Knowledge Base
Tech fundamentals explained for people who need to understand it, not build it.
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Apps
What are the industry standard cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)?
Central Tools (S'pore Govt)
What are the trade-offs between Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, Software-as-a-Service in a govt context?
UX Fundamentals
What is UX?
Product Fundamentals
What's difference between project and product management?
Product Strategy
What is product-market fit?
UX Design & Interaction
What's the relationship between visual/interaction design and user experience?
Methods
What is Agile?
Data
What is data science, data analytics, data exploitation?
AI Fundamentals & Application
What are the foundational principles and technologies behind AI and LLMs?
Security Fundamentals
What is the difference between Authentication (AuthN) and Authorization (AuthZ)?
AI Engineering & Strategy
What is the value chain for AI/LLMs? (Chips -> Foundational Models -> Compute/Inference -> Apps)
Web Engineering
What is XYZ language and what does it do well?
Mobile Engineering
When should we build a Progressive Web App (PWA) instead of a Mobile App?
Engineering Management
What trade-offs and assumptions are we making to build this feature?
Web Design
What makes something look good?
DevOps & SRE
What is the difference between DevOps, SRE (Site Reliability Engineering), and Platform Engineering?
Testing & QA
If we deployed to production right now, how would we know if the main user journey is broken?