IT The Manager Who Knew Everything – Have you ever worked for/with a manager that knows everything about everything? You know the sort; no matter what the issue, they stubbornly have an answer. Microservices Maturity Quiz – Below, you have… Read More »ProLinks #34
IT How to Work With Software Engineers – How to Work With Software Engineers When I launch my unit tests The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2018 – In the beginning of 2018 we surveyed 6,000 developers to identify the… Read More »ProLinks #33
IT Patterns of Effective Teams – Some teams are orders of magnitude more effective than others, turning around business solutions in days or even hours. Apache Kafka vs RabbitMQ – I will be breaking down the differences between Apache Kafka… Read More »ProLinks #32
IT 2 Minutes of Programming: Don’t use loops. – You should use functions like map, filter, and reduce instead of writing for or while loops. Things you should never say when interviewing for a developer role – Being a developer… Read More »ProLinks #31
IT How to write commit messages – A good commit message is one that your team agrees that is good. Google’s Dangerous Identity Crisis – Is Barack Obama planning a coup? There are many ways to answer that question —… Read More »ProLinks #30
IT Programming Sucks – All programming teams are constructed by and of crazy people Google just gave a stunning demo of Assistant making an actual phone call – It’s hard to believe AI can interact with people this naturally What… Read More »ProLinks #29
IT Healing The Rift Between Programmers And Managers – It’s common in many companies for there to be animosity between programmers and managers. How to get a Team Lead job – Recently I’ve switched from a developer role to hands-on… Read More »ProLinks #28
IT Not Everyone Should Code – It’s become popular to encourage anyone and everyone to code. But there simply won’t be unlimited demand for the skill, nor will everyone actually enjoy it. Is Refactoring That Code Really A Good Idea?… Read More »ProLinks #27
IT Be likeable or get fired! – I have just been let go by my employer after only 5 months on the job. As usual in my country, the contract I signed included a probation period of 6 months within… Read More »ProLinks #26
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