The text is about the author's experience as a Senior Staff Engineer at a startup called Smartrr. The author shares his experience applying core engineering tenants at the startup, including DevOps, Staff Engineering, and Platform...
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The author reflects on their experience attending DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL for the third year, highlighting the format changes, workshops, and talks they attended. They also share their takeaways from the conference, including ne...
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The text discusses the importance of reviewing your own work as a senior engineer, providing examples of how to do so effectively and the benefits it brings. It emphasizes the need to respect others' time and be more thoughtful ab...
The text is about the author's experience as a Platform Engineer at Sotheby's, sharing the lessons learned and insights gained in the first year. It discusses the core outcomes of Platform Engineering, the importance of adopting a...
The text emphasizes the importance of strong communication skills for software engineers, highlighting the negative consequences of poor communication and providing tips for effective communication. It discusses various scenarios ...
The book 'Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track' by Will Larson is a deep dive into the world of software engineering leadership outside of the management career path. It describes the role of a Staff Engineer, th...
The text discusses the importance of staying in touch with the tech community as a software engineer to keep learning and adapting to new skills and challenges. It provides tips on how to stay engaged with the community, including...
The Technology Radar is a document published by ThoughtWorks twice a year, describing trends in tools, techniques, languages/frameworks, and platforms. It is contributed to by many bright engineers and is a great way to hear stori...
The article discusses the best practices for building Node.js APIs in 2021. It covers topics such as 12-factor app guidelines, consistent API design, RESTful architecture, using Express framework, deploying applications as Docker ...
The author discusses their struggles with blogging and their determination to focus on blogging as the primary aspect of their site. They share their initial setup, including choosing 11ty as their blogging platform, deploying the...
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