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Welcome to the unvarnished reality of The Step Function – where we pull back the curtain on the sugar-coated world of growth narratives. Tired of PR spins sold as growth stories? So are we.
We’re here to drop the glossy images of butterflies and rainbows and give you the gritty truth. This is your no-BS zone, where we live by the mantra of data-driven dialogues, ruthless reality checks, and deliciously disastrous screw-ups.
We’re not about painting pretty pictures; we’re about laying down the brutal facts of business. So, buckle up if you’re into growth, but not fairy tales. Welcome to The Step Function – because real growth isn’t a straight line; it’s a damn rollercoaster ride: no butterflies, rainbows, just raw, radical reality.

Your Host
The Step Function's extraordinary guests are hosted by none other than Exceptionly's Founder, Sinan Ata. A dad of two, Sinan brings to the table two decades of hard-earned growth experience.
Episodes
Technical Interview Questions: Understanding Quicksort Algorithm
The third round of interview questions wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t mention a sorting algorithm! So, in this tutorial, I decided to go through
Database and Kafka Integration with Testcontainers in Spring Boot
Before jumping into Testcontainers, I assume we all know that today’s applications tend to have many components, frameworks, databases, and event stores with paradigms such
Hands-on React Native Tutorial for Beginners
React Native is an open-source Javascript library developed by Facebook that allows you to build native mobile apps. Remember the catch-phrase for React Native “Learn
AWS IAM Role Chaining in Java – DynamoDB, S3
Choosing between IAM roles or IAM users for accessing AWS resources is a matter of the risk appetite you are taking. But for the fact,
Technical Interview Questions: Binary Search Algorithm
Search algorithms are the essential part of the interviews. And there is a high possibility to face a search algorithm during an interview, tech stack
Setting Up Swagger 2 with Spring Boot
In today’s enterprise software development world, separating the front-end and back-end of a web application is almost a necessity. Consequently, this situation might shape teams