For the past two summers, I’ve had the privilege of interning in big tech: first at Apple over summer 2024, then at LinkedIn over summer 2025 (both were software engineering internships). These experiences came with many lessons learned, and I’d like to share with you my top three.

Quarkus, Panache, and gRPC are three technologies I’m playing with right now. Here’s what I’ve learned about each of them so far.

You’ve probably thought about building a personal website at least once. Maybe you’ve even started one, only to let it rot in a dusty GitHub repo.