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Blameless post-mortems and a just culture (2012)
Last week, Owen Thomas wrote a flattering article over at Business Insider on how we handle errors and mistakes at Etsy. I thought...
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The Fallacy of Move Fast and Break Things
LaunchDarkly helps teams safely manage code and AI agents in production with feature flags, progressive delivery, automated rollback, and runtime control.
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On Scaling Mental Models
No Newsletter Next Week I'll be on vacation in the Caribbean, sipping drinks and juggling for Hermit crabs. The Actual Thing I'm a vim user. I've used Vim...
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Cultivate the Skill of Undivided Attention, or “Deep Work” (2019)
This is a guest post from Josh Thompson. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, You know that there’s a chasm between your skill level and that of the mythical “senior software developer”. If…
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Thank You, Arash
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…
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MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions decisions
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.
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Build stuff
Extending on the about page, I want to emphasise even more the importance of creating personal projects, having independent work and going far beyond what a degree might teach you. Just so that we are on the same page, I will not take into consideration the reason for choosing a Computer Science degree, nor the money…
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When to Copy Ideas, When to Steal Ideas
ALEXISTOGEL menyediakan slot gacor situs resmi terpercaya yang emang sudah terbukti kasih kemenangan besar tanpa ribet. dan fokus pada pengalaman main yang asyik dan adil, ditambah transaksi online secepat kilat.
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GitHub blocked me and all my libraries
My name is Nikolay. I’m a web developer from Moscow, Russia. My hobby is writing Open Source libraries (libphonenumber-js…
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Working from home – things no one talks about
Timo Zimmermann talking about software engineering, leading teams, consulting and start ups.
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Finding a problem at the bottom of the Google stack
See a real-world example of how Google’s SRE practices can identify and help fix issues, even at the bottom of the hardware stack.
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Several grumpy opinions about remote work at Tailscale
As a "fully remote work" company, we had to make some choices about the technologies we use to work together and stay in touch. We decided...
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A Vacancy Has Been Detected (2019)
College was a superlative time in my life. I made lifelong friends, had many opportunities, and even started a little business.
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The future of work requires a return to apprenticeships
With apprenticeship programs, government and the private sector can partner to train and reskill workers – and meet the challenges of 4IR.
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Fast-Growing Remote Startups
Note: Enter your email to get notified when we launch our job board for hot remote companies! “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, get on, don’t ask what seat.” -Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook One of the greatest myths about remote work is that there aren’t phenomenal companies that are hiring remotely. […]
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Write a rapid prototype first (2007)
The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state. (John Ousterhout) Discovering a solution to a mathematical problem is only half of the battle. Ac…
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On Being a Generalist
Should you be a specialist or a generalist developer? My take on the trade-offs of each path, why I chose to be a generalist, and what you gain and give up.
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The Coronavirus Recession and What It Means for Developers
The US is probably going into recession - here's why I'm talking about it now, what it could look like, what Devs can do to prepare, and why it's not the End of the World.
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I have seen things
I still don't have any idea what Instagram or Facebook stories is. Tried Googling and still don't have a good idea about it. — Murat Dem...
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Always Be Journaling (2018)
This is a guest blog post from Brooke Kuhlmann. Enjoy. Dear developer, Of the many techniques you’ll pick up over the course of your career, one worth investing in early is journaling. Journa…
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Don’t Confuse a Bug’s Priority with Its Severity
Bugs are a natural part of the app development process, when triaging a flood of bugs its important to understand priority versus severity.
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An Engineering Team Where Everyone Is a Leader
Having worked for a decade as an engineer at various companies, I noticed how most teams in software often have "the" manager and "the" tech lead or "the" senior engineer. These are the decision-makers and ones that lead all projects. Many engineers go to these people asking, "What do
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The Zen of Go
This article was derived from my GopherCon Israel 2020 presentation. It’s also quite long. If you’d prefer a shorter version, head over to the-zen-of-go.netlify.com .