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78 Software Design Principles Every Engineer Should Know (and Every CTO Should Champion)

By Anjana Silva September 27, 2026Recognition & Career Growth, Tech Founder's Guide

Software design principles are proven guidelines, such as DRY, KISS, loose coupling, least privilege and idempotency, that help engineers build code and systems that are easier to change, scale, secure and test. Here are 78 of them across eight areas, drawn from 16 years in software engineering.

What does taking ownership at work really means

What Taking Ownership at Work Really Means (and why it drives your career)

By Anjana Silva September 20, 2026Recognition & Career Growth

Taking ownership at work means taking responsibility for the outcome from start to finish: being strategic up front, setting boundaries, updating often, delegating, following up, clearing obstacles and confusion, protecting your health, supporting your team and staying honest.

5 Best Practices for Organising Your Codebase to Scale

By Anjana Silva September 13, 2026Tech Founder's Guide

Organising your codebase for scaling comes down to five habits: centralise configuration as a single source of truth, separate business logic from presentation, apply consistent patterns for cross-cutting concerns, treat asynchronous work as a first-class feature, and cache with a single point of control for invalidation.

4 Human Skills To Level Up Your Engineering Career

By Anjana Silva September 6, 2026Recognition & Career Growth

I started my software engineering career back in 2010. From my 16 years of experience in the industry, these are my honest tips to help junior engineers level up their…

5 App Authentication Strategies for Non-Technical Founders

5 Authentication Strategies for Non-Technical Founders

By Anjana Silva August 30, 2026Tech Founder's Guide

Authentication strategies for non-technical founders come down to five decisions: enable social login, offer enterprise SSO, use a managed authentication service, adopt passkeys, and deploy multi-factor authentication early. These are the choices I give every founder before they let a first user near their login screen.

11 Simple Ways to Recognise Remote Employees and Make Them Feel Valued

By Anjana Silva August 23, 2026Recognition & Career Growth

The simplest ways to recognise remote employees include private praise, public shout-outs, handwritten notes, a recognition channel, social media spotlights, title upgrades, peer praise, shadowing, mentoring, coaching, and tailored rewards. After 15+ years working with distributed teams, these are the low-cost habits that consistently make people feel appreciated.

10 UX Best Practice Patterns

By Anjana Silva August 16, 2026Tech Founder's Guide

UX best practice patterns are proven, reusable solutions to common design problems, from skeleton screens and progressive disclosure to large clickable targets and destructive action warnings. This guide covers ten of the patterns that remove the most friction for the least effort, curated for founders and product teams.