Friday Links

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 ...

7 February 2020 · 2 min · Christof Damian

Friday Links

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/ ...

31 January 2020 · 1 min · Christof Damian

Friday Links

How Slack is Silently Killing Your Productivity https://www.userlike.com/en/amp/blog/slack-productivity Goofonts https://goofonts.com/ Enroll in the new Advanced Protection Program in an instant https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/new-advanced-protection-program-account-security-instant/ Portfolio for Jira 3.0 and beyond https://www.atlassian.com/blog/portfolio-for-jira/portfolio-for-jira-3-and-beyond “Up and to the right” with Data Studio https://www.blog.google/products/marketingplatform/analytics/up-and-to-the-right-with-data-studio/ Pros and Cons of Using structure.sql in Your Ruby on Rails Application https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/01/15/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-structure-sql-in-your-ruby-on-rails-application.html My polyglot Advent of Code https://m.signalvnoise.com/my-polyglot-advent-of-code/ Engineering management: An Interview with Michael Lopp https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/btc-michael-lopp-interview-management Why Cassettes Are The New 45s https://blog.discogs.com/en/cassettes-are-the-new-45s/ Floppy Sleeves https://www.flickr.com/photos/textfiles/albums/72157682181421785 Google to phase out user-agent strings in Chrome https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/google-to-phase-out-user-agent-strings-in-chrome/ ...

17 January 2020 · 2 min · Christof Damian

Friday Links (Post holidays podcast edition)

BeOS: The Alternate Universe’s Mac OS X https://hackaday.com/2020/01/09/beos-the-alternate-universes-mac-os-x/ Outcome Over Output: Also Impact and Effort https://medium.com/@kentbeck_7670/outcome-over-output-also-impact-and-effort-8f9eb0ce0dbb DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative(Software Factory) https://software.af.mil/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DoD-Enterprise-DevSecOps-Initiative-Keynote-v1.7.pdf Why I’m putting Bra Theory on an indefinite hiatus http://bratheory.com/hiatus/ Twitter is probably not the right medium for explaining the intricacies of analyzing and refactoring crusty old FORTRAN. https://twitter.com/arclight/status/1208054147397894145 The C64 review – a captivatingly precise replica of the joys of 80s gaming https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/dec/19/the-c64-review-precise-replica-80s-gaming Making instagram.com faster: Code size and execution optimizations (Part 4) https://instagram-engineering.com/making-instagram-com-faster-code-size-and-execution-optimizations-part-4-57668be796a8 ...

10 January 2020 · 1 min · Christof Damian

Christmas Friday Links

How to write Javascript in Rails 6 | Webpacker, Yarn and Sprockets https://blog.capsens.eu/how-to-write-javascript-in-rails-6-webpacker-yarn-and-sprockets-cdf990387463 Scaling Ruby Apps to 1000 Requests per Minute - A Beginner’s Guide https://www.speedshop.co/2015/07/29/scaling-ruby-apps-to-1000-rpm.html Great Teams Break the “Rules” All the Time https://cutle.fish/blog/breaking-the-rules Reviewing Pull Requests https://chelseatroy.com/2019/12/18/reviewing-pull-requests/ Programming Languages To Learn In 2020 https://dev.to/zaiste/programming-languages-to-learn-in-2020-to-boost-your-career-as-a-software-developer-56ll The Skip-level 1-1 https://jwongworks.com/blog/2019/4/16/the-skip-level-1-1 Organizational Charts https://bonkersworld.net/organizational-charts Podcasts / YouTube Remote Work with Philip Thomas https://pca.st/4zsvl5vw Basic Income with Floyd Marinescu https://pca.st/b3crnyxu Things https://pca.st/9jv9zw21 GitLab Engineering with Marin Jankovski https://pca.st/zw433gam Technical Debt https://pca.st/tcer09vd #139 – Pursuing a Mission While Bootstrapping to Millions with John O’Nolan of Ghost https://pca.st/mxapn3pc ...

20 December 2019 · 1 min · Christof Damian