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by hanifbbz 3y ago
Good summary of the book.
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Don’t Build Software(mikaelvesavuori.medium.com)
2 points by hanifbbz 3y ago|1 comments
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by hanifbbz 3y ago
It's true that many businesses which build software have no business writing software.
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by hanifbbz 3y ago
> To keep the committee alive, it expands scope, recruits more people, and assimilates their mandate to the hive. Internally it feels like a grass-root movement on the rise. In reality, it’s about repurposing an expensive tool (recurring
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Technical Committee Lifecycle(blog.alexewerlof.com)
4 points by hanifbbz 3y ago|1 comments
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The Dangers of Enforcing a Premature RTO Policy(blog.alexewerlof.com)
2 points by hanifbbz 4y ago|1 comments
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
Amazon layoff caused a lot of uncertainty internally. Inflation made some people work extra and some picked a side gig. Turns out the percentage of people who think they are being monitored is less than the managers who do monitor them! Mea
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The Missing Language(code.davidv.eu)
7 points by hanifbbz 4y ago|0 comments
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We invested 10% to pay back tech debt(blog.alexewerlof.com)
326 points by hanifbbz 4y ago|222 comments
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
Story from a job I had couple of years ago. At the time I took it for granted but I haven’t seen something quite like it before or after.
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Coping with the Layoff Hangover: Imposter Syndrome, Internal Conflict and Shame(medium.com)
2 points by hanifbbz 4y ago|1 comments
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
"Remember who you were before the layoff and remind yourself of that success when you feel the imposter creeping in."
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
Author here. I do hire staff engineers these days. A few points: 1. Spotify is a Swedish company with a strong brand identity. Conformity culture is a bit strong, so I can totally understand why they would want "someone like us" t
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
Would be fun to sit in the room where they motivated it: "we need a kick ass office to hire the best talent to be able to maximize the ..." I don't know where I was going with this! I have no clue how they got away with it :D
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
In this particular case I guess questioning the business model of the company by bringing some controversy on the first interaction wasn't very strategic. Maybe the staff engineers they have hired don't do that!
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
Good to know. Thanks for sharing.
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
Author here, it is the layoff season and some of us may need to get into the interview mode. I've done hundreds of interviews in the past few years to hire the best talent but I've spent a significant time on the other side of the
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I failed 3 job applications, here's what I learned(alexewerlof.substack.com)
3 points by hanifbbz 4y ago|1 comments
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
The "years" is a quantitative metric which doesn't map well to the quality of challenges, one's learnings, performance or growth. How to make most of our years? Exposing ourselves to challenges, even synthetic ones.
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they copy you. That about sums up how traditional manufacturers reacted to Tesla as a phenomena. This article goes into the curious explosion of software in the mobility industry and why i
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
So this has been going on: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/efong_lizthegrey-twitch-activ... https://www.linkedin.com/posts/efong_timesupcloudflare-pt-3-... And finally: https://www.linke
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
Ironically it is paywalled by Medium. Commenting is only allowed when using their app (I'm on phone). Was it intentional? Can someone ping the author and see if they can remove the paywall to increase the blast radius of such an import
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VW Board Ousts CEO Herbert Diess After Pivot to Electric Vehicles(wsj.com)
19 points by hanifbbz 4y ago|2 comments
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When Companies Feel Stressed(alexewerlof.substack.com)
1 points by hanifbbz 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What's Next for Entertainment AI?
1 points by hanifbbz 4y ago|0 comments
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
How does multiple orgs reduce costs?
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by hanifbbz 4y ago
Reading SLA can be complicated but it definitely pays back both in terms of money and reduced risk. Here's a dissection of S3 SLA as an example: https://alexewerlof.medium.com/dissecting-the-s3-sla-26421dd... and Amazo
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RIP Lerna(github.com)
7 points by hanifbbz 4y ago|0 comments
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MTTA, MTTD, MTTI and 6 ways to define MTTR(infoq.com)
1 points by hanifbbz 5y ago|0 comments
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How to Best Use MTT* Metrics to Optimize Your Incident Response(infoq.com)
1 points by hanifbbz 5y ago|0 comments

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