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Developers can't fix bad management (2020)
Two modes of operation leverage entirely different practices
Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 6,086 posts.
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How I operated as a staff engineer at Heroku
I was incredibly lucky to spend 5 amazing years at Heroku. By the end of my time, I was operating in a Staff capacity, although I’m honestly completely uncle...
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Move Slow and Make Things
We're shifting from rapid development and iteration of our algorithms to a slower and more hand-crafted approach.
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Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote
Virtual space platform to help remote teams collaborate.
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Why are we so bad at software engineering?
From XKCD, released under the Creative Commons 2.5 License An app contributed to chaos at last week's 2020 Democratic Iowa Caucus. Hours after the caucus opened, it became obvious that something had gone wrong. No results had been reported yet. Reports surfaced that described technical problems and inconsistencies…
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The self-hating web developer
I frequent /r/learnprogramming to help answer both technical and career oriented questions about programming. It's an extremely gratifying use of time.
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Employee #1: Apple
Read more on Y Combinator's blog.
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Most people don’t finish online job applications
A recent audit of the Fortune 500 showed that job application flow has improved, but there are still too many steps involved in getting applicants to the finish line.
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People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige
What does it look like to be obsessed with success and prestige? Imagine a guy who starts many endeavors and side projects just because he wants to be known as the creator of something. Or someone who builds another social app, not because he has an unique problem that's unaddressed, but because he wants to be the…
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Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship
I haven't published since April because I've been afraid. What was I afraid of? In this post I detail every single thing I've avoided admitting on this blog.
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Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques
Back to: Three Unexpectedly Good Things VR Will Probably Cause | Forward to: Upcoming Appearances: Washington DC and Baltimore
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Unexpected anti-patterns for engineering leaders
Will Larson, a veteran engineering leader and the CTO at Carta, holds three conventional engineering management “anti-patterns” up to the light for a closer look.
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Lessons from Stripe
How working at Stripe changed my outlook on optimism, ambition, and recruiting.
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Two years of teaching high school CS
(This post is also now also listed on the Pickcode Blog) Leaving Teaching I’m posting this on my last day teaching high school computer science. In the pas...
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Francois Chollet is leaving Google
Today, we're announcing that Francois Chollet, the creator of Keras and a leading figure in the AI world, is embarking on a new chapter in his career outside of Google.
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Remote software developers earn more than non-remote developers
This post is an excerpt from my 2020 software developer pay analysis . Read the rest of the analysis here .
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What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Startups 4 Years Ago
The year is 2007, and I had just left Microsoft to dive into the startup world. Like many first time entrepreneurs, I was very excited about the adventure. And like many first time entrepreneurs, I didn’t know where to start.
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The End of OS X
OS X is retired, but fortunately, its legacy appears to live on in macOS 11.0.
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Focus is saying no to good ideas
Several stories about one of the hardest maxims to put to practice in business.