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Long-Term Planning https://medium.com/redbubble/long-term-planning-9c80dc2c1d8b Rands: Technicality https://randsinrepose.com/archives/technicality/ Our data centers now work harder when the sun shines and wind blows https://blog.google/inside-google/infrastructure/data-centers-work-harder-sun-shines-wind-blows/ Case Study: 2 Simple Principles to achieve High Code Maintainability https://blog.ndepend.com/case-study-2-simple-principles-to-achieve-high-code-maintainability/ How we reduced latency and cost-to-serve by merging two systems https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2020/reducing-latency-and-cost-for-identity-services Is Remote Work Greener? We Calculated Buffer’s Carbon Footprint to Find Out https://open.buffer.com/carbon-footprint/ Clean Code: The Manager’s Guide to Building Quality Software https://codingsans.com/blog/clean-code Failed #SquadGoals https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/failed-squad-goals/ Valve’s Proton project has brought 6,500 Windows games to Linux so far https://www.techspot.com/amp/news/84909-valve-proton-has-brought-6500-windows-games-linux.html ...

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/ ...

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/ ...

My Pandemic Zoom Setup https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/3/26/my-pandemic-zoom-setup Two Years With Rust http://brooker.co.za/blog/2020/03/22/rust.html Helping FOSS conferences in the face of a pandemic https://lwn.net/Articles/815913/ O’Reilly shutting down its conference group https://lwn.net/Articles/815966/ https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/from-laura-baldwin.html How to Run a Successful Online Conference https://ianlandsman.com/run-an-online-conference/ Video conferencing with Jitsi https://lwn.net/Articles/815751/ Remote Working: The home office desks of Basecamp https://m.signalvnoise.com/remote-working-the-home-office-desks-of-basecamp/ The Housekeeping of the Intangible https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-housekeeping-of-the-intangible/ Podcasts / YouTube Setting Objectives and Key Results in your team | Whitney O’Banner | #LeadDevLondon https://youtu.be/Us6jaZoXgdU Goal-Setting Workshops for Managers - Melinda Seckington | #LeadDevLondon 2018 https://youtu.be/np1rZvM9GD4 ...

How to survive isolation with your roommates, your partner, your kids – and yourself https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/mar/17/self-isolation-survival-guide-relationships-coronavirus The Simplicity of Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule https://thefocuscourse.com/franklin-schedule/ A Few Small Things You Can Do as a Leader https://randsinrepose.com/archives/a-few-small-things-you-can-do-as-a-leader/ Asynchronous Communication and Why It Matters For Remote Work https://open.buffer.com/asynchronous-communication/ Hotspotting developer productivity. https://lethain.com/hotspotting/ List of Free Software and Services During Coronavirus Outbreak https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/list-of-free-software-and-services-during-coronavirus-outbreak/ What the heck is Backstage anyway? https://labs.spotify.com/2020/03/17/what-the-heck-is-backstage-anyway/ Facade Pattern in Rails for Performance and Maintainability https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/03/18/facade-pattern-in-rails-for-performance-and-maintainability.html Atlassian finally unleashes free Jira tier – nearly six months late yet just in time for coronavirus crunch https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2020/03/19/atlassian_free_jira/ ...