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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 437 posts.
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Lambda School lays off 65 employees
Get the latest news about Bloom Institute of Technology, where you can launch your new tech career from anywhere in just 6-9 months.
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How to write cold emails to investors
Want to get your cold email to investors opened and read? Learn from the tips of some of the top VC investors.
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New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint diversity
In the United Kingdom, most people don’t feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. For two-thirds of the population, talking politics sincerely, on the job, is uncomfortable. People who hold certain, commonplace views, stay silent believing that expressing those views will carry penalty not reward. These…
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Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
Google can and will permanently ban your Android app if Google thinks you’ve clicked on your own ads
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Basecamp's new etiquette regarding societal politics at work
Jason announced a raft of changes we've made to Basecamp earlier today. By far the most controversial is a new etiquette around societal politics at work, and the stances we'll take as a company. So to expand on that, here's a segment from what I wrote internally on that topic, as part of the announcement to employees…
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Changes at Basecamp
At Basecamp, we treat our company as a product. It's not a rigid thing that exists, it's a flexible, malleable idea that evolves. We aren't stuck with what we have, we can create what we want. Just as we improve products through iteration, we iterate on our company too. Recently, we've made some internal company…
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A Product Engineer’s Guide to Platform Engineers (2019)
A Product Engineer’s Guide to Working with Platform Engineers
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On the bare necessity of psychological safety
The what, why and how of effective teams
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Thanks for the Bonus, I Quit
A corporate tale of greed, desperation, and the power of expectations. And a little bit about Capacitors.
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Onboarding with an M1
Discover how Authzed's software engineers adapted their application stack to run on Apple's new M1-based MacBook Pro, using Python, Go, Typescript, React, and gRPC.
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My simple GitHub project went viral
I made a simple project which got spread in various tech communities and social media. Github featured it in 'Trending repositories of day' section
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The Ponzi Career
The future of work is a pyramid scheme, where every person sells his favorite person to the next person.
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Confessions of an Unreal Engine 4 Engineering Firefighter (2018)
Author's Note After Release I'm really blown away by the reception of this article. It has spread far wider than I could have ever imagined. The many comments and discussions it has prompted that essentially confirm what I believe is truth by not just fellow engineers but many
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Don’t hire top talent; hire for weaknesses
Design your hiring process to find the right people to strengthen your teams' weaknesses, rather than trying to find the best people. Instead of "how can we find the smartest people?" think about "how can we find the people who will make our team stronger?"
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Things I was asked to do while job hunting
The hiring process could stand some improvements.
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A reading list for new engineering managers
<p>Like many engineers, I got thrown into management without any real guidance. I thought management was just telling people what to do. I thought there wasn’t any real science to it; you just needed to feel your way through it. I was wrong: there’s a whole field of study here, and you can learn a lot by…
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Embrace the Grind
Sometimes, programming feels like magic: you chant some arcane incantation and a fleet of robots do your bidding. But sometimes, magic is mundane. If you’re willing to embrace the grind, you can pull off the impossible.
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How to Learn Complex Things Quickly: A Guide
No matter what your field, learning efficiently (and well) is an indispensable skill. Here's how.
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I hope work from home continues
I just hope my employer continues to allow me to work remotely. Working from home I: Have been exceeding production for the past year Don't have to share a keyboard/mouse/desk with another shift (gross). Do not spend an hour a day(+/- 10 minutes) driving, and save all the money associated
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Maslow's Pyramid of Code Review (2015)
Maslow's pyramid can help us think about what great code reviews look like.
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The Daily Standup Is a Waste of Time
Daily standups feel like a waste of time. I will teach you two new techniques the will make every minute count.
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Jakub Konka Hired Full Time
Thanks to continued growth of our generous donors, Zig Software Foundation’s financial status is healthier than ever. With our low overhead and efficient organization structure, we point the flow of money directly towards contributors.
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Strong software tips from 2000 that are 100% valid today
Have you ever heard of SEMA? It’s a fairly esoteric system for measuring how good a software team is. No, wait! Don’t follow that link! It will take you about six years just to understa…