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10 Things I Hate About Remote Work- Part One https://www.learntoscale.us/thought-bubbles/10-things-i-hate-about-remote-work-part-one From 48k lines of code to 10—the story of GitHub’s JavaScript SDK https://github.blog/2020-04-09-from-48k-lines-of-code-to-10-the-story-of-githubs-javascript-sdk/ Ride Down Into JavaScript Dependency Hell https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/04/09/ride-down-the-javascript-dependency-hell.html Kubernetes Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/04/kubernetes_secu.html Business as Abnormal: Every Message We’ve Shared With Our Team (So Far) During COVID-19 https://open.buffer.com/covid19/ Lessons from 6 software rewrite stories https://medium.com/@herbcaudill/lessons-from-6-software-rewrite-stories-635e4c8f7c22 How often does Rust change? https://words.steveklabnik.com/how-often-does-rust-change Contact Tracing COVID-19 Infections via Smartphone Apps https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/04/contact_tracing.html Hacklang at Slack: A Better PHP https://slack.engineering/hacklang-at-slack-a-better-php-65f239cbc9e9 When should I write an Architecture Decision Record? https://labs.spotify.com/2020/04/14/when-should-i-write-an-architecture-decision-record/ ...

I heard of the Lead Dev conference series some time at the end of the last year. There are not many conferences that focus on engineering leaders, most of the technology conferences are focused on specific technologies, methodologies or the business side. It was too late for the Berlin 2019 conference, so I set my eyes on either the London or Berlin 2020 conference. In the end I decided against London, because I wanted to avoid short plane trips as much as possible and staying longer in London also wasn’t an option. ...

Swift: Google’s bet on differentiable programming https://tryolabs.com/blog/2020/04/02/swift-googles-bet-on-differentiable-programming/ Register now for the DevOps Online Summit 2020! https://www.devopsonlinesummit.com/2020 getlon.lat — Help! I need a geocoder. https://getlon.lat/ A Day in the Life of a Backend Product Engineer at Slack* https://slack.engineering/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-backend-product-engineer-at-slack-e786a8a08fc4 Build versus buy. https://lethain.com/build-vs-buy/ 3 steps for leaders to take in emergencies https://larahogan.me/blog/3-steps-for-leaders-in-emergencies/ Paper debugging https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/paper-debugging/ 10 Things I Hate About PostgreSQL https://medium.com/@rbranson/10-things-i-hate-about-postgresql-20dbab8c2791 Knative https://knative.dev/ Apple, Amazon, and Common Enemies https://stratechery.com/2020/apple-amazon-and-common-enemies/ All Microsoft events will be held online until July 2021 https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/microsoft-events-held-online-july-2021 Announcing the Compose Specification https://www.docker.com/blog/announcing-the-compose-specification/ ...

Goto: A Dozen New Masterclasses Are Now LIVE! https://blog.gotocon.com/2020/04/02/a-dozen-new-masterclasses-are-now-live/ Changing the Approach to Debugging in Ruby with TracePoint https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/04/01/changing-the-approach-to-debugging-in-ruby-with-tracepoint.html AppSignal Now Supports Node.js: Roadmap for the Coming Weeks https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/04/01/appsignal-now-supports-node-roadmap-for-the-coming-weeks.html Code Search for Google open source projects https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/04/code-search-for-google-open-source.html Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-You-Should-Ignore-All-That/248366/ See Everyone with the Google Meet Grid View Extension https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2020/03/meet-grid-view.html Optimizing Ruby Lazy Initialization in TruffleRuby with Deoptimization https://engineering.shopify.com/blogs/engineering/optimizing-ruby-lazy-initialization-in-truffleruby-with-deoptimization Eclipse Theia Offers a ‘True Open Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code’ https://thenewstack.io/eclipse-theia-offers-a-true-open-source-alternative-to-visual-studio-code/ ...

Recently our CEO Raj Kumar spent a week in our Barcelona office where the majority of our engineering department is located. I was working on some ideas for him to meet the team and get some insights into our daily work. While most of the company is aware of UI/UX and front-end changes we are doing to our site, some of the back-end and infrastructure work can seem like black magic. I think it is important to take every opportunity to bring this output closer to the rest of the company and especially the leadership. ...