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
About real programmers, good developers, cognitive biases, China social experiment acronyms and more. IT REAL programmers don’t use Visual Studio – Why would someone want a nice GUI when we can use terminal based editors, such as vim or emacs.… Read More »ProLinks #25
About end of windows, reinventing the wheel, cost per decision and more. IT One of Estonia’s first “e-residents” explains what it means to have digital citizenship – An online community survey recently asked me where I’m based. Without hesitation, I… Read More »ProLinks #24
Why programmers never agree, why audience matters and about learning. More inside. IT Stolen Bitcoin Tracing – Computerphile – When bitcoin is spent, remainders are re-encoded & combined – how do you separate out any ill-gotten gains from the legitimate… Read More »ProLinks #23
About users, media, facebook, reputation age and more. IT Flight Levels: The Organizational Improvement Levels – The Flight Level model poses one main question: Which organization levels offer which leverage for improvement? Bitcoin is Hurting the Search for Aliens! #deletefacebook… Read More »ProLinks #22