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Technology
10 Years of “Continuous Delivery” - I have to confess I never read the whole book. It hovers somewhere on my goodreads to read list. But you should :-) Or follow him on twitter. His YouTube channel is a bit too trippy for myself.
Rust code in Linux kernel looks more likely as language team lead promises support - this feels like a natural fit.
Data Structures & Algorithms I Actually Used Working at Tech Companies - algorithms: good, algorithms in interviews: bad, just look them up when needed or use libraries
Tech firms like Facebook must restrict data sent from EU to US, court rules - as usual this will be painful for small businesses and worked around by the big ones
Ron Jeffries is posting his adventures in programming classic video games. He just finished Asteroids and is now working on Space Invaders.
Testing sync at Dropbox - nice in depth look at testing at Dropbox and how they improved it through a rewrite.
Testing on the Toilet: Don’t Mock Types You Don’t Own - Interesting, as I would do exactly that. Solving it with a fake provided by the third party is obviously nicer or having a wrapper class.
P vs NP (Summer Repeat) - In Our Time is one of my favourite BBC podcasts with diverse topics. I usually skip the history ones, but this is an older gem which hits closer to my interests.
Product Management
The saddest "Just Ship It" story ever - Sometimes you still can ship late and be better, but usually shipping early is the right call.
productboard - I am somehow interested in product and idea management in companies. I tried various things from spreadsheets to Jira. This seems to be another feasible option.
Engineering Management
Tech Sector Job Interviews Assess Anxiety, Not Software Skills - I kind of knew that. I am really bad at interviews myself, thankfully I haven't have to solve any weird programming problems in interviews for a long time.
Business Erotica "Dumb books your boss likes" ... yes, yes I do
The Pursuit of Perfection: Dominant Architectures, Structure, and Dynamics: A Conversation With Dr. Steve Spear [Podcast] - the usual Toyota Production System example, but also some good other anecdotes.
The other thing
Fernando Simón: dissecting the public face of Spain’s coronavirus crisis - nice profile of the Spanish guy dealing with our health crisis.
COVID Risk Chart - helpful stuff by xkcd
Environment
Car tyres are major source of ocean microplastics – study
- electric cars won't save us from this. Cars tires are a major source
of pollution in cities and now we know what they are doing to the
environment globally too.
Car Dependency Baked Into Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan - Maybe I am ageist, but choosing ancient leaders might be one of the problems. He really doesn't have to care about the future any more.
Random hot dogs
Competitive hotdog eaters nearing limit of human performance - it is amazing what people can do, it is also amazing what people think is a sensible thing to do
The Post-Meritocracy Manifesto - what he said: "But meritocracy has consistently shown itself to mainly benefit those
with privilege, to the exclusion of underrepresented people in
technology." and not only in technology.
The More Senior Your Job Title, the More You Need to Keep a Journal - this has been on my to-do list for years. I just haven't found a way to make it a habit yet.
Infrequent Roundup, part N - I stole some of rjp's links already
Banksy creates mask-themed work on London Underground - this has already been cleaned up :-)
Blindboy Podcast: Clancys Pancake [Podcast] "How 1990s professional wrestling predicted the 2020s". There really is no hope for the Land Of The Free.
Friday Links Disclaimer
Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kind of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time you might notice common themes though.
More about the links in a separate post: About Friday Links.
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