I am not awesome. I am not a rockstar, superstar, ninja, or guru either. The ‘cult of awesome’ that too frequently crops up in the technology industry is a problem and it breeds a culture of egos and aggrandising that can be self defeating.
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5 UX Tips for DevelopersAs a Red Hat UX designer who is visible in the open source community, I often receive requests for advice from developers looking for help in improving their apps’ user experience. Here are five tips from that experience that you can put to work on your own:
Hidden treasure in the D standard libraryI’ve been using D for a number of years and i am constantly surprised by the hidden treasure i find in the standard library. I guess the reason for my surprise is that i’ve never exhaustively read the entire library documentation, i only skim it for what’s needed at any given time.
PHP 5.6.0 Release AnnouncementThe PHP Development Team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.6.0. This new version release comes with new features, some backward incompatible changes and many improvements. For a full list of new features, you may read our migration guide new features chapter.
The Technology behind Hyperlapse from InstagramYesterday we released Hyperlapse from Instagram—a new app that lets you capture and share moving time lapse videos. Time lapse photography is a technique in which frames are played back at a much faster rate than that at which they’re captured.
Overcome procastination and avoid getting stuckEveryone deals with some form of procrastination in their daily life, whether it is checking the latest updates on Facebook, binge-watching TV shows or spending all your time by the water cooler.
5 Things I Do to Stay RelevantI have noticed that some Finnish IT professionals are complaining that being just a good employee isn’t good enough anymore. These people argue that they cannot get a job because: Their work experience isn’t worth anything because they have no experience from technology X that is hot right now.
Inside one of the world's largest bitcoin minesA week after I visited the last bitcoin mine in northeast China, I was able to arrange a trip to a larger, even more secretive operation. These exclusive photos provide a glimpse inside one of China’s largest bitcoin mines. Arriving at the site, I did not expect it to be so busy.
Microservices, or How I Learned To Stop Making Monoliths and Love Conway's LawAfter reading this post I can’t help but feel that the author has missed the point of having a microservices architecture (he misses other things as well, particularly the fact that there’s a lot more folks out there writing software than just neckbeards and hipsters).
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.