A developer's reflection on the importance of direct user feedback and modern tooling, arguing that working without them is a crippling handicap.
A technical lead shares five key lessons learned from transitioning from a developer to a leadership role, focusing on team empowerment and removing barriers.
A programmer reflects on the value of technical books versus hands-on projects for learning programming languages like Elixir and Rust.
A talk from GDG DevFest 2022 on how to maximize benefits from Open Source by actively contributing to communities like Python and Django.
A developer reflects on their first two months at Contenda, a tech startup, discussing their role, team, and the meaningful work of building an API.
A guide to choosing impactful refactoring projects, emphasizing business value over cosmetic code changes.
Explains the process of how new features are considered, designed, and shipped in the Java programming language via the OpenJDK community.
Author announces 'The TypeScript Cookbook', a new O'Reilly book for 2023 providing practical solutions for everyday TypeScript problems.
A developer shares personal strategies for improving focus and efficiency while coding, including managing digital and physical distractions.
A proposal for organizing active developer sprints within the Django community, inspired by experiences at DjangoCon US.
A template for creating structured technical design documents to record decisions, scope, and solutions for software projects.
A conversation about transitioning to full-time open source work, the challenges of funding, and the personal motivations behind it.
A satirical guide on how to misuse and distort the Scrum framework, leading to failure, to highlight common Agile anti-patterns.
Argues that Kanban is more adaptable and effective than Scrum for software teams, explaining how Kanban principles enhance responsiveness and decision-making.
Explores the evolution of operations into platform engineering, where teams focus on enabling developers through self-service platforms and managed services.
Discusses the importance of human factors like team onboarding, reversibility, and support when choosing software architectures and technologies.
The article critiques common self-deprecating phrases in tech communities, arguing they reinforce harmful perceptions about intelligence and belonging.
Explains the multifaceted role of an Engineering Manager (EM) in hiring, facilitating work, team alignment, process improvement, and coaching.
A programmer shares how using documentation tools like Dash helps overcome information overload and memory limitations in modern software development.
Argues that deadlines harm software quality and morale, proposing 'preemption points' and queueing disciplines as better alternatives.
