Ahmed Misbah

Ahmed Misbah is a Chief Software Engineer at Orange Innovation Egypt with 15+ years of experience in software development and engineering. He has been applying Agile methodologies and practices since 2006, starting with eXtreme Programming and most recently DevOps. Ahmed has also applied “Lean Startup” mindset and practices in many innovative projects in different companies and startups.

Throughout this interesting journey, Ahmed has earned a MSc. degree in Artificial Intelligence, a Big Data and Data Science diploma and a number of professional certifications including Sun Enterprise Architect, AWS Solutions Architect and Certified Scrum Master Certification.

In 2019, the failure rate of startups was around 90%. One of the causes of this high rate in tech startups can be wrong technical decisions and practices. This tutorial describes 6 technical tips that can help tech startups truly become “Lean” to pave the way for success. The 6 technical tips will cover areas such as programming languages, development platforms, cloud-native architectures, testing and big data.

This tutorial is highly recommended for entrepreneurs who are about to start developing an innovative idea. It is also recommended for startups that have already started their journey and wish to improve.

Tutorial outline:

• Introduction (What is a startup, lean startup, MVP, Pivoting)
• 1^st tip: Go Serverless (FaaS and BaaS)
• 2^nd tip: Go PWA or cross-platform
• 3^rd tip: Apply Poke-Yoke or tester-less approaches
• 4^th tip: Choose your programming language(s) wisely
• 5^th tip: Data is the new gold! Data is king!
• 6^th tip: Seek experts to review your design and technology choices
• Conclusion