If you have a weird fascination with trams, you should probably check out the full World Tramdriver Championship video. Otherwise, the podcast with the author of Code Complete is great, so is the one about a train ride through Canada. Engineering Hashed sorting is typically faster than hash tables - in case it comes up in the next interview :-) “Shai-Hulud” NPM attack runs malicious GitHub Action - more NPM fun ...
This week’s recommendations: the podcast about lawns and why cars are so scary at Halloween. Leadership Why Your Meetings Suck (And How to Fix Them): Insights from Dr. Steven Rogelberg 6 | 37 [Podcast] - focusing on 1:1 meetings Measuring Developer Productivity with Diff Authoring Time [Podcast] - the use case is improving developer experience tools and not measuring developers. TBM 318: Why Orgs Become Too Tall - again a good overview from John about the causes, some of them are difficult to work around. ...
I enjoyed the long read about Germany’s flat-rate train tickets and the podcast about a British cult. Leadership TWH#56: Becoming a Startup VP Engineering - While I am looking for a position like that, it does mean something different for everybody. How We Handle Severance In Cases Of Mutual Separation - interesting concept. Environment German police call for crackdown on growing climate protests - “preventive detention and longer prison terms” ...