Sapan Parikh

Co-founder and Software Craftsperson at Incubyte

A tech evangelist and mentor, Sapan has been fuelled by two things in his 15+ year professional career; coffee and his love of designing self-motivated, high-performing and passionate software engineering teams. Being a software craftsperson at heart, he has created and coached teams of over 500 software developers spread across the US and India with the sole objective of forging exceptional software products with an unfettered focus on quality.

Posts

Software Modernization For Legacy Software

Modernization

Originally published on Forbes Technology Council. The term “modernization” holds diverse meanings for different organizations.

By Sapan Parikh, on October 5, 2023

Why Companies Become Stuck In Bad Coding Loops — And How To Escape Them

Technical Debt

Originally published on Forbes Technology Council. Imagine a multimillion-dollar company with a lot of software.

By Sapan Parikh, on September 8, 2023

Code Tidying: The Story of a Backseat Driver

Refactoring CodeScene

Let’s embark on a thought experiment. Envision yourself as a driving virtuoso, conquering city streets with gear shifts smoother than a buttered dolphin on a rainbow.

By Sapan Parikh, on August 18, 2023

Modernizing a Legacy System: Build and Deployment

Case Study Modernization

Streamlining Expense Tracking Process by Modernizing a Solution for a US-based Expense Management Solution Provider

By Sapan Parikh, on August 3, 2023

Four Lenses of Productivity: Incubyte's Take

DevEx

This blog discusses different levels of productivity along with common pitfalls and different ways to optimize them.

By Sapan Parikh, on August 1, 2023

The Compounding Effect of Tidying Using CodeScene

Refactoring CodeScene

It turns out that most of a developer’s tasks end up being tactical activities, such as adding a text box here, adding a checkbox there, fixing a bug, or working with an outage.

By Sapan Parikh, on July 21, 2023

Psychological Safety in Agile Teams

Software Craftsmanship Team Culture

Think back to the first time your code was under review.

By Sapan Parikh, on June 14, 2023

Is there a more economical and efficient alternative to Salesforce?

Case Study

Choosing a direction when redefining your organization’s technical backbone is never easy.

By Sapan Parikh, on March 10, 2023

Accelerate: Metrics that Define High-Performance Software Delivery

Modernization Book Review

Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim was released in 2018, and it changed how I think about software delivery.

By Sapan Parikh, on March 8, 2023

Clean Agile with Uncle Bob: A Summary

Software Craftsmanship

Clean Agile Summary Clean Agile is a book by Rober C.

By Sapan Parikh, on March 8, 2023

Are you sabotaging your organizational goals?

Modernization Book Review

I recently came across Simple Sabotage Field Manual. What struck me was you do not need bombs and explosives to start sabotaging.

By Sapan Parikh, on January 15, 2023

Monnai: A Product Launch Journey

Case Study

Reinventing Global Consumer Insights for Fintech

By Sapan Parikh, on November 5, 2022

Your daily productivity test

Playbook

Are you a software developer? How can you be more effective on this journey of being a craftsperson?

By Sapan Parikh, on November 16, 2021

Project Kickstart Checklist

Playbook

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande, walks us through the benefits of the humble checklist.

By Sapan Parikh, on November 15, 2021

Understanding Technical debt!

Software Craftsmanship Best Practices SDLC

The term “Technical Debt” was coined by Ward Cunningham (one of the authors of Agile Manifesto).

By Sapan Parikh, on October 18, 2021

Pair Programming — How it works!

Software Craftsmanship Best Practices SDLC

Have you ever come across a bug that had complex logic, and was incredibly hard to fix?

By Sapan Parikh, on September 24, 2021

12 Books Developers Must Read

Careers Software Craftsmanship

Books are a massive source of knowledge. Before we list all the books here, we want to discuss why we think it’s essential for programmers to read them.

By Sapan Parikh, on June 1, 2021

Benefits and Challenges of Open-Source Development

Open Source

Open-source software (OSS) is the holy grail for developers. It is a hub of innovation through intense collaboration in this era of agile software development.

By Sapan Parikh, on May 1, 2021