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by bwh2 5y ago
A few things I've seen with null values: * You're storing multiple types of data in the same table (often paired with a column indicating type). Some types have nulls in a column, other types have non-nulls. * You've created
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There's a good book called Moral Politics which covers this topic in depth.
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The biggest thing is avoiding database structures that will be difficult to work with later, requiring data migrations to escape the dilemna. The book SQL Antipatterns is a good read on this subject. But realistically, I think you need to w
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I've asked companies both during and after interviews for a look at the codebase I'd be working in and they've been happy to show me. Worst case scenario is they say no.
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Read the book Working In Public. A big chunk of that book is diving into the various economic models for OSS, covering pros and cons through real world examples.
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A few I enjoyed: * Outcomes Over Outputs: Why Customer Behavior is the Key Metric for Business Success * Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs * The Lean Startup (often referenced in terms of agil
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That book is like reading about dark UX patterns. Maybe they get you ahead, but do you want to be that kind of person?
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by bwh2 5y ago
The Hard Thing About Hard Things isn't exactly what you're asking for but close because rather than describing the good times, Ben Horowitz writes mostly about the bad times. You can read some of it online like Peacetime CEO &#x2F
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Do not read the book SEO 2021 by Adam Clarke. Despite 4.5 stars on Amazon, this book is too surface level and introductory to be useful.
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Code Complete, specifically chapters 7, 11, 15, and 22-24. I always found the examples to be clearer and more thoughtful than Clean Code. But with Code Complete, there are several chapters which feel dated around stuff like version control.
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Thanks, that's also how I felt about an 8 page resume.
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Ask HN: Tech recruiters and hiring managers, how accurate is this resume advice?
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TrainHeroic: Strength and conditioning app for coaches * Growth Engineer * Denver metro, CO * https://www.trainheroic.com/engineering/jobs-growth.html
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by bwh2 5y ago
I read +50 non-fiction books per year. Here's my advice for reading more and faster: * Always have 2-3 books going that span multiple topics, matching books to mood. This will increase your consistency. * Separate data collection from
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There are two excellent books you should read precisely on the topic of educating girls and raising daughters to cultivate their interest in science and technology: * Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing explains when and why girls s
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Shoe Dog is excellent
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The book Working In Public is a good resource for learning more about how open source developers fund their work through sponsors, consulting, etc.
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Yes, quality of search results has absolutely decreased in the last 5ish years as content marketing has flooded the web.
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We meet for one hour over lunch. In advance, the book club leader assigns about 30 pages to read. It's important that the page volume feels substantial, but also enough that people can complete the reading 30min before the meeting. As
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I blog the top ideas from each book I read (link in bio) and form book clubs at work. We have an Engineering team book club, Product Design book club, and a company-wide book club.
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Earlier in my career, I would hear my manager say something about a specific situation and I would extrapolate that into a general belief and theoretical/academic debate that frustrated everyone. Make sure you're not doing that. A
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The book Working in Public has a good section about funding models for open source.
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Buy a theme. They're inexpensive and contain plenty of pre-styled widgets and layouts. Here's one I've recently used for a side project: https://www.spruko.com/demo/spruha/spruha/HTML-LTR/v
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by bwh2 5y ago
Designing Data Intensive Applications was surprisingly detailed in terms of data storage. I also enjoyed Release It! by Michael Nygard to learn about making distributed systems more resilient.
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Many things have been deprecated formally. If not formally, they've been phased out culturally - as in I haven't seen a lot of this syntax complaints in 10 years.
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Is ageism really that bad at the companies where you all work? Dang. Can't imagine working someplace where turning 26 puts you at risk of sounding old and washed up.
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The landscape has shifted a little, but you can still find plenty of C# and WordPress openings. In my opinion, the biggest difference is the expectation to have experience in React, Angular, or Vue. Frontend complexity has grown a lot in th
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Agreed. You can read about hacks and techniques to improve sleep all you want, but many people will fail to consistently implement those. Why We Sleep gives you the "why", highlighting consequences of poor sleep and the "how&
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Don't Make Me Think is a great book. Even though the example screenshots are from the early 2000s, the principles still apply. I recommend that book to all of my engineers. However, I recently read The Design of Everyday Things and was

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