03-Mar-2025 Content of Interest

Med Dev

Software as a medical device: Time to develop an ethical framework? - Digital Journal (Dr. Tim Sandle) "What needs to be done to address opaque algorithms in medical AI?"

Here’s Why Wearing Many Hats is Important for a Software Developer (Giftmugweni) "Code is code and all code is just a bunch of instructions telling the machine to do something."
So you want to break down monolith? Read that first. (Oskar Dudycz) =Dos and donts from breaking down monoliths"
“I scratched my own itch” isn’t good enough (Jason Cohen) "I had the problem myself, so I built a product."
Visual programming is stuck on the form "Visual programming is not just node-and-wires"
The reality of long-term software maintenance (Ashley) I'm not a big analogy fan, but the story makes sense.
Appreciate, don’t evaluate (Bart Wullems) "Celebrate with someone, not for someone"
Tech Layoffs Analysis: Which Skills Are Still in High Demand (Kristina Nikolova) Unsurprisingly, the top 5 are all AI/ML or data science related.

Ok. So, You’re Failing (rands) Relatable story.
Pure Independence (Morgan Housel) Good read. "A simple formula for a pretty nice life is independence plus purpose."
Our next phase—Q&A was just the beginning (Prashanth Chandrasekar, Philippe Beaudette) AI is eating the world and SO is still "powered by humans". We'll see how that works out.

Diagnosis in engineering strategy. (Will Larson) "Diagnosis is understanding the constraints and challenges your strategy needs to address."
When to give up (David Heinemeier Hansson) "When do you accept that no amount of additional effort is going to get that turkey to soar?"

The LLM Curve of Impact on Software Engineers (Sergey Tselovalnikov) The Staff+ side of the curve is interesting. "your role is often to light the path for others to follow"
Bookmarklets (and Custom URL Schemes) Are Criminally Underrated (Ian Whitlock) Indeed.
We switched from Java to Go and don’t regret it (Glasskube) Benefits: "blazing-fast startup times, lower resource consumption, and a more lightweight ecosystem"
Culture is the Ultimate Scaling Mechanism (Traverse Clayton) "What keeps the machine running smoothly is a shared understanding of how decisions get made."
Software engineering job openings hit five-year low? (Gergely Orosz) Lots of interesting statistics and graphs.

Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now? (Ayurella Horn-Muller) "Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices."

Attention To Details (Mike Fisher) “Details matter. It's worth waiting to get it right." – Steve Jobs
Unit Testing & The Goal (Gil Zilberfeld) Working code. Over time. In a constant speed.
Microservices ate my application - an adoption anti-pattern (Chris Richardson) The dog ate my homework.
On Extensibility (Arne Brasseur) "Clojure provides excellent extensibility."
The Controversial Truth about Tech Debt (Raphael Moutard) "Respect what came before you"
Personal Software: The Unbundling of the Programmer? (Addy Osmani) "the boundary between users and creators becomes increasingly fluid"
On Bloat (Rob Pike) Moore's law has plateaued, yet software continues to grow.

IT workers’ unemployment rate climbs in 2025 (Andrea Fox) "The health sector has seen its share of technology-driven corporate layoffs."

A Year of Telepathy (Neuralink) Stories of three people that have received implants.

Context-switching is the main productivity killer for developers (Dr Milan Milanović) "we consistently underestimate the disruptive nature of interruption.'
Defining Your Paranoia Level: Navigating Change Without the Overkill (Oskar Dudycz) "A much bigger challenge is unlearning the practices we've been using so far."
After 30 years of code, Java remains an enterprise cornerstone (Matt Ashare) Still lots of old versions in use.
A Decade of TILs (Josh Branchaud) An interesting approach to a personal knowledge database.
The End of Programming as We Know It (Tim O’Reilly) "This is not the end of programming. It is the beginning of its latest reinvention."
Software development topics I’ve changed my mind on after 10 years in the industry (Chris Kiehl) #1: "Simple is not given. It takes constant work"
Blockers to Innovation (Mike Fisher) Good read. "...it’s acceptable, even encouraged, to fail quickly, learn from the experience, and iterate toward success."

New IEEE Standard for Securing Biomedical Devices and Data (Kathy Pretz) It covers electronic health records, devices, and hospital systems
Med Tech Morphs Into Consumer Wearables - Semiconductor Engineering (Liz Allan) Interesting application examples.