<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <id>https://shiningflash.github.io/</id><title>Amirul Islam</title><subtitle>I usually write for fresher in Software Engineering.</subtitle> <updated>2026-05-02T07:06:24+06:00</updated> <author> <name>Amirul Islam</name> <uri>https://shiningflash.github.io/</uri> </author><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://shiningflash.github.io/feed.xml"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en" href="https://shiningflash.github.io/"/> <generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator> <rights> © 2026 Amirul Islam </rights> <icon>/assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico</icon> <logo>/assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png</logo> <entry><title>What Non-Technical Teams Taught Me About Being a Better Data Engineer</title><link href="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/what-non-technical-teams-taught-me/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="What Non-Technical Teams Taught Me About Being a Better Data Engineer" /><published>2026-01-12T13:47:00+06:00</published> <updated>2026-01-12T13:47:00+06:00</updated> <id>https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/what-non-technical-teams-taught-me/</id> <content src="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/what-non-technical-teams-taught-me/" /> <author> <name>amirulislam</name> </author> <category term="English" /> <category term="Programming" /> <category term="Experience" /> <summary> In my first years as a data engineer, I thought my job was simple: move data from A to B, clean it, and make sure nothing breaks. If the pipeline ran and dashboards loaded, I went home relaxed. Then real work started. When “Correct” Isn’t Enough We were building a system that pulled data from hundreds of devices—different vendors, different formats, different network qualities. Some devic... </summary> </entry> <entry><title>People say ChatGPT 5 can replace my job. So I tested it.</title><link href="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/chatgpt5-replace-job-database/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="People say ChatGPT 5 can replace my job. So I tested it." /><published>2025-08-11T21:00:00+06:00</published> <updated>2025-08-11T21:00:00+06:00</updated> <id>https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/chatgpt5-replace-job-database/</id> <content src="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/chatgpt5-replace-job-database/" /> <author> <name>amirulislam</name> </author> <category term="English" /> <category term="Programming" /> <category term="AI" /> <category term="Humor" /> <summary> People say ChatGPT 5 can replace my job. So I thought, fine — let’s test it on my job. I told it: “Hey ChatGPT, our production DB is slow. Optimise the queries, but don’t break anything.” It came back in seconds: ‘Done! I’ve improved performance by 500%.’ Impressive. Except… five minutes later, every user’s order history was gone. Vanished. 🫨 Like my weekend plans. I told it, “You just del... </summary> </entry> <entry><title>ChatGPT-5-এর সবচেয়ে বড় আপগ্রেড কী? এক জায়গায় সব!</title><link href="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/chatgpt5-upgrade/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="ChatGPT-5-এর সবচেয়ে বড় আপগ্রেড কী? এক জায়গায় সব!" /><published>2025-08-10T00:00:00+06:00</published> <updated>2026-04-20T03:21:41+06:00</updated> <id>https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/chatgpt5-upgrade/</id> <content src="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/chatgpt5-upgrade/" /> <author> <name>amirulislam</name> </author> <category term="English" /> <category term="Programming" /> <category term="AI" /> <summary> ChatGPT-5 এর যে ব্যাপারটা আমার কাছে সবচেয়ে ভালো লেগেছে, সেটা হলো — এখন সবকিছু এক জায়গায় পাওয়া যায়। আগে AI ব্যবহার করে একটা বড় কাজ করা ছিলো অনেক ঝক্কির ব্যাপার। আপনি যদি sales data নিয়ে কাজ করতে চান, প্রথমেই খুলতে হতো o3-mini — কারণ deep reasoning, numbers বিশ্লেষণ, complex calculation — এসব ওর হাতের খেল। সেখান থেকে insight বের করে নিলেন, কিন্তু presentation-এ বসানোর জন্য সুন্দর visual... </summary> </entry> <entry><title>Paradigm Shift: The Key to Real Growth as a Developer</title><link href="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/paradigm-shift-and-growth/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Paradigm Shift: The Key to Real Growth as a Developer" /><published>2025-07-07T17:00:00+06:00</published> <updated>2025-08-07T03:51:49+06:00</updated> <id>https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/paradigm-shift-and-growth/</id> <content src="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/paradigm-shift-and-growth/" /> <author> <name>shiningflash</name> </author> <category term="বাংলা" /> <summary> শুধু নতুন ভাষা শেখাই নয়, নতুন করে ভাবতে শেখাটাই আসল দক্ষতা গড়ার পথ। কোড লেখা বনাম উন্নতি করা কাজ শুরু করার কয়েক বছর পরেই ধুম করে কেউ কেউ CTO হয়ে যায়, কেউ হয় Tech Lead, কেউ আবার Engineering Manager। অন্যদিকে, কেউ কেউ আছে ১০ বছর কোড লেখার পরেও একই জায়গায় আটকে থাকে। Friends, writing more and more code won’t make you a better developer. You become better when you learn to think deeply ab... </summary> </entry> <entry><title>Scaling from Zero to Millions of Users: A Journey in Backend Engineering</title><link href="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/scaling-from-zero-to-millions/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Scaling from Zero to Millions of Users: A Journey in Backend Engineering" /><published>2024-10-17T15:53:00+06:00</published> <updated>2024-10-17T15:53:00+06:00</updated> <id>https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/scaling-from-zero-to-millions/</id> <content src="https://shiningflash.github.io/posts/scaling-from-zero-to-millions/" /> <author> <name>amirulislam</name> </author> <category term="English" /> <category term="Programming" /> <summary> Imagine you’ve built an app, and users are joining. It’s smooth now, but what happens when you hit a million users? 🚀 Scaling from zero to millions isn’t just about throwing more servers at the problem—it’s about thoughtful design and smart decisions at every step. 1. Start Small, Keep It Simple: Single Server In the beginning, everything can run on a single server: web app, database, cach... </summary> </entry> </feed>
