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Being a tech lead is a lot about behaviors. I learned a lot through trial and error and want to share actionable tips with you to master these behaviors. Click to read Techlead Mentor, by Raviraj Achar, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

The management cultures I inhabit in my very-online blogger life tend to run a generation ahead of the ones I support in my very-offline consultant life, since I mostly support executives roughly m…

Made up a 2×2 after a long time. And am kicking off a new Lunchtime Leadership blogchain. Name inspired by Hitchhiker’s Guide joke about most work being done by random people who wander …

Cool tech. But is it comfortable?

Posted on Wednesday 21 Feb 2024. 1,196 words, 13 links. By Matt Webb.

A better UNIX than UNIX isn't a UNIX at all

Why has the solution to the Kubernetes complexity problem proven so elusive?

The AI professional, who may not have operations experience, can define and orchestrate an ML stack, using Python or another language of their choice.

Overcoming batch-oriented architectures and embracing the advantages of streaming data are foundational to robust AI deployments.

Should you build a custom internal developer platform, buy one off the shelf or combine both approaches? Weigh the pros and cons to decide.

We can always make our test suite more DRY. But should we?

I've been thinking about the consequences of the "wrong abstraction."  My RailsConf 2014 "all the little things" talk included a section where I asserted: > duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction And in the summary, I went on to advise: >

Non-DRY specs are more maintainable because they are an excellent example of choosing duplication over the wrong abstraction, of writing code that posesses locality instead of compression, code that is simple instead of complex. Got it? I was walking around the neighborhood today and heard, to my pleasant surprise, a familiar voice on

Hacking your way in is so 2022 – logging in is much easier

Bringing web tools and technology to the hardware world, through Elixir and Nerves, enables Agile IoT product development. Learn how in this whitepaper.

Entities which extract profits from software commons like Linux and Ethereum have the greatest incentive and capacity to co-opt them.

The Internet is now a very complicated place

The hyperlink is the most elemental of the bundle of ideas that we call the Web. If the  bit is the quark of information, the hyperlink is the hydrogen molecule. It shapes the microstructure of inf…

Interviews with activists, social scientists, entrepreneurs and change-makers about the most effective strategies to expand humanity’s moral circle, with an emphasis on expanding the circle to farmed animals.

Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash It is not uncommon to hear the question: what is 5G really good for? After all, it doesn’t change the current applications, it doesn’t change our mobile experience to…

The IBM NS1 Connect global server load-balancing service ties together the company’s DNS technology with real-time user data to speed connectivity and improve failover in distributed enterprises.

OpenAI’s new video model and a new chip for Groq are important developments in not just AI but also virtual reality.

The consequences of bad code can’t be underestimated but must be mitigated to ensure business success.

As of February 14th 2024, RFC 9512 formally registers as the media type for all YAML content, and adds as a standard structured suffix for…

An overview of Google Zanzibar tradeoffs including data centralization.

Covering core Data Engineering concepts with end to end data tech stacks from the modern times. Leverage it to build your own path.

Let's be honest: a lot of security work boils down to appearances over effectiveness. Checklists get filled, fancy presentations fly around, but are you...

Decentralized web technologies have the potential to make the internet more robust and efficient, supporting a new wave of innovation. However, the fundamental technologies and services that make it work are already being hit with overreaching legal threats.Exhibit A: the Interplanetary File System...