The Software Ark: Issue 11
Mon 17 October 2022
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Quote of the week
Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly.
- Marcus Aurelius
Articles
Expectations of Professional Software Engineers
I don't have anything to add, but this was so important that I didn't feel I could put it under "Links" - I didn't want it to fly under the radar.
On a similar vein, The Unwritten Laws of Engineering was also a good read. I got a copy at graduation, and "Develop a 'Let’s go see!' attitude" in particular spoke to me!
Links
- The theoretical upper-limit of atomic commitment
- Canada's tech-boom is a bust
- Guide to running a good retro - actually making changes.
- Mass collaboration on the internet is a myth
- Brave is going to block bookie banners - a good reason to switch
- Data migrations are hard - and I've done many dual writes in my day
- How to build a platform software offering
- How to plan and communicate a software vision
- Over-resilience is just as bad
- Simple, not easy
- Passwordless is a thing now
Your moment of Zen
Some people have too much free time - rendering Doom with emojis
