/Management

State Of Internal Tools 2021

- Kevin Garcia tl;dr: Developers spend ~40% of their time on software to help their business run. We surveyed 650 developers to find out why. Our report covers 1) which companies spend the most time, 2) what developers are building, and 3) how they are measuring success.

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Engineering Teams Are Just Networks

- Marianne Bellotti tl;dr: "If you want to hire well, have modest baseline of minimum qualifications and think of your engineering organization as a network." Marianne illustrates why this is critical: people do not work out in their new roles "because their strengths do not align with the incentives the network creates."

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No Surprises: A Framework For Software Quality

- AbdulFattah Popoola tl;dr: Abdul outlines a "Maslow Hierarchy for software quality" to help you prioritize and calculate tradeoffs. The hierarchy comprises of security, usability, reliability, performance and integrity, and is explained in detail.

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Security Reviews for Startups

tl;dr: This guide will 1) demystify security reviews 2) give you tips on how to navigate lengthy questionnaires and 3) introduce third-party audits (SOC 2, HIPAA, & ISO 27001)

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Demos Over Deadlines

- Eric Elliott tl;dr: Eric tries hard to balance shipping quickly with avoiding putting too much time pressure on his team. He does the latter by valuing demos of new features, which turns stress into something more fun. He discusses the pitfalls of deadlines and believes the following are key - demos over deadlines, controlling scope. and setting priorities.

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Product Teams Own Capabilities, Not (Only) Code

- Jessica Kerr tl;dr: "As a software engineer, what is your job? and what is your value?" Jessica makes the point that delivering capabilities is critical to the health of software teams, not just delivering features or code. 

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On Ships, & Shipping Incrementally

- Barry McCardel tl;dr: The only path around the 2.0 tar pit is incrementalism - replacing a legacy platform through small, deliberate steps.

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In Software, When An Engineer Exits The Team

- Doug Arcuri tl;dr: "There are moments during the transition where I battle an aggravated ego. But I check myself, calm down, and refocus back on this individual. I want them to succeed, and me stepping to hinder that would be incorrect. I’ll send recommendations and smile. They will become a better person because of this, and so will I."

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How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects And The Curious Absence Of Scrum

- Gergely Orosz tl;dr: Gergely covers: (1) various project management approaches based on a survey of 100 companies. (2) Setup and processes of project management in big tech. (3) Why big tech don't use scrum. (4) A POV on how to run projects in your team.

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Tales Of Regret From Onboarding

tl;dr: A collection of codebase onboarding stories from real developers. The anecdotes illustrate ways in which onboarding can go wrong and hints at how CodeSee can better the experience for the developers who come after us.

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