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So much of academia is about connections and reputation laundering
1. Statistics / numerical analysis / data science is a lot harder than you, the reader of this blog, might think.
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The most popular blog posts about career & management on Hacker News. 6,085 posts.
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Remote startups will win the war for top talent
Forty percent of workers are considering quitting. Management that opts for empty arguments to force people back in-office will bleed talent to their competition.
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We're moving to a four-day work week at Beacon
From this week we're switching to working Monday-Thursday for all team members at Beacon. Here I'll explain why we've decided to make this change, how it's going to work for us, and what it'll mean for our customers.
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Fire your bad customers
Know when it's time to break up with your customers.
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Finishing what you start makes teams more productive and predictable
Hot takes and cold truths on software, startups, and the lies we tell ourselves.
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I’m not really a good web developer, I'm just good at Googling things
Dev diaries is a development community providing daily tips and tricks about web development. Learn about how to become a better dev, and get a refreshed perspective on what it means to be a web developer. We share daily web development tips on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, & Pinterest. Being a good web developer…
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How do I become a graphics programmer?
It is often difficult to know where to start when taking your first in the world of graphics. This guide is here to help with a discussion of first steps and a list of useful websites.
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Code review can be better
Slightly unusual genre today: a negative result about our git-review tool for a different take on code review process, which we decided to shelve, at least for the time being.
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Advice to new programmers
It’s not every day where students new to programming get to ask 709 software developers for advice. Overview There is a school here in Malmö, Sweden called The Game Assembly. This school focuses on teaching students game production. Everything from programming to art and design. This is a three year...
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Why I Left Google DeepMind
I fought against Google’s Pentagon AI deal from the inside. Powerful people and institutions failed to keep their AI ethics promises under pressure.
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I am not a supplier
For the past few years, we have seen a lot of discussions around the concept of the Software Supply Chain. These discussions started around the time of LeftPad and escalated with multiple incidents in the past few years. The problem of all the work in this domain is that it forgets a fundamental point.
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When everything is important but nothing is getting done
A step by step guide for solving a difficult organizational problem, including notes on single stack ranks, team interdependencies, building consensus, reducing work in progress, and how to move your company towards better priority management.
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How Github uses Github to build Github
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
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Learning to Build Distributed Systems
A common question I get at work is “how do I learn to build big distributed systems?”. I’ve written replies to that many times. Here’s my latest attempt.
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Tech company patterns
First off, I'm not finished with this blog post. Don't take it too seriously. This is not about any one company . Some aren't even from me....
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"No, it's less effort than that"
Ever heard ‘No, it’s less effort than that!’? Learn why challenging Agile estimates can lead to bad planning and how to handle estimate pushback effectively.
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The top bug predictor is not technical, it's organizational complexity
A post by August Lilleaas, published December 18, 2019.
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Confessions of an Unreal Engine 4 engineering firefighter
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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Vulnerability reports are not special anymore
We needed the insight and confidentiality to protect our users, but now that anyone can get the same results from LLM?
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You don't get shit you don't ask for
When we were raising money for FlightCaster in Fall 2009, we met with dozens of investors, both VCs and Angels. Most of them turned us down. The investors that did put money into FlightCaster provided us a ton of value, both in terms of their capital and all the support/guidance/networking.