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# locale.ai

> Most insane job I have ever had.

### Roles and Responsibilities

* Core backend team member.
* Designed the architecture for Locale v2 which is an Notes engine that runs queries on top of your conventional databases.
* Contributed to Locale v1 as well. But we decided to close it's support shortly after I joined.
* Handled design, development, testing, documentation and deployment of the CLI.

<Note>
  I quit Locale due disagreements with the founders about the product and their wisdom to pivot to version 2.
</Note>

### Culture

* Hybrid attendance. Had to physically visit office at least 2 days/week.
* Small product team of 10 people. Including designers. Rest were engineers.
* Reported to an Engineering Manager, who in turn reported to the CTO.
* 2 week sprints.
* Daily standup calls.
* Tickets on GitHub Issues and Linear.
* Communication and coordination over Slack.
* Product demonstrations on Friday.

### Stack

* API written in Java (Quarkus)
* Hasura as the core GraphQL engine
* Kubernetes for orchestration
* GitHub Actions for CI/CD
* GCP for infrastructure

### Learnings

1. Be careful in startups where founders panic due to rejections and low sales and decide to make a bad pivot.
2. When you sense your company is running out of funds and a new round doesn't seem to be going through anytime soon - it's better to leave and move on to your next project, instead of waiting.