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Strategies for Long Projects
I’m in the middle of three multi-month to a year projects right now: Writing a book Running a marathon Building a ...
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The art of interrupting software engineers
Earlier this month, Broadcom published findings from our frontier model research initiative examining what frontier AI models can do when applied to vulnerability discovery and...
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I was a 10x engineer and I’m sorry
You probably saw the big discussion this past weekend on Twitter about 10x Engineers. It all started with a tweet about how to recognize a 10x Engineer, followed by tons of responses about how usel…
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Coding Problems from Programming Job Interviews
Java Programming tutorials and Interview Questions, book and course recommendations from Udemy, Pluralsight, Coursera, edX etc
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What I Know About Being Sick at Work (2018)
Some of the strategies I use for managing my disability in the workplace.
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Asking questions is a skill: Lessons from 10 years of Stack Overflow
I’m approaching my ten year anniversary on Stack Overflow. Over the past decade, how I use the site and my understanding of it has evolved quite a bit, so I thought I’d share some of what I’ve learned along the way.
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How to Be a Professional Author and Not Die Screaming and Starving
Your reading today comes in the form of this Medium article by Heather Demetrios: “ How To Lose A Third Of A Million Dollars Without Even Trying .” It’s a good article. I feel deeply for the writer, because this shit we do comes with no real map. No creative map, no story map, no industry map, no money map. “HERE IS A…
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Write Junior Code
A plea to Haskellers everywhere.
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A hiring test I'd like to run
(For the avoidance of doubt, I have nothing to do with hiring at my employer. This test is probably deeply problematic in ways you'll angrily Tweet me about.) I'd like to tell you a story! I am a teenager applying for temp jobs. It's the late 1990s and the temp agency have asked me to take a Microsoft Office test. You…
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Front End Development Topics to Learn in 2019
Ah, January. A time of optimism, a time for starting afresh. For making new goals and resolutions. And in the web development world, for looking at the landscape and deciding what we need to learn just to keep up. Because let’s face it - web development is always changing, and if we aren’t constantly learning we’re…
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How to Pay Programmers Less (2016)
Programmers are expensive and difficult to control; here are a few tricks to keep them underpaid and happy, for a while.
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So You Want to Be a Penetration Tester?
This is an old and outdated version of the blog. If you haven’t read this post yet, then please see the new one for the most up-to-date content: “So You Want To Work in Cyber Security?”. This version is kept here for archival purposes only.
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The 80/24 Rule
Write small blocks of code. How small? Here's how small.
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Personal Kanban 101
Despite our best intentions, life has a way of becoming complicated. People, tasks, responsibilities, deadlines, and even recreation all compete for our attention. The human brain however, simply does not respond well to the stress of juggling multiple priorities. That’s where Personal Kanban can help.
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Some things that might help you make better software (2016)
Assuming you're in the unusual position of actually having budget for quality, here's what to spend it on.
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A Forty Year Career
The Silicon Valley narrative centers on entrepreneurial protagonists who are poised one predestined step away from changing the world. A decade ago they were heroes, and more recently they’ve become villains, but either way they are absolutely the protagonists. Working within the industry, I’ve worked with quite a few…
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How to Make Remote a Success
Insights and strategies for making a successful remote environment for your team and company, from the perspective of Bearer's CTO.
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Deadlines and sprints are bad for you
The development team’s capabilities for battling deadlines are fairly restricted, yet they end up committing to them in day-to-day life…
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How Automattic develops software for over 75M websites
Leif Singer, an engineer at Automattic, tells us about interviewing for a remote job at Automattic.
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I forgot how to manage a server
Something embarrassing happened to me the other day. I was playing around with a new server on Digital Ocean and it occurred to me: I had no idea how to manage …
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Programmer as wizard, programmer as engineer (2018)
Context matters. Sometimes we need to get things done, sometimes we need to build things to last.
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Normalization of Deviance
If I was setting up curriculum at a university I’d make an entire semester-long class on The Challenger disaster, and make it required for any remotely STEM-oriented major. Because I think it…
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The Myth of Commoditized Excellence
Contents A New Idea Desire to Share Affirming Response The Naming The Movement Pressure for Simplification Fear of Stagnation Commoditizing the Excellence Crescendo of Disillusionment Conclusion A
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Narcissistic CEOs weaken collaboration and integrity
Some may be bold leaders, but they create a dangerous corporate culture.
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Writing a Technical Book for Manning
If you've ever thought of publishing a tech book then read up on my experiences writing HTTP/2 in Action for Manning.