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BLUF: A military standard to make writing more powerful
BLUF is a military communications acronym — it stands for “bottom line up front” — that’s designed to enforce speed and clarity in reports and emails.
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Posts that commenters keep linking to, ranked by how many different people have cited them in Hacker News comments. 7 posts.
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Why Did San Francisco Schools Stop Teaching Algebra in Middle School? (2016)
Algebra is no longer being taught to San Francisco eighth graders. Is the tech capital of the world dumbing down its STEM education?
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Thank You, Guido
After six and a half years, Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, is leaving Dropbox and heading into retirement. From the beginning, we knew Guido would be a great addition to our company. In fact, his contributions to Dropbox date back to day one. Our CEO Drew Houston’s very first lines of code for Dropbox were…
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Stripe’s fifth engineering hub is Remote
Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes.
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Square’s Growth Framework for Engineers and Engineering Managers
A system for leveling up at Square
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Jeff Bezos Turned Narrative into Amazon's Competitive Advantage
Jeff Bezos's six-page memos are legendary in the startup world for good reason: clear writing and clear thinking go hand in hand.
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Prashanth Chandrasekar Replacing Joel Spolsky as Stack Overflow CEO
Last March, I shared that we were starting to look for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. We were looking for that rare combination of someone who could foster the community while accelerating the growth of our businesses, especially Teams, where we are starting to close many huge deals and becoming a hyper-growth…