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Cloud Computing Is Not the Energy Hog That Had Been Feared https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/technology/cloud-computing-energy-usage.html Preparing for Coronavirus to Strike the U.S. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/preparing-for-coronavirus-to-strike-the-u-s/ Google programming language scorecard: How C, C++, Dart, Rust, Go rate for Fuchsia https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-programming-language-scorecard-how-c-c-dart-rust-go-rate-for-fuchsia/ Introducing Hanami::API http://hanamirb.org/blog/2020/02/26/introducing-hanami-api.html Love it or hate it, Marmite is having a massive foodie moment https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/feb/26/love-it-or-hate-it-marmite-is-having-a-massive-foodie-moment What is a Tech Lead? The 4 worst things about this promotion https://www.getclockwise.com/blog/what-is-a-tech-lead-the-4-worst-things-about-this-promotion Some MVP and Experiment Tips https://cutle.fish/blog/mvp-and-experiment-tips Second Sock Syndrome – What It Is and How to Fight It https://sheepamongwolves.net/2018/09/second-sock-syndrome-what-it-is-and-how-to-fight-it/ ...

Debian discusses how to handle 2038 https://lwn.net/Articles/812767/ The Pyramid of Unit Testing Benefits https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/unit-testing-benefits-pyramid/ Internet of Things Candle https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/02/internet_of_thi.html A Blueprint for Internal Open Source https://medium.com/@SkyscannerEng/a-blueprint-for-internal-open-source-7169745018c2 Open sourcing DataHub: LinkedIn’s metadata search and discovery platform https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2020/open-sourcing-datahub--linkedins-metadata-search-and-discovery-p Titan Security Keys - now available in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK https://security.googleblog.com/2020/02/titan-security-keys-now-available-in.html When To Be Concerned About Concerns https://blog.codeship.com/when-to-be-concerned-about-concerns/ About Rails concerns https://medium.com/@carlescliment/about-rails-concerns-a6b2f1776d7d Tech Debt Developer Survey Results 2020 - Impact on Retention https://codeahoy.com/2020/02/17/technical-debt-survey/ Survey results: What makes a company People-first? https://wildbit.com/blog/2020/02/17/what-makes-a-people-first-company ...

Supercharge your command line experience: GitHub CLI is now in beta https://github.blog/2020-02-12-supercharge-your-command-line-experience-github-cli-is-now-in-beta/ 3 (+1) Questions for impactful Sprint Goals! https://medium.com/@SkyscannerEng/3-1-questions-for-impactful-sprint-goals-48faa776aac3 Getting Started With System Tests in Rails With Minitest https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/02/12/getting-started-with-system-tests-in-ruby-with-minitest.html I love Free Software Day 2020 https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/ Unlearning toxic behaviors in a code review culture https://medium.com/@sandya.sankarram/unlearning-toxic-behaviors-in-a-code-review-culture-b7c295452a3c Agile as Trauma https://doriantaylor.com/agile-as-trauma Rotary Cellphone http://justine-haupt.com/rotarycellphone/ Interview with Yukihiro Matsumoto: Ruby is Designed for Humans, not Machines https://hackernoon.com/interview-with-yukihiro-matsumoto-ruby-is-designed-for-humans-not-machines-1fee3610 How to Use the Distance Matrix API https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/maps-platform/how-use-distance-matrix-api Mythical man month : 10 lines per developer day https://blog.ndepend.com/mythical-man-month-10-lines-per-developer-day/ THE CYBERIZER! https://www.jwz.org/blog/2020/02/the-cyberizer/ How Big Technical Changes Happen at Slack https://slack.engineering/how-big-technical-changes-happen-at-slack-f1569d25ee7b ...

3 research-backed principles that help you scale your engineering org https://www.atlassian.com/blog/technology/3-research-backed-principles-scaling-engineering Paris mayor unveils ‘15-minute city’ plan in re-election campaign https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/07/paris-mayor-unveils-15-minute-city-plan-in-re-election-campaign UN poverty expert’s visit shines light on struggles of Spain’s poor https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/06/un-poverty-experts-visit-shines-light-on-struggles-of-spains-poor Street View’s 15 favorite Street Views https://www.blog.google/products/maps/street-views-15-favorite-street-views/ A new hash algorithm for Git https://lwn.net/Articles/811068/ Istio as an Example of When Not to Do Microservices https://blog.christianposta.com/microservices/istio-as-an-example-of-when-not-to-do-microservices/ Monoliths are the future https://changelog.com/posts/monoliths-are-the-future Browsers, web sites, and user tracking https://lwn.net/Articles/811532/ Austerity, gentrification and big tunes: why illegal raves are flourishing https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/05/austerity-gentrification-and-big-tunes-why-illegal-raves-are-flourishing ...

Zappos has quietly backed away from holacracy https://qz.com/work/1776841/zappos-has-quietly-backed-away-from-holacracy/ emacs-todoist https://github.com/abrochard/emacs-todoist Use Emacs to get social and track your todo list https://opensource.com/article/20/1/emacs-social-track-todo-list How we retired Python 2 and improved developer happiness https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2020/how-we-retired-python-2-and-improved-developer-happiness Why the Guardian will no longer accept fossil fuel advertising https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2020/jan/29/why-the-guardian-will-no-longer-accept-fossil-fuel-advertising Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers https://www.jwz.org/blog/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-with-third-party-trackers/ Terraform at Flexport https://flexport.engineering/terraform-at-flexport-c274a9d86d9f New Enterprise IT Controls for Data Studio https://www.blog.google/products/marketingplatform/analytics/new-enterprise-it-controls-data-studio/ Google Receives Geofence Warrants https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/01/google_receives.html How to Perform Concurrent HTTP Requests in Ruby and Rails https://pawelurbanek.com/ruby-concurrent-requests Introducing Buffer’s Family Support Fund https://open.buffer.com/family-support-fund/ ...