Friday Links

Keep your dependencies secure and up-to-date with GitHub and Dependabo
https://github.blog/2019-01-31-keep-your-dependencies-secure-and-up-to-date-with-github-and-dependabot/

Retiring from 'sad' on twitter
https://brokenco.de/2019/01/01/retiring-from-sadness.html

The right amount of perfect
https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-right-amount-of-perfect/

Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Casual Feedback
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140602024642-22330283-avoiding-the-unintended-consequences-of-casual-feedback/

Executing a Sunset
https://codeascraft.com/2019/02/01/executing-a-sunset/

Snopes quits Facebook's factchecking program amid questions over its impact
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/01/snopes-facebook-factchecking-program-false-news

It's 2019, and a PNG file can pwn your Android smartphone or tablet: Patch me if you can
https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2019/02/07/android_january_patches/

Consolidating your website traffic on canonical URLs
https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/02/consolidating-your-website-traffic-on.html

Major Zcash Vulnerability Fixed
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/02/major_zcash_vul.html

XING Kubernetes components published as Open Source
https://tech.xing.com/xing-kubernetes-components-published-as-open-source-368829289c96

Firefox taking a hard line against noisy video, banning it from autoplaying
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/firefox-to-block-noisy-autoplaying-video-in-next-release/

Facebook's New Privacy Hires
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/02/facebooks_new_p.html

Cisco backs calls for US GDPR
https://www.itproportal.com/news/cisco-backs-calls-for-us-gdpr/

The GIST Board — A New Way to Do Planning and Execution
https://hackernoon.com/the-gist-board-a-new-way-to-do-planning-and-execution-47ad3c0dd5d5

Report: Developers want clear role requirements
https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/report-developers-want-clear-role-requirements/

Why we re-designed our engineering career paths at CircleCI
https://circleci.com/blog/why-we-re-designed-our-engineering-career-paths-at-circleci/

How We Interview Engineers at CircleCI
https://circleci.com/blog/how-we-interview-engineers-at-circleci/