Friday Links

This time with remote working, Ruby, management and random fun.

What can we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic about how people experience working from home and commuting?
https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/blog-series/covid-19-pandemic-working-from-home-and-commuting.html

Universal basic income seems to improve employment and well-being
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242937-universal-basic-income-seems-to-improve-employment-and-well-being/

Building a Ruby CLI with Thor
https://marsbased.com/blog/2020/04/27/building-ruby-cli-thor/

“Sorry, I have a walk scheduled then”
https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-culture/-sorry--i-have-a-walk-scheduled-then-

Introducing portability of Google Authenticator 2SV codes across Android devices
https://security.googleblog.com/2020/05/introducing-portability-of-google.html

rjp: Friday roundup for 2020-05-08
https://rjp.is/blogging/posts/2020/05/08_friday/

20 questions to ask instead of “How are you doing right now?”
https://qz.com/work/1836105/20-great-questions-to-ask-instead-of-how-are-you-doing-right-now/

recruiter spam
https://twitter.com/djbaskin/status/1259979381289545729

Upgrading a trivial Rails app from Ruby 2.3.1 to 2.7 and from Rails 4.2.6 to 6.0.3
https://blog.arkency.com/upgrading-a-trivial-rails-app-from-ruby-2-dot-3-dot-1-to-2-dot-7-and-from-rails-4-dot-2-dot-6-to-6-dot-0-dot-3/

Can hypothesis-driven rituals boost your team’s performance?
https://www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/hypothesis-driven-agile-team-rituals/

Why we at $FAMOUS_COMPANY Switched to $HYPED_TECHNOLOGY
https://saagarjha.com/blog/2020/05/10/why-we-at-famous-company-switched-to-hyped-technology/

Developer Dilemmas are Coming Online Soon
https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/05/13/developer-dilemmas-are-coming-online-soon.html

We Are Sunsetting Reply, Here’s Everything You Need to Know
https://open.buffer.com/sunsetting-reply/

A successful Git branching model (revised)
https://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

JavaScript Growing Pains: From 0 to 13,000 Dependencies
https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/05/14/javascript-growing-pains-from-0-to-13000-dependencies.html

YouTube / Podcasts

Keynote: Real Software Engineering
https://youtu.be/NNGaXxMueiw

Announcing my new podcast, The Idealcast with Gene Kim
https://itrevolution.com/announcing-the-idealcast/

Dispatch 5: Don't Stop Believin'
https://pca.st/k6l9516s

The Art of Servant Leadership with David Cancel, CEO of Drift
https://pca.st/fgg2ugci

Building a Culture of Trust and Transparency with Michele Romanow, President of Clearbanc
https://pca.st/l7ru6nd6