We spoke with Dejan Milicic, a Software Craftsman at RavenDB. During our conversation, Dejan delved into essential practices every developer should adopt, his contributions to open-source projects, and insights on project architecture and managing complex tasks. We also discussed when it's best to choose NoSQL databases for certain projects. This discussion was particularly insightful, highlighting the hard skills and primary areas of focus that Senior Software Engineers should prioritize. Subjects covered in the theme Introduction Dejan Milicic What is DevRel? AI/ML Model with RavenDB Index and Maps RavenDB Concepts about NoSQL that Sofware Engineers to need understand before choosing the database Scalable applications, performance, architecture, and choosing a database Open Source - applications, developers, projects Why we can contribute more? With so many things developers need to study such as code, patterns, architecture, and DevOps, how can we improve our hard skills without losing focus? What advice would you give to new developers? Helpful links https://ravendb.net/articles/accelerating-devops-performance-and-peace-of-mind-via-ravendb Live Dockerized AI/ML RavenDb with Dejan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD_i5y90ZYY https://ravendb.net/articles/using-machine-learning-with-ravendb https://ravendb.net/articles/announcing-ravendb-5-1-machine-learning-time-series-data-compression Participants Jéssica Nathany (Software Developer  and  host)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-nathany-carvalho-freitas-38260868/Weslley Fratini (Software Engineer and co-host)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weslley-fratini/ Dejan Milicic (Software Craftsman and MVP Microsoft)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dejanmilicic/ Edited by: AGO Movies https://thiagocarvalhofotografia.wordpress.com/ question, suggestions or advertising send to: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.