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A decade ago, Steve Jobs sat down at the D8 conference for an interview with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. What followed was a masterclass in both company and product management. The whole interview is worth watching, but I thought there were a few segments that stood out. Caveat: Any time someone talks about a…
A question on Stack Overflow’s Software Engineering site caught our attention recently. It tries to come to terms with the impact of scrum on developers' ability to do a great job. The claim is a bold one: Scrum is turning good developers into average ones. Could that be true?
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We need to start building our defenses and forging relationships today. If we don’t unite and speak together, we will forever be powerless and at the mercy of our gatekeeper. We also open our forum to CWS staff, and extension advocates like @DotProto.
Most companies mistakenly apply value replication principles to discovery
"When will it be done?" Is a question I get asked almost weekly as a software developer. Despite building software professionally for the last 15 years
In a previous role, I was an engineering manager for a well-known company for a particular tech stack. One way we sorted through all the applications was requiring coding tests for potential candidates. One truly stood out, and it taught me to think about what I am really looking for in these sorts of submissions.
Since May 2019, Stripe has operated a fully remote engineering hub. Today, our remote culture is the backbone of a new working model for the whole company.
Copying and pasting can be dangerous, but then again, so can many aspects of software development when done incautiously. In this post, I’ll take a look at what code copying actually means for software development, what good code theft means, and the pitfalls of copying badly.
How a Google Cloud support engineer found one customer’s missing DNS packets
After interviewing several developers, a pattern started to become clear: great developers share a lot. This takes different forms for different people, but is very often a blog. But for many top developers, their sharing mindset came before their success, and was the direct cause of it, not the result of it.
More and more people are being exposed to working remotely. One of the key factors for success in a remote workplace is a culture of written communication.…
The AI agent for accounting and bookkeeping firms. Dytto works inside the tools your firm already uses and handles the routine work. You sign off on everything.
Executive Mandates shutdown the value discovery efforts of software teams
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Data proves it: Remote work boosts productivity. Here's why — and how you can empower your remote team to be more productive.
How you handle a layoff, how you communicate it to the people impacted, and how you manage and lead throughout the process really matters. It takes careful thought and planning, but it may be the most important planning you ever do as a leader.
An engineer invests countless hours preparing to interview for a new job. To succeed, the engineer must meet the hiring bar. What does that actually mean?
There is a plethora of data and research available that outlines *exactly* how companies can build a hiring process for software engineers that's truly predictive of their future, on-the-job performance. Yet, the tech industry at large has all but ignored these practices opting instead for antiquated hiring processes…
If you feel overwhelmed by the choices you need to make, it's time to start using a decision journal. Learn how this simple practice can change the way you think and perform.
Last week, Owen Thomas wrote a flattering article over at Business Insider on how we handle errors and mistakes at Etsy. I thought...
LaunchDarkly helps teams safely manage code and AI agents in production with feature flags, progressive delivery, automated rollback, and runtime control.
It all started with an unexpected email from Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator. Paul wrote to say that he liked Dropbox, but for YC to be willing to invest, I needed a co-founder—I couldn’t apply by myself. The policy made sense—great companies tend to be started by great founding teams, not individuals. So who…
Archived MIT Admissions blog post 'A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests,' published March 20, 2020. Preserved for historical context; not maintained as current admissions policy.
