people preparing the food.

Fun for Techies

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 04:59:17 +0530

THIS IS JUST FOR FUN, Not meant to be taken seriously

The other side of successful life

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:59:17 +0530

I have been waiting for the movie “Ranga Maarthaanda” ever since it was announced because I am very interested in films, film making process, how the actors lives are, etc. Yesterday the “Ranga Maarthaanda” movie got released, and it is about the life of a very talented and popular stage actor. I have watched the film and since then so many thoughts are going through my mind continuously. Somehow I feel I am doing the same mistakes as the lead character in the movie did, who ended up having a miserable life at the end of his life.

Friday fun for Techies

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 04:59:17 +0530

THIS IS JUST FOR FUN, Not meant to be taken seriously

Why I don't read personality development books anymore?

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 04:59:17 +0530

I want to be successful in my career. Who doesn’t? Everyone wants to be successful. But sometimes we don’t know how to deal with a problem, then we seek advice from others like our elders or books etc. A lot of people, especially youngsters, try to read books which can be broadly categorized into Personality Development or Self Help books to become a better person.

That’s a wonderful thing because life is too short to make all the mistakes by yourself and learn from them. Most of the problems we face today might have already been faced by lot of other people, and they might have figured out how to handle them in a better way. So, it is best to learn from those experiences instead of doing the same mistakes again.

Oh yeah, Indian Software Developers Code Sucks!!!

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 04:59:17 +0530

In India, there is a news channel called TVx. Whenever they don’t have any other interesting news to grab people attention, they start telecasting their all-time favorite programs like Is the world is going to end in 2048? or Is Mayan’s prediction about world ending is right? or Is IT employees are suffering from psychological problems? etc.

In the same way, some websites keep writing articles like Code produced by Indians is bad quality or The Indian programmer myth etc for every 6 months. The 2020 Q4 edition is released, grab while it is hot!

Just for fun

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Having some fun is absolutely necessary in these COVID-19 times to relax a bit :-)

Life is beautiful, If you keep it simple

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

A year ago I was in Germany (Berlin) and it was a beautiful Saturday evening. I was alone and feeling bored. Then I suddenly remembered about a book my friend recommended to me, specifically one particular story. I picked up the book and start reading the story my friend suggested.

After reading the story I had no words, no thoughts…nothing. I was just sitting there without any thoughts or emotions for few minutes. And then tears start rolling on my cheeks without even me realizing it.

The ugly truth

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I am so excited to meet my old friend Vinay after a long time. It has been almost one and half year we spoke to each other. We worked together in one of my previous organizations and he is a close friend and kind of mentor to me too. We both got busy in our lives, and we are not in touch lately. I am so happy to meet him after a long time.

From "OMG, I don't have enough time" to "I am getting bored"

Sun, 26 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Few months ago…

Its Saturday. I woke up at 5.30 AM as usual. I know exactly what to do today because I usually plan what I will do next day. Today I planned to learn about AWS and Terraform.

Todo List

1. Learn AWS & Terraform

After morning routine activities I was skimming through my Twitter timeline. Somebody posted a link to his blog post about Azure which is gaining more popularity in recent times. I too want to learn Azure. I quickly skim through Azure website and realize that they provide Free Trial access for 12 months, so I thought of learning Azure as soon as possible.

Every option comes with pros and cons

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

We want better. We always want to get better things in life..better job, better house, better living standards etc. In the process of getting better we pursue new career options, make new life choices. And, we hope with our new choices our life will get better.

But, most of the time we forget one thing.

Every choice we make might bring some positive things into our life and also bring some new challenges.

Whom you like the most?

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I was doing my under graduation in 2001. One day the lecturer was absent and we were all talking loud, making lot of noise. Then our correspondent came to the class to engage.

He asked us one question Whom do you like the most?

Each of us gave different answers such as “I like Megastar Chiranjeevi”, I like “My mother”, “I like Sridevi” etc etc.

After all the students expressed who is their favorite person, he said So, none of you like yourself!!.

My Favorite Movies

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

My Favorite Hollywood Movies

I am a big fan of Quentin Tarantino and I love all of his movies. But the following movies are top-notch in my opinion and I never get bored with watching them.

Next, I am huge fan of Clint Eastwood and I love his movies too. Following are my favorite movies acted in or directed by Clint Eastwood.

Debugging Weird Technical Issues using Siva's 3-Step Debugging Law

Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

At times we stuck with some weird problem which doesn’t make any sense and gives no clue where to start debugging the issue also.

If you find yourself in that situation, follow the following 3 steps.

Welcome to my new personal blog

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Hi,

My name is Siva and by profession I am a Software Developer. I do blog about the technology stuff that I learned at http://sivalabs.in.

I wanted to start blogging about non-technical stuff and here I am with my new blog http://sivaprasadreddy.com/.

Going forward you can find my thoughts on various interesting things in life here.

Stay tuned 😄