Bookmarks from 2020
205 bookmarks from 2020
The Complete Guide to Time Blocking
...and its cousins task batching and day theming. Control your schedule so it doesn't control you
Ice, water, steam: reflecting on the language of agile teams | by James Ber
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what we need to do to continue our journey towards world-class engineering, and perform at that level over the long term. I’ve also been thinking about how Xero’s…
How can you find time to design?. 7 tips to own your time | by José Torre |
For the past few months, I’ve noticed an increasing number of designers online complaining about their lack of time to design. They have a packed agenda full of meetings and, if they’re lucky, they…
Proving Your Value at Work — Why It’s So Hard and How to Do it Anyway
Actionable steps for making sure "out of sight" doesn't mean "out of mind"
5 Habits for Crafting the Perfect Remote Work Day
The reality of working from home is rarely as rosy as it seems
Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy is Killing You | by Steve Yegge
God dammit, I didn’t want to blog again. I have so much stuff to do. Blogging takes time and energy and creativity that I could be putting to good use: my novels, my music, my game, and so on. But…
Emotional Agility
How effective leaders manage their negative thoughts and feelings
Building domain knowledge | Janella’s blog
I started a new engineering role two weeks ago, after ten years at my previous company.
Building greater accessibility into Facebook.com - Facebook Engineering
As part of our recent redesign of Facebook.com, we took advantage of recent React improvements to build accessibility into the foundation
The Impact of Toxic Influencers on Communities · Intense Minimalism
There’s a common character that can be often spotted in many online communities. It’s the “toxic influencer” (sometimes referred as “intellectual bully”). A toxic influencer is a person…
Microservices Adoption in 2020 – O’Reilly
Everyone’s talking about microservices. Who’s actually doing it?
Our Brains Struggle to Process This Much Stress | Elemental
We are processing an inordinate amount of stress, loss, and grief over a sustained period of time. Psychologists and experts explain what this does to our brains.
Asynchronous Communication: What It Is & Why You Should Care About It
And what you can do to start implementing it, whether you're an individual contributor or a team leader.
Book Summary: Accelerate. Accelerate — Building and Scaling High… | by Trev
By making meaningful steps to introduce and improve your capabilities in continuous delivery, architecture, product & process, lean practices, and culture — you can create a profound impact on…
The Relationship Between Software Architecture And Business Models (and mor
As an architect, how often are you thinking about business models? If every significant architecture decision has business consequences, then knowing the business model and which trade-offs to choose…
10 Standout GitHub Profile READMEs - DEV
My good friend and colleague @bdougieyo is at Codeland today and is giving away early access to Codes...
What software teams can learn from music masterclasses - Helen Hou-Sandí
I come from a musical background, with degrees in piano performance and piano accompanying and chamber music, and I think a lot about how that’s shaped who I’ve become in web and software development. I’ve even gotten to give a talk relating musicianship skills to programming and
How GPT3 Works - Visualizations and Animations – Jay Alammar – Visualizing
Discussions: Hacker News (397 points, 97 comments), Reddit r/MachineLearning (247 points, 27 comments) Translations: German, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Russian, Turkish The tech world is abuzz with GPT3 hype. Massive language models (like GPT3) are starting to surprise us
Availability Group issues fixed with Alerts - Wayne Sheffield
Learn how to use the SQL Server Agent Alerting system to detect Availability Group issues and to respond to them by running jobs.
Katie Sylor-Miller - Frontend Architect at Etsy | StaffEng
This story was recorded in August, 2020. Learn more about Katie on her website, Linkedin, and Twitter. Tell us a little about your current role: your title, the company you work at, and generally what sort of work does your team do? I work at Etsy, which is the world’s leading on
Applying Conway's Law to improve your software development | ThoughtWorks
Many organizations have become adept at identifying what they need from software development projects, based on a keen understanding of their business goals. Even so, they’re often surprised to find out that the end results don’t achieve the transformative impact they were expect
A Founder's Guide to Writing Well — 8 Writing Tips | First Round Review
There's a long list of most frequently-cited skills for becoming a successful entrepreneur. One that rarely makes the list is effective writing. Upstart CEO Dave Girouard pens this thoughtful case for the importance of strong writing in the startup world — and his tips for leveli