30-Oct-2024 Content of Interest

Software

the death of the architect (Zach Tellman)
Australia/LordHowe is the weirdest timezone (Ulysse Carion) Dealing with timezones has always sucked. It's actually worse than I thought!
Why Slight Failed: A Slight Post-Mortem (Colman Humphrey) I love these startup stories. "We tried, it didn’t work."
Framework overload: when convenience dulls innovation in software development (Prahlad Yeri)
Thoughtworks Technology Radar Oct 2024 (V31) Always informative.
Why do arrays start at 0? (Hillel Wayne) Interesting history.

Use data that looks like data (Thorsten Ball) Makes sense.
Don’t Oversell Ideas: Trunk-Based Development Edition (Oskar Dudycz) Right. TBD is "just" a branching strategy.
6 Essential Leadership Skills – and How to Develop Them (Rebecca Knight, HBR) "The way we work has changed -- and so has leadership."
Management or IC: What’s Your Next Move? (Gabe Perez) The inevitable fork in the road.
Wisdom from Experience (Mike Fisher)
Our Approach to Architecture (James Heward) "Principled, but pragmatic" 👍
Problems with the JVM (Eric Normand)

The ABCs Of PCCPs (Predetermined Change Control Plans) - Med Device Online (Randy Horton) "PCCP is more than just a regulatory tool for updating AI/ML algorithms in medical devices."

Build Systems, Not Heroes (Robert Vitonsky) "prioritize process over people"
How to fork: Best practices and guide (Joaquim Rocha) TL;DR, but read anyway.
How Hard Should Your Employer Work To Retain You? (Charity.wtf) "People work at jobs for money, but not only money."
From Micro to Macro: Scaling Front-Ends (Nubank Editorial) A good micro Front-End primer.
We’re All Just Looking for Connection (Brett Wines) A little TCP deep dive.
Open source business model struggles at WordPress (Gergely Orosz) Interesting. Didn't realize how big WordPress is.

Writing (Mike Fisher) Good read.
Knowledge loss (Eric Brechner) "Having turnover on your team is a good thing"
Why I like Tcl Blast from the past. Dead, but not forgotten.
TBM 314: Using Enabling Constraints for Situational Awareness (John Cutler) The Great Stink and tech. Interesting connection.
On programming and poetry (not Python’s tool) (Victor Shepelev) Another interesting connection.
How To Start a New Role (Mike Fisher) “Don’t take a fence down until you know why it was put up.”