Friday Links

The Programming Language Conundrum http://evrl.com/programming/2019/03/28/the-language-conundrum.html Compile-time Dependency Injection With Go Cloud’s Wire https://blog.golang.org/wire Software Roles and Titles https://medium.com/javascript-scene/software-roles-and-titles-e3f0b69c410c Ruby Object Mapper is an open-source persistence and mapping toolkit for Ruby built for speed and simplicity. https://rom-rb.org/ dry-rb is a collection of next-generation Ruby libraries https://dry-rb.org/ Why I stuck with Windows for 6 years while developing Discourse https://samsaffron.com/archive/2019/03/31/why-i-stuck-with-windows-for-6-years-while-developing-discourse Technical Debt? Probably not. https://ronjeffries.com/articles/019-01ff/tech-debt/ Our Latest Pay Analysis: Examining Buffer’s Gender Pay Gap in 2019 https://open.buffer.com/gender-pay-gap-2019/ AppSignal: Memory Magic Dashboard https://blog.appsignal.com/2019/03/29/memory-magic-dashboard.html ...

A new app to map and monitor the world’s freshwater supply https://www.blog.google/products/earth/new-app-map-and-monitor-worlds-freshwater-supply/ How to create the work schedule of your dreams https://www.atlassian.com/blog/productivity/compressed-work-week-how-to Building Spotify’s New Web Player https://labs.spotify.com/2019/03/25/building-spotifys-new-web-player/ Mobile Jazz: Creativity Without Borders - A New Vision For Mobile Working https://mobilejazz.com/company-handbook New data tools from the Google News Initiative, built for publishers https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-news-initiative/new-data-tools-google-news-initiative-built-publishers/ Introducing Magic Dashboards https://blog.appsignal.com/2019/03/27/magic-dashboards.html Programmers Who Don’t Understand Security Are Poor at Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/03/programmers_who.html Take action and stay up-to-date with dynamic email in Gmail https://www.blog.google/products/gmail/take-action-and-stay-up-to-date-with-dynamic-email-in-gmail/ ...

Let’s try dwm — dynamic window manger https://fedoramagazine.org/lets-try-dwm-dynamic-window-manger/ MySpace lost all music uploaded from 2003 to 2015 https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/b2381s/myspace_lost_all_music_uploaded_from_2003_to_2015/ Year 1 of GDPR: Over 200,000 cases reported, firms fined €56 meeelli… Oh, that’s mostly Google https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2019/03/14/more_than_200000_gdpr_cases_in_the_first_year_55m_in_fines/ AppSignal: Revamped dashboards! https://blog.appsignal.com/2019/03/21/revamped-dashboards.html The next chapter for GDPR compliance https://www.atlassian.com/blog/platform/the-next-chapter-for-gdpr-compliance International Docking Standard dot com https://www.jwz.org/blog/2019/03/international-docking-standard-dot-com/ A scary side of ActiveRecord’s find https://blog.arkency.com/a-scary-side-of-activerecords-find/ Great minds don’t always think alike. Or, how to build a culture of respectful dissent https://www.atlassian.com/blog/leadership/respectful-dissent

Announcing Bundler 2.0 https://bundler.io/blog/2019/01/03/announcing-bundler-2.html Incremental Development https://ronjeffries.com/articles/019-01ff/incremental/ Supporting people with disabilities: Be My Eyes and phone support now available https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/accessibility/supporting-people-disabilities-be-my-eyes-and-phone-support-now-available/ How cognitive biases influence software development https://www.atlassian.com/blog/add-ons/how-cognitive-biases-influence-software-development Judging Facebook’s Privacy Shift https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/03/judging_faceboo.html Barcelona From Above https://www.behance.net/gallery/74468471/BARCELONA-FROM-ABOVE Basecamp outage: When it rains, it pours https://m.signalvnoise.com/basecamp-outage-when-it-rains-it-pours/ How much would you pay for Apple News? https://medium.com/enrique-dans/how-much-would-you-pay-for-apple-news-ce8d46949527 String of British firms switch over to four-day working week https://theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/12/string-of-british-firms-switch-over-to-four-day-working-week Can you describe what I’d need to do to buy a $50 book? https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1103903715046486016 https://twitter.com/redman/status/1105479002808967169 New – Open Distro for Elasticsearch https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-open-distro-for-elasticsearch/ ...

How to evolve an engineering organization. https://lethain.com/how-to-evolve-eng-org/ How is software developed at Amazon? http://highscalability.com/blog/2019/3/4/how-is-software-developed-at-amazon.html What happened to OpenStack? https://aeva.online/2019/03/what-happened-to-openstack/ Google: Disclosing vulnerabilities to protect users across platforms https://security.googleblog.com/2019/03/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.html calc.exe is now open source; there’s surprising depth in its ancient code https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/calc-exe-is-now-open-source-theres-surprising-depth-in-its-ancient-code/ 2019 Database Trends – SQL vs. NoSQL, Top Databases, Single vs. Multiple Database Use http://highscalability.com/blog/2019/3/6/2019-database-trends-sql-vs-nosql-top-databases-single-vs-mu.html Introducing a new JavaScript SEO video series https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/03/introducing-new-javascript-seo-video.html Standalone AppSignal Agent installation https://docs.appsignal.com/standalone-agent/installation.html StatsD in Standalone AppSignal Agent https://docs.appsignal.com/standalone-agent/statsd.html prince.gif https://www.jwz.org/blog/2019/03/prince-gif/ Using Data GIF Maker to compare data and tell stories https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-news-initiative/using-data-gif-maker-compare-data-and-tell-stories/ ...