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Five Flawed Productivity Metrics
Which commonly-used metrics aren't working and why?
VALORANT's 128-Tick Servers | Riot Games Technology
Engineer Brent Randall tells the technical story behind VALORANT's search for optimal server performance.
Peeking into VALORANT's Netcode | Riot Games Technology
Take a peek behind the scenes of VALORANT's netcode.
Assertive communication: What it is and how to do it well - Work Life by Atlassian
Assertive communication helps you express your thoughts and feelings while still being respectful of others. Here’s why it matters and how to get it right.
Tracking Engineering Time - Jacob Kaplan-Moss
How do you understand what engineers are doing with that time? How do you know if they’re working on the “right” things? Here’s how I suggest answering those questions.
Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past …
Kill Your Heroes, Stop Doing it Harder | Irrational Exuberance
One of the most destructive ideas is that you can dig out of a hole by doing what you’re already doing, but doing it harder. This doesn’t work, but it does breed and kill your heroes, and alienate everyone else.
Three-Bucket Framework for Engineering Metrics
Deciding what metrics to track and report to stakeholders.
New Grad to Staff at Meta in 3 years: Evan King
On Speed, Being Bold, and Depositing Into the “Favor Bank”
15 Lessons From 15 Years of Indie App Development
Exactly 15 years ago on November 9th, 2009, I got my first MacBook and started learning how to build apps. I was fascinated with the idea that you can build something that other people will find useful and enjoy using. I also heard about those "indie developers" on Twitter who
Why am I writing a JavaScript toolchain in Zig?
Announcing the existence of Jam – An robust JS toolchain in Zig
