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Experts say allowing brief doze may help businesses and employees boost productivity as well as health

The Return of Reactionary Modernism

Compared to the Full Stack Designer, we seem to be more familiar with the Full Stack Developers. So what is full stack designer exactly…

Understanding design unicorns

A designer’s ability to move between creative functions is not a luxury, it’s a business necessity

The Civil Service competency framework, sets out how we want people in the Civil Service to work.

Burnout can impact our mental health, make us feel more stressed, and drain our energy. Read more about coping with burnout, and how it can affect us.

Some things that aren't worth doing are worth overdoing. Click to read Maximum Effort, Minimum Reward, by Dylan Black, a Substack publication with hundreds of readers.

Let's celebrate sustainability over all-nighters and re-define what hard work looks like.

When I was promoted to Dev Team Lead, I was in over my head. I learned quickly. Read the 8 things that I was someone had told me when I was promoted.

A look at the past, present, and future of tech debt.

Mindfulness has been linked to engaging in behavior that seeks to benefits others in many previous studies, but is that true for all individuals? A study published in Scientific Reports suggests that people with higher intelligence who are more mindful may actually be less prone to engage in prosocial behavior. ...

An exclusive interview with the four researchers behind a new developer productivity framework: The three dimensions of DevEx

In this series of short stories, I share tricky situations I’ve encountered while leading teams. These experiences have taught me invaluable leadership lessons and greatly influenced my manag…

If I'm stuck in a creative downturn, there's usually only one remedy: keep going. That is, accept the downturn, but continue to stare at the computer, waiting for it to pass. While staring at the computer, there's room for menial and managerial tasks put aside during more inspired times. Checking up on things, getting back to people, a...

In this episode, we ask whether technology is making us redundant; will we all soon be replaced with AI? Vitaly Friedman talks to Tejas Kumar to find out.

Over the last year, I have managed seven developers (iOS and Android) inside a Mobile Team with Quality Engineers, Product managers and…

Hammering the cramps.

Marketing, Hype, and Making Decisions