{{< bookmark-card image="1055997868.png" title="What the Heck is Backstage Anyway? | Labs" link="https://engineering.atspotify.com/2020/03/what-the-heck-is-backstage-anyway" domain="engineering.atspotify.com" date="2020-05-25" tags="architecture, devops, product, programming, tech" excerpt="Yesterday, we released the open source version of , our homegrown developer portal. And we learned a thing or two via the feedback we received. So, I wanted to take this opportunity to further explain what we’re trying to do with Backstage — and more importantly, what we want to " >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997886.png" title="Time is linear. Customer journeys are not. - Humans of Xero - Medium" link="https://medium.com/humans-of-xero/time-is-linear-customer-journeys-are-not-f76eddf69f8c" domain="medium.com" date="2020-05-25" tags="product, psychology, tech" excerpt="As a service designer, I’m often asked to help map the customer journey of products and services. Most of the time, people want a journey because it’s visual — something they can look at and have a…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997887.webp" title="Commit Hygiene - Winning with GIT - EddieWould" link="https://eddiewould.com/2020/05/19/commit-hygiene-winning-with-git" domain="eddiewould.com" date="2020-05-20" tags="code, programming, tech" excerpt="GIT101: A novel mental-model of git concepts, the pitfalls of traditional “pulling” and “merging” & how to author a good commit (and why it matters)." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997880.webp" title="Don't Rewrite Your App, Unless You Have To - Snap Engineering" link="https://eng.snap.com/dont-rewrite-your-app-unless-you-have-to" domain="eng.snap.com" date="2020-05-14" tags="programming, tech" excerpt="" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System - The Donella Meadows Proj" link="http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system" domain="donellameadows.org" date="2020-05-08" tags="leadership, product, psychology" excerpt="" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997795.webp" title="The Patient Change Agent | @johncutlefish's blog" link="https://cutle.fish/blog/the-patient-change-agent" domain="cutle.fish" date="2020-05-07" tags="career, product, psychology, tech" excerpt="" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997876.png" title="Things I Wished More Developers Knew About Databases" link="https://medium.com/@rakyll/things-i-wished-more-developers-knew-about-databases-2d0178464f78" domain="medium.com" date="2020-04-27" tags="database, tech" excerpt="A large majority of computer systems have some state and are likely to depend on a storage system. My knowledge on databases accumulated over time, but along the way our design mistakes caused data…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997677.jpg" title="Making the Right Decision Every Time - Ben Fathi - Medium" link="https://medium.com/@benbob/making-the-right-decision-every-time-839c50e34c00" domain="medium.com" date="2020-04-20" tags="product, tech" excerpt="In the world of computer science, “priority inversion” refers to a condition where a low priority task gets to run instead of a higher priority one, potentially resulting in a system deadlock…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997874.jpg" title="You don’t need to stop shipping features to fix technical debt" link="https://medium.com/@ryan0x44/technical-debt-f5158cc9ca07" domain="medium.com" date="2020-04-20" tags="product, tech" excerpt="The easiest way to solve Technical Debt, and a framework to help you explain Technical Debt and convince decision makers to let you work on it" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997865.jpg" title="Team Objectives - Overview | Silicon Valley Product Group" link="https://svpg.com/team-objectives-overview" domain="svpg.com" date="2020-03-23" tags="agile, leadership, product, tech" excerpt="After many years of being a very vocal advocate for the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) technique, in the majority of companies I meet, I have stopped recommending the practice. That’s because, in so many companies, even though conceptually the technique is simple and sound, it " >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997572.webp" title="Clean Coder Blog" link="http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/04/15/DoesOrganizationMatter.html" domain="blog.cleancoder.com" date="2020-03-04" tags="code, programming, tech" excerpt="" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997633.webp" title="Typing the technical interview" link="https://aphyr.com/posts/342-typing-the-technical-interview" domain="aphyr.com" date="2020-03-04" tags="code, interviews, programming, tech" excerpt="" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997864.jpg" title="Amazon: How Bezos built his data machine" link="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/CLQYZENMBI/amazon-data" domain="bbc.co.uk" date="2020-03-04" tags="amazon, politics, tech, ai" excerpt="Leo Kelion investigates the rise of Amazon and its huge data-gathering operation" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997846.jpg" title="On Pair Programming" link="https://martinfowler.com/articles/on-pair-programming.html#IntenseCollaborationCanBeHard" domain="martinfowler.com" date="2020-03-04" tags="programming, psychology, tech, thoughtworks" excerpt="A guide to effective pair-programming" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="Producing gasoline and diesel emits more CO2 than we thought" link="https://ioplus.nl/archive/en/producing-gasoline-and-diesel-emits-more-co2-than-we-thought/" domain="ioplus.nl" date="2020-02-20" tags="cars, politics" excerpt="Many of you know that I regularly debunk the claim that diesel vehicles emit less CO2 than electric vehicles. But one thing that I hadn’t really worked out is just how much CO2 is emitted when…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997860.jpg" title="Frederick Vanbrabant delirious rantings" link="https://frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2020-02-07-the-economics-of-clean-code/" domain="frederickvanbrabant.com" date="2020-02-19" tags="architecture, tech" excerpt="Clean code makes projects more comfortable to work with and improves shelf life. Its the antagonist of vile legacy codebases that are unmaintainable. Then why does business always treat it as a secondary objective? Do they just dont get it?" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997584.jpg" title="How DISC is like the Hogwarts Houses" link="https://athleteassessments.com/how-disc-is-like-the-hogwarts-houses" domain="athleteassessments.com" date="2020-02-19" tags="leadership, learning, psychology" excerpt="Often with behavioral profiles like DISC, being able to apply the concept to something you already know, helps to quickly understand it. If you are familiar with Harry Potter, then this is an excellent platform to better get to know DISC behavioral profiling. Whether you grew up " >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997726.webp" title="3 Strategies for Becoming a Self-Made Meeting Master | Inc.com" link="https://www.inc.com/jelise-keith/3-simple-ways-to-improve-your-meeting-skills-without-looking-awkward-in-front-of-your-team.html" domain="inc.com" date="2020-02-14" tags="business, psychology" excerpt="It takes skill to run a great meeting. Here's how to get the practice you need." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997748.webp" title="2 Questions to Ask When Interviewing New Leaders | Inc.com" link="https://www.inc.com/jelise-keith/2-questions-to-ask-when-interviewing-new-leaders.html" domain="inc.com" date="2020-02-14" tags="business, psychology" excerpt="Leaders spend up to 80 percent of their day in meetings. Better make sure they have the skills needed to use that time well." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997859.webp" title="10 Research-Backed Rules for Meaningful Meetings | Inc.com" link="https://www.inc.com/jelise-keith/10-research-backed-rules-for-meaningful-meetings.html" domain="inc.com" date="2020-02-14" tags="business, psychology" excerpt="Studies reveal the keys to running consistently effective and meaningful business meetings." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997745.jpg" title="Everything you always wanted to know about running Silent Meetings but were" link="https://medium.com/@gascasf/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-running-silent-meetings-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask-5eacbc2da064" domain="medium.com" date="2020-02-14" tags="business, psychology" excerpt="UPDATE: I expanded this post into a much more detailed guide called “Silent Meeting Manifesto v1”. Go there if you want to learn more. “Silent Meetings” are meetings where most of the time is spent…" >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997856.png" title="The Evil List: Which tech companies are doing the most harm?" link="https://slate.com/technology/2020/01/evil-list-tech-companies-dangerous-amazon-facebook-google-palantir.html" domain="slate.com" date="2020-02-14" tags="politics, tech" excerpt="The 30 most dangerous corporations in the industry, ranked by the people who know." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997861.jpg" title="How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades" link="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage" domain="washingtonpost.com" date="2020-02-13" tags="history, politics, security, tech" excerpt="U.S. and German intelligence agencies partnered on a scheme to dupe dozens of nations into buying rigged encryption systems — taking their money and stealing their secrets." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="/images/bookmark-placeholder.jpg" title="Work Is Work" link="https://codahale.com/work-is-work" domain="codahale.com" date="2020-01-14" tags="leadership, tech" excerpt="In which returns diminish." >}} {{< bookmark-card image="1055997799.jpg" title="Observability — A 3-Year Retrospective - The New Stack" link="https://thenewstack.io/observability-a-3-year-retrospective" domain="thenewstack.io" date="2020-01-13" tags="cloud, devops, distributed systems, tech, ai" excerpt="A summary of the observability movement over the past three years." >}}