Two days ago Amit Merchant wrote a blog post on a technique to fade text out using an overlaid element based on the design of Trunk.io. He walks through how he came to this solution so go check out th
BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT, my sister slipped the doctor a note with a list of our concerns. Our dad was forgetting words, wasn’t walking well, had difficulty communicating, was struggling to use technolo
First published 2010. I stand by this observation although I’d love to learn more about the neuro-chemical mechanisms that might support it. Studying poker has helped me crack a long-standing (maybe 2
Editor's note: This is the first post in a two-part series about the evolution of data processing, with a focus on streaming systems, unbounded data sets, and the future of big data. See part two. Als
As adoption of AI tools expands and the technology evolves, so do developers’ expectations and perspectives. Last year, our research showed that letting GitHub Copilot shoulder boring and repetitive w
When you think of a leader do you envision someone taking such as giving a speech or sitting and listening to others? If modern political debates are any indicator, listening is not such a valued skil
Early on in my career, I learned a very important lesson about creativity: It can’t be saved for later. Creativity is perishable, just like inspiration. It has to be discharged regularly or it will sp
For the longest time, I believed that there’s only one purpose of life: And that is to be happy. Right? Why else go through all the pain and hardship? It’s to achieve happiness in some way. And I’m no
Portrait illustration by Lorenzo Gritti. We find ourselves in an era of paradox. On one hand, AI promises unparalleled efficiency and limitless potential for creatives. On the other, it threatens to s
JavaScript is unarguably the most used programming language in the realm of web development. Back in the day, web pages or web applications used to be static. But thanks to JavaScript, we can now crea
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. When construction of the now-iconic Eiffel Tower began in 1887, many Parisians were less than enamored by the project-in-progress. In fa
I still remember the first time a girl I liked passed me a note in high school. We were in math class. I can still see our seats at the front of the room near the teacher’s desk. I have a vivid memory
Welcome back to Research-Driven Engineering Leadership. Each week, we pose an interesting topic in engineering leadership, and apply the latest research in the field to drive to an answer. Interruptio
Why We Can't Have Nice Software The problem with software is that it's too powerful. It creates so much wealth so fast that it's virtually impossible to not distribute it. Think about it: sure, it tak
At RevenueCat we serve more than 1.2 billion requests per day. You can only effectively do that if: You distribute the load among many web servers. You use cache to speed up access to hot data and pro
Robert Burton’s 1621 work, The Anatomy of Melancholy, is a vast, 900-page exploration of depression. It dances around and calls upon all the sciences of his day — psychology, physiology, astronomy, me
Writing as the CEO of Intel, in High Output Management , Andy Grove wrote that "the snow melts at the periphery first." He meant that the initial signs of trouble in an organization are not at the cen
I like Git commit messages.Used well, I think they’re one of the most powerful tools available to document a codebase over its lifetime.I’d like to illustrate that by showing you my favourite ever Git
T he first time Tim Cook experienced the Apple Vision Pro, it wasn’t called the Apple Vision Pro. It was years ago; maybe six, seven, or even eight. Before the company built Apple Park, where we’re si
If I had to pick the most universally admired character trait, I’d bet on grit. From an early age, we teach kids to “never give up” and tell them that “winners never quit.” There are literally thousan
We are far from perfect at Equals. But we have shipped a lot of high-quality software, quickly . I’ve developed a set of principles for moving fast over the last ~12 years I’ve been building software
Thanks to a parade of TikTok trends about young workers insisting on work-life balance -- from " bare minimum Mondays " to " lazy girl jobs " to " quiet quitting " -- a popular pastime of the older 30
Coffee does plenty of cool things. Coffee can reduce your risk of cancer up to 20 percent, your risk of type 2 diabetes by 30 percent, and your risk of Parkinson's disease by 30 percent. A study publi
Many engineering and product leaders begin their career as engineers. On a typical engineering team, work is captured in issues, organized in project backlogs, and reviewed in pull requests. For most
Why should I care if secrets are in my code? Secrets, such as passwords, API keys, and tokens, are sensitive pieces of information that grant access to databases, services, and applications. They are
29 th January 2024 This post is an extensionto a talk I gave recently at work.It was arranged at short noticeand the audience were experienced engineers,so I kept it brief and tried not to be patronis
I think most people probably agree that the smartphone is the most useful productivity tool ever created, while also being the single most distracting piece of technology in our lives . It helps us st
If you look purely at their form, Apple’s products are all rounded rectangularslabs. Make the slab as large and thin as an open coffee-table book, and you geta Studio Display. Make it tall and hand-he
If you’ve followed us for a while, you most likely noticed that we changed the way we describe what we do: from “code quality” to “continuous code inspection,” then “code quality and code security”… I
Current text generators, such as ChatGPT, are highly unreliable, difficult to use effectively, unable to do many things we might want them to, and extremely expensive to develop and run. These defects
Oct 21, 2023 Categories: product-management 10 minute read The popular model Software product companies aren’t usually started by people with a strong background in building software products. Those w
It’s the first week of the new year, and here on The Review we’re ushering it in with a beloved annual ritual (that we find to be much more delightful than other yearly exercises like annual planning
Welcome to Product for Engineers, a newsletter created by PostHog for engineers and founders who want to build successful startups. PostHog is a team of 38 people across 11 different countries. We’re
As you look to monetize your site with ads, itâs important to understand how adblock works and how it could impact your revenue - and what you can do to mitigate this pain. The below article touches
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I have been reading a lot of content recently that encourages leaders to "go deep" and become experts in team-level details. Two examples: If you don't know the details, how do you know people are doi
This book advocates for integrating checklists as potent safety and fault-tolerance tools across diverse domains. Atul Gawande, a prominent surgeon, enriches the narrative with numerous surgery cases
Nov 16, 2023 Developer experience Champion Building - How to successfully adopt a developer tool Lou Bichard So you’ve just bought a new platform tool? Maybe it’s Hashicorp Vault ? Snyk ? Backstage ?
Quick take: How do you spend your time at work and what is it costing you? Slack’s Workforce Index, based on survey responses from more than 10,000 desk workers around the globe, uncovers new findings