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Tuesday 6th August’s issue is presented by AssemblyAI |
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Navigating Ambiguity — Will Larson
tl;dr: “Navigating deeply ambiguous problems is the rarest skill in engineers, and doing it well is a rarity. It’s sufficiently rare that many executives can’t do it well either, although I do believe that all long-term successful executives find at least one toolkit for these kinds of problems.” Will shares his playbook and approach.
Leadership Management |
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Cognitive Load Drivers — Abi Noda
tl;dr: “This study explored what causes cognitive load in an international corporation. While every organization is different, the cognitive load drivers identified in the study provide a helpful starting point for leaders who aim to make it easier for developers to ship software.”
Leadership Management |
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How To Understand / Retain Complex Concepts 10x Better
tl;dr: (1) Pretend you’re having an imaginary conversation where you are explaining the concept to someone else. (2) While explaining the concept, focus on making it easier for them to understand. (3) Repeat this over and over, iteratively refining your explanation of the concept to give increasingly compressed and effective explanations. Over several repetitions, you will end up with a significantly simpler understanding of the concept than when you started.
CareerAdvice |
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"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort."
— Vince Lombardi
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"We Ran Out Of Columns" — The Best, Worst Codebase — Jimmy Miller
tl;dr: “My first job was a trial by fire, to this day, that codebase remains the worst and the best codebase I ever had the pleasure of working in. While the codebase will forever remain locked by proprietary walls of that particular company, I hope I can share with you some of its most fun and scary stories.”
Entertaining |
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Learn How To Architect A B2B Application For Per-User Licensing With Stripe — Brian Morrison
tl;dr: Discover how to implement per-user licensing in your app using Clerk Organizations and Stripe. This guide explains the popular Per-User model, where businesses purchase a "seat" for each user, offering predictable pricing and scalable income for developers. Learn how to configure Clerk and Stripe to streamline your billing system, enhancing both revenue tracking and user experience.
Promoted by Clerk Guide |
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Just Disconnect The Internet — Jesse Crawford
tl;dr: “The idea that computer systems just "shouldn't be connected to the internet," for security or reliability purposes, is a really common one. It's got a lot of appeal to it! But there's not really that many environments where it's done. In this unusually applied and present-era article, I want to talk a little about the real considerations around "just not connecting it to the internet," and why I wish people wouldn't bring it up if they aren't ready for some serious considerations.”
Security |
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How Google Handles JavaScript Throughout The Indexing Process
tl;dr: “Understanding how search engines crawl, render, and index web pages is crucial for optimizing sites for search engines. Over the years, as search engines like Google change their processes, it’s tough to keep track of what works and doesn’t—especially with client-side JavaScript.” This post looks at how rendering has evolved and the real-world impact on modern web apps.
JavaScript Search |
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2024 Developer Survey
tl;dr: “In May 2024, over 65,000 developers responded to our annual survey about coding, the technologies and tools they use and want to learn, AI, and developer experience at work. Check out the results and see what's new for Stack Overflow users.”
Trends |
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Most Popular From Last Issue |
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Diagrams: Prototype cloud system architecture.
Follow: Next gen information browser.
Limbo: OLTP database management system.
Greenmask: Dump obfuscation tool.
SeekTune: Implementation of Shazam's song recognition algorithm.
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