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#Management
tl;dr: AMA with CTO at Reddit. He discusses his high level approach to various functions of a CTO, such as hiring, company values, testing. He also discusses the importance of mentorship for anyone seeking a leadership role.
Software Below The Poverty Line
- André Staltz
#OpenSource
tl;dr: Open Source projects are severely underfunded. ~$2.5m is the combined amount donated to the top OS projects. When you divide this amount amongst the contributors it's $9K median / $22K average per contributor, which falls well below salary standards.
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#Sponsored
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#General
tl;dr: Focus on consistently "achieving small wins". These small wins "in fact do not need to be done in a great way, but a good way, repeatably." Your actions should be done with intention. Perfection is your enemy.
Video Upload Latency Improvements at Instagram
- Ryan Peterman
#General
tl;dr: Given upload latency is critical to user experience at Instagram, the article runs through a set of architectural strategies used by the engineering team to reduce latency.
How I Survived Insane Hypergrowth at Airbnb
- Jonathon Golden
#Management
tl;dr: Director of Product provides the following takeaways (1) Don’t just identify a problem, start fixing it by enlisting others (2) Understand the (ever-broadening) context (3) Confront challenges head-on (4) Everything changes all the time, get over it (5) It’s all about the EQ.
How To Start A Software Project With A Quality Mindset
- Bruno Paz
#General
tl;dr: Taking a good first step is important (1) Define the development process, tooling, etc... (2) Build the foundations for good documentation (3) Define and enforce coding standards and guidelines (4) Setup static analysis tools to detect code smells early (5) Automated tests suite (6) Development environment.
Leaders, Are You Ready to Manage Remote Teams?
- Vy Luu
#Remote #Management
tl;dr: Article cites companies doing remote work well, their top-down approach, and the pain-points felt along the way.
How To Do Hard Things
- David R. MacIver
#General
tl;dr: Single Loop System - (1) Find something that is like the hard thing but is easy (2) Modify the easy thing so it's like the hard thing in exactly one way that you find hard (3) Do the modified thing until it is no longer hard. If you get stuck, rubber duck or ask for advice, pick a different way in which the problem is hard.
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Microsoft Build
May 6-8
Seattle, Washington, USA
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PHP[tek]
May 21 - 23
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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GlueCon
May 22-23
Broomfield, Colorado, USA
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OSCON
July 17-18
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Open Source Summit
July 17-19
Tokyo, Japan
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GopherCon
July 24-27
San Diego, California, USA
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ApacheCon
Sept 9–12
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Strange Loop
Sept 12-14
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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DjangoCon US
Sept 22-27
San Diego, CA
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Oracle CodeOne
Sept 16–19
SF, California
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React Day Berlin
Nov 30
Berlin, Germany
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Microsoft Ignite
Nov 4-8
Orlando, Florida, USA
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dotJS
Dec 5-6
Paris, France
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DevTernity
December 6-7
Riga, Latvia
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