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A bit of a back-log again, lots of long reads about engineering, management and especially urbanism. Some good podcasts related to all of these too. The one from Mo Gawdat about happiness certainly made me think. Management The Art of the Awkward 1:1 - this is definitely one of my weak areas, my 1:1s are just not awkward enough most of the time Google’s initiative for more inclusive language in open source projects - check out the style guide for the details, lots of good pointers and some I might not have noticed myself. ...

Very light on links this week, maybe everybody is on holiday already. But I compensate with some nice podcasts references. Technology More online protection with the new VPN by Google One - a VPN from Google. I hope this is coming to Google Suite/Workspaces too. I also hope this kills off most of the shady VPN providers Bringing Personalized Search to Etsy - nice view inside an approach to personalised search ...

Urbanism bonanza today. Coronavirus has made people think more about their environment, walking and cycling. Also some good long read technology articles about how people approach big projects in various companies. Engineering Management Can agile pods help your team win big at scale? - agile in marketing. If you have a marketing of 500+ people it does seem to make sense. They Write the Right Stuff - from 1996, apparently a classic that I haven’t encountered before. About the software development for the Space Shuttle and how it was pretty much free of bugs ...

Some longer reads and podcasts focusing on management, the current thing and random fun. I like stories about people managing their mental health with what is going on. We are all kind of in the same boat. Engineering Management Cycle time: a secret weapon of efficient software teams - It is a great metric and leads to overall improvements in processes. Even if you don’t bring it down to where you would like it to be, the way there is helping in many other areas ...

Short one today, just a random collection of gems. I am very slow catching up with my podcast back-log. Technology Ruby 3.0 brings new type checking and concurrency features [LWN] - some good new stuff, but I don’t like of having type definitions in separate files. That was already annoying in C and C++. The concurrency features probably also need some work. ...