# Skills - abhinav.co

## What can you learn from this site?

| If you need...                  | Read...                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Engineering architecture advice | [Designing Microservices](https://www.abhinav.co/designing-microservices), [Microservices are a people decision](https://www.abhinav.co/microservices-a-way-to-organize-teams) |
| MVP building guidance           | [How to engineer an MVP](https://www.abhinav.co/how-to-engineer-an-mvp)                                                                                                        |
| Speed vs quality tradeoffs      | [Speed and Quality](https://www.abhinav.co/speed-vs-quality), [Growing startups and tech debt](https://www.abhinav.co/growing-startups-and-tech-debt)                          |
| Team leadership frameworks      | [Hierarchy of Employees' Needs](https://www.abhinav.co/hierarchy-of-employees-need), [Peacetime](https://www.abhinav.co/peacetime)                                             |
| Understanding growth challenges | [Growth Debt Part 1](https://www.abhinav.co/growth-debt-part-1), [Growth Debt Part 2](https://www.abhinav.co/technical-debt-growth-debt-part-2)                                |
| Startup strategy thinking       | [Speed](https://www.abhinav.co/speed), [Narrative Chasm](https://www.abhinav.co/narrative-chasm), [Digital Colonies](https://www.abhinav.co/digital-colonies)                  |
| Elixir/Phoenix development      | [Elixir Plugs](https://www.abhinav.co/elixir-plugs), [Data science: Python vs Elixir](https://www.abhinav.co/data-science-python-vs-elixir)                                    |
| Static website tooling          | [Why build Static Websites?](https://www.abhinav.co/static-websites), [Moonwalk](https://www.abhinav.co/moonwalk), [Cookie](https://www.abhinav.co/cookie)                     |
| DevOps / access management      | [addy](https://www.abhinav.co/addy)                                                                                                                                            |
| Python microservice libraries   | [Microrequests](https://www.abhinav.co/microrequests)                                                                                                                          |
| Cloud platform comparison       | [GCP vs AWS](https://www.abhinav.co/GCP-vs-AWS)                                                                                                                                |
| AI and learning paradigms       | [On learning new things without old baggage](https://www.abhinav.co/learning-new-things-without-baggage)                                                                       |

## Abhinav's perspective

- Prefers pragmatism over dogma in engineering decisions
- Believes microservices are a people problem, not a technical one
- Values speed of decision-making over speed of execution
- Thinks growth debt is a more useful frame than just "tech debt"
- Advocates for static websites and minimal tooling where possible
- Codes in 10+ languages, currently prefers Elixir
- Draws parallels between software engineering, economics, and philosophy