I was off cycling in the Pre-Pyrenees last week, so you are getting two Friday’s worth of links today. I caught up a bit with my podcast backlog and some of the longer articles. Especially the Random section is a bit long this time. Engineering Anti-IF framework - if/else based on type - I do get annoyed by lots of nested if/else or case statements, this is one way to approach it. The question always is if the refactoring is easier to understand. ...

Last batch of links before I am off for a week on holiday. A bit of a mixed bag, with focus on management and technology. Management The Human Need to Vent - indeed we do. I would say most blog posts tend to be venting. Twitter and Facebook are Vent Central. I also like the post by Rands he references: The Update, The Vent, and The Disaster, which is about venting in the context of 1:1s ...

I am off tomorrow, so Friday Links come on a Thursday. I could blame the list being shorter than usual on this, but in reality I have been spend most of my time watching the twins reacting to music I like (see link below). Managment How to Build and Scale High-Performing Teams with David Sakamoto, VP of Customer Success at Gitlab [Podcast] - interesting perspective from a non technology fully remote VP ...

This week a bit light on the management and COVID-19 links. I balance it with lots of depressing news and some uplifting urbanism developments. So grab a tea and a biscuit … Working Collaborating During Coronavirus: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Nature of Work - apparently we are having more, but shorter meetings and work more hours. Definitely more meetings for myself, but not shorter and I am too lazy to work more hours. ...

This week Garmin exploded, the UK decided that cycling isn’t so bad after all, remote working is still a thing Management When We Need to Move Quickly We Work in Task Forces. Here’s How We Set Them Up - Kind of common sense, but as usual it is interesting how Buffer approaches it. Zef’s Razor - I am going to spoil it: “People have good intentions” - this applies to live in general I guess ...