dev_cycles

Just published a new #RustLang podcast episode: "An update on what we've learned from spending more time with Rust with real coding. The perspective from C#, C++, Ruby etc." share.transistor.fm/s/f22c961a

How Claude Shannon, born on this day in 1916, gave birth to the bit that underpins our entire digital existence, including my ability to type this sentiment and your ability to read it themarginalian.org/2016/09/06/jam…

Engineering excellence is not the goal The goal is to deliver a user outcome, or an internal capability. Engineering excellence is a key enabler of that

1960s: "COBOL will let non-programmers make the software!" 1980s: "4GLs will let non-programmers make the software!" 2000s: "UML will let non-programmers make the software!" 2020s: "AI will let non-programmers make the software!"

I've heard enough of everyone's "best" practices in software development. What are the *worst* practices you follow?

Testing vs Monitoring - Deploying a Performance Improvement youtu.be/RC_OFLF2P4o

this was a really nice article. if anyone reading this has thought about getting into coding but doesn't feel like they can for any reason, i'd love to help you. DM me and I would be more than happy to point you at free resources and help you learn bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

We have a new dedicated virtual ONLY chapter = Virtual UK. You can join from anywhere 🌍 but all workshops will be in the UK timezone. Subscribe here ➡️ codebar.io/virtual-uk Read more about this change here medium.com/the-codelog/th…

Happy 9th Birthday to us 🎉🎉 🖥 1998 Events 👭 22,205 Community members 🌏 37 Locations Here's to many many more years of teaching people to code ❤️ stats.codebar.io

Over the past 30 years, Microsoft Research has evolved from advancing computing to finding ways that technology can empower individuals and tackle widespread challenges facing society. Discover the many impacts research made this year in the 2021 review: msft.it/6007ZK2kN

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Imagine if every product included an honest message from the engineering team such as "not unit tested", “delivered to you under the pressure of unreasonable managers,” etc. That would be a more interesting and valuable read than marketing BS :-)

Great to see so many people sharing their memories of @russel_winder in the latest @AccuOrg C Vu. It shows how much he’ll be missed by us all.

Here's an idea. Gemba Architecture. "Architecture by walking around" involves architects walking around and visiting the teams, rather than sitting in a review-committee fortress and waiting for the teams to come to them. Active, not passive, decision making.

Absolutely fascinating insight I just heard from a hiring manager: Adding junior engineers makes the senior engineers on his team *better*, because the constant "Why" questions force them to articulate and confront their own assumptions. Hire juniors for a stronger team!