{{< bookmark-card image="1055998976.webp" title="The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Long-Term Goals" link="https://blog.doist.com/neuroscience-achieving-long-term-goals" domain="blog.doist.com" date="2020-09-28" tags="productivity, psychology" excerpt="And 3 strategies for achieving your long-term goals anyway, according to science" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="Why senior engineers get nothing done | Swizec Teller" link="https://swizec.com/blog/why-senior-engineers-get-nothing-done" domain="swizec.com" date="2020-09-23" tags="leadership, tech" excerpt="You start a new job and it's amazing. Code all day, clear objectives, easy guidelines, ship a bunch of features be a hero. Then something happens and suddenly you get nothing done. 🤔" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997455.webp" title="Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule" link="http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html" domain="paulgraham.com" date="2020-09-23" tags="leadership, productivity, tech" excerpt="" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997814.jpg" title="How to build a documentation culture | by James Scott | The Startup | Mediu" link="https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-build-a-documentation-culture-ffc6a1efa271" domain="medium.com" date="2020-09-22" tags="productivity, tech" excerpt="Most programmers don’t like writing documentation, it’s just a fact. In some of the engineering teams I’ve worked in it’s often felt like the annoying but necessary task that is left until the last…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055998991.webp" title="Rewriting the Technical Interview" link="https://aphyr.com/posts/353-rewriting-the-technical-interview" domain="aphyr.com" date="2020-09-22" tags="career, code, tech" excerpt="" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055998987.jpg" title="Discovery - Judgement | Silicon Valley Product Group" link="https://svpg.com/discovery-judgement" domain="svpg.com" date="2020-09-18" tags="product, tech" excerpt="To continue with the series on common sources of confusion regarding product discovery, in this article I want to talk about the critical role of judgement in product discovery. This may in fact be the single most common confusion I encounter. I think the source of the issue is " >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997882.png" title="Combining the Best of AWS EventBridge and AWS Kinesis | by John Gilbert | M" link="https://medium.com/@jgilbert001/combining-the-best-of-aws-eventbridge-and-aws-kinesis-9b363b043ade" domain="medium.com" date="2020-09-18" tags="architecture, aws, code, tech" excerpt="I have been using AWS Kinesis extensively and effectively, with AWS Lambda, since 2015. I am a big fan. Now we have another great alternative, AWS EventBridge. Each has its strengths and weaknesses…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055998989.jpg" title="How to keep the plates spinning in software development | by Mike Reid | Hu" link="https://medium.com/humans-of-xero/how-to-keep-the-plates-spinning-in-software-development-b3df0fb222fc" domain="medium.com" date="2020-09-18" tags="agile, leadership, tech" excerpt="Imagine you have seven plates spinning on top of sticks in front of you. Each is precious and it’s up to you to keep them from toppling over. The last thing you want is a floor full of broken plates…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="If Management Isn’t A Promotion, Then Engineering Isn’t A Demotion – charit" link="https://charity.wtf/p/if-management-isnt-a-promotion-then-engineering-isnt-a-demotion" domain="charity.wtf" date="2020-09-18" tags="career, leadership, psychology, tech" excerpt="I wrote a piece this week about what motivates people to become managers (tldr mostly org dysfunction), and Julian Dunn replied with some typically insightful tweets: (I originally titled this arti…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="Intercom on Product: The principles behind how we build | Inside Intercom" link="https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/intercom-on-product-ep04" domain="intercom.com" date="2020-09-18" tags="product, tech" excerpt="Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss the principles we use, such as \"Start with the problem\" and \"Ship to learn\", that help to guide us as we build product." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055998983.jpg" title="A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human?" link="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3" domain="theguardian.com" date="2020-09-11" tags="tech, ai" excerpt="We asked GPT-3, OpenAI’s powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="IO Block Size for SQL Server, Disk Block Size - Pure Storage" link="https://blog.purestorage.com/what-is-sql-servers-io-block-size" domain="blog.purestorage.com" date="2020-09-11" tags="database, sql, tech" excerpt="Check out this Pure Storage post to understand a bit more about SQL Server IO block sizes, as well as backups and restores." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055998984.jpg" title="Security September: Escaping CodeBuild - The compromise that wasn't – One C" link="https://onecloudplease.com/blog/security-september-escaping-codebuild" domain="onecloudplease.com" date="2020-09-11" tags="aws, code, security, tech" excerpt="Aidan pushes the boundaries of CodeBuild and comes away pleasantly surprised. This is the second of a 5-part series on AWS exploits and similar findings discovered through the course of 2020." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055998975.png" title="How To Master Your Goals With The Ulysses Pact" link="https://blog.trello.com/master-goals-ulysses-pact" domain="blog.trello.com" date="2020-09-03" tags="productivity" excerpt="Struggling to achieve your long-term goals? Banish procrastination once and for all by holding yourself accountable with the Ulysses pact." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055998971.jpg" title="The magic ingredient that improves workshop collaboration | by Will Lester" link="https://medium.com/humans-of-xero/the-magic-ingredient-that-improves-workshop-collaboration-6f14d8bc9aba" domain="medium.com" date="2020-09-01" tags="agile, design, leadership, tech" excerpt="I love working collaboratively. I get a real buzz out of getting a group together, grappling tricky problems and bouncing around ideas. At its best, collaboration can be an energising experience. But…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="Introducing Domain-Oriented Microservice Architecture" link="https://www.uber.com/us/en/blog/microservice-architecture/" domain="uber.com" date="2020-09-01" tags="architecture, microservices, tech" excerpt="Recently there has been substantial discussion around the downsides of service oriented architectures and microservice architectures in particular. While only a few years ago, many people readily adopted microservice architectures due to the numerous benefits they provide such as" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997922.jpg" title="If software architects' soft skills fail, so does the business" link="https://searchapparchitecture.techtarget.com/feature/If-software-architects-soft-skills-fail-so-does-the-business" domain="searchapparchitecture.techtarget.com" date="2020-09-01" tags="architecture, career, leadership, tech" excerpt="Mark Richards and Neal Ford, authors of 'Fundamentals of Software Architecture,' share real-life examples of why architects must communicate well, and explain how to do it." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997870.webp" title="Deep Work: The Complete Guide (Including a Step-by-Step Checklist)" link="https://doist.com/blog/deep-work" domain="doist.com" date="2020-08-31" tags="productivity" excerpt="How to master the #1 job skill that will never be obsolete" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997468.webp" title="Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: Innovation on the Edge" link="https://edgeperspectives.typepad.com/edge_perspectives/2008/05/innovation-on-t.html" domain="edgeperspectives.typepad.com" date="2020-08-31" tags="business, product, tech" excerpt="I’ve played on the edge throughout most of my professional career, whether it was doing deals in the Sultanate of Oman back in the 1970s, building a start-up around a new technology called the microprocessor in 1980, building a new..." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="Products are not Platforms | Kislay Verma" link="https://kislayverma.com/products-are-not-platforms/" domain="kislayverma.com" date="2020-08-31" tags="architecture, product, tech" excerpt="Learning to distinguish between products and platforms" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="Being Fast or Getting Faster? (aka Build Momentum, not Velocity) | Kislay V" link="https://kislayverma.com/being-fast-or-getting-faster-aka-build-momentum-not-velocity/" domain="kislayverma.com" date="2020-08-31" tags="architecture, product, tech" excerpt="Setting the organization's goal to being faster over time ids better than just trying to be fast right now" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997913.jpg" title="The Commitment Inventory: Get More Done By Saying \"No\"" link="https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/commitment-inventory" domain="todoist.com" date="2020-08-31" tags="productivity" excerpt="Make sure every area of your life gets the time and energy it deserves" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997915.jpg" title="The Weekly Review: A Productivity Ritual to Get More Done" link="https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/weekly-review" domain="todoist.com" date="2020-08-31" tags="productivity" excerpt="10x your productivity with just one hour a week" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997917.jpg" title="OKRs: A Guide to Data-Driven Goal Setting for Individuals and Teams" link="https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/okrs-objectives-key-results" domain="todoist.com" date="2020-08-31" tags="business, productivity" excerpt="Set rigorous goals that align big-picture priorities with day-to-day actions" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997916.jpg" title="The Medium Method: The Best of Analog & Digital Productivity Combined" link="https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/medium-method" domain="todoist.com" date="2020-08-31" tags="productivity" excerpt="Want to be more productive? Don't go (completely) paperless" >}}