Community Picks·3yI’m Not a Great Programmer
An article by Addy Osmani suggests that a good engineer is not necessarily an effective one. He outlines 10 traits of effective engineers to guide you on your journey to becoming a more efficient developer. The most crucial trait for long-term effectiveness is the willingness and ability to learn and apply new things quickly.
The Pragmatic Engineer·3yWorking at a Startup vs in Big Tech
The article discusses the experiences and perspectives of a software engineer who has worked in both startups and Big Tech. It highlights the advantages of startups, such as learning opportunities and the ability to make a direct impact, as well as the disadvantages, including financial risk and stress. In contrast, it explores the benefits of working in Big Tech, such as specialization and financial stability, while also addressing the downsides, such as lack of purpose and overhead.
Community Picks·3yI earned up to $130K in tech roles, but the jobs felt fake. Here's why I think startups hire people to build a brand only to fire them later on.
Celia Arias is a founder and business operations expert who worked in the tech industry for several years. She believes some startups just hire people so the company can look good before being sold. Arias was earning $130,000 at her second "fake" tech job.
The Pragmatic Engineer·3yBun: lessons from disrupting a tech ecosystem
Two weeks ago, a JavaScript runtime and toolkit called Bun was released and took the Node.js world by storm. Its top focus is performance, and according to benchmarks shared in the launch video, around 10x performance increases can be observed when building packages, running code, or handling inbound requests on a server.
David Heinemeier Hansson·3yKamal 1.0
SUSE's pricing for Rancher and Harvester was so ridiculous over the top for our situation. If they hadn't reached for those million-dollar contracts, we'd probably be stuck in enterprise vendor hell forever, buying over-priced consulting services for Kubernetes and VM tooling. That would have sucked.
Medium·3yThe Death of Critical Thinking Will Kill Us Long Before AI.
Joan Westenberg: We have witnessed a multi-generational decline in reading comprehension. We read less, retain less of what we read, and struggle to engage in critical analysis. If this trend continues, we risk undermining the foundations of our society, she says.
Codrops·3yWeekly Frontend News: Collective #784
The article features various topics including an inspirational website, a free web database, the State of HTML survey, a JavaScript library called Nue, creating responsive type scales using CSS, a code search engine called SeaGOAT, the complexities of creating a design system, an open-source tool called HyperDX, an Inception experiment, achieving a realistic glass backdrop with CSS, a Windows 95 operating system experiment, beautifully designed components with Radix Vue and Tailwind CSS, a startup simulation game, the ups and downs of the text-wrap property, 3D mapping Earth from space, ink and water simulation, a data visualization toolkit called Vizro, a Figma guide to handoff, and a data exposure incident on Microsoft's AI GitHub repository.
Ido Shamun·3yMicromanagement: The Unpopular Truth You Need to Hear
"Micromanagement" is a term that often sends shivers down the spines of engineers. It's almost a buzzword for managerial overreach, but it's essential to recognize that micromanagement is a spectrum. When you encounter resistance from your team members, it's a sign to step back and reassess your approach.