Issue #422

13 June 2023


Issue #422
pointer.io


Tuesday 13th June’s issue is presented by FusionAuth

Don't build your own auth. FusionAuth is your answer. Integrates with any tech stack and is deployable anywhere — cloud, on-premise, or even the server running under your desk.


You're less than five minutes from login / registration, social logins, SSO, MFA, passwordless, passkeys and so much more with FusionAuth. Built for devs, by devs.

To Build A Top Performing Team, Ask For 85% Effort

— Greg McKeown


tl;dr: An outdated way of thinking about peak performance is to think that “maximum effort = maximum results.” Research shows that it doesn’t  work in reality. Here’s what works: The 85% rule suggests that to reach maximum output, you need to refrain from giving maximum effort. Operating at 100% effort all of the time will result in burnout and  less-optimal results. While the precise number 85% may just be a rule of thumb, it’s a helpful one for managers who want to create high-performance teams without burning people out.


Leadership Management

Making A Plan

— Thorsten Ball


tl;dr: Writing down a plan helps developers think through the tasks, identify potential challenges, and construct a clear mental model of the work involved. Plans serve as checklists, aid in delegation, and improve overall performance. By starting to create plans and refining them through iterations, developers become better at planning and gain a deeper understanding of their work. Making plans enhances productivity and allows developers to confidently answer questions about their progress.


CareerAdvice

The Modern Guide To OAuth

— Brian Pontarelli


tl;dr: Another guide to OAuth 2.0? Well yes. And no. FusionAuth's Modern Guide to OAuth distills hundreds of conversations about OAuth's eight modes, workflows, and grant types, and then offers advice on choosing the best OAuth mode for your scenario.


Promoted by FusionAuth

Management

The Work Is Never Just “The Work”

— Dave Stewart


tl;dr: Dave discusses strategies that have improved his project estimations of contract work:  (1) Run postmortems on past projects to anchor yourself to reality. (2) Consider timing and logging future work to equip yourself for the future. (3) Get familiar with, and work to improve, your own estimation biases and weak spots. And more.


Management


“Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.”


— Larry Bossidy

Migrating Critical Traffic At Scale With No Downtime — Part 2


tl;dr: “Replay traffic testing gives us the initial foundation of validation, but as our migration process unfolds, we are met with the need for a carefully controlled migration process. A process that doesn’t just minimize risk, but also facilitates a continuous evaluation of the rollout’s impact. This blog post will delve into the techniques leveraged at Netflix to introduce these changes to production.”


Scale Architecture

Live Comment System Design


tl;dr: The live comment is a popular system design interview question and is discussed here. The real-time platform built for publishing live comments can display Facebook reactions, likes, concurrent viewer counts, user presence status, online polls, or seen receipts.


SystemDesign

HasuraCon 2023 is June 20-22 - Virtual and Free

tl;dr: HasuraCon is bringing together experts to explore the latest trends, insights, and innovations in the world of GraphQL, data architecture, and app development in this free, online 3-day event. Data APIs are reshaping the world of data delivery, helping enterprises do more by serving data where and when it’s needed in a fast, secure, flexible way. Hasura and its customers are at the forefront, driving this shift. Costco, Verizon, Atlassian, General Mills, and over 40 Fortune 100 companies use Hasura.


Promoted by Hasura


API Management

What Is A Vector Database?

— Roie Schwaber-Cohen


tl;dr: This post reviews key aspects of a vector database — how it works, algorithms it uses, and the additional features that make it operationally ready for production scenarios.


Database AI

6 Websites You’ll Love As A Developer

— Mohammed Dakir


tl;dr: (1) Ray: quick and easy way to create beautiful code snippets for documentation or sharing purposes. (2) Roadmap: comprehensive technology roadmaps for various career paths in software development. (3) Readme: helps developers create beautiful, interactive, and user-friendly documentation for their software products. And more.


UsefulTool


Notable GitHub Repos


30 Seconds of Code: Short code snippets for development needs.


Audiocraft: Library for audio processing and generation with DL.


OpenObserve: Cloud native observability platform.


SuperAGI: Dev-first open source autonomous AI agent framework.


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