The text discusses the impact of AI on the software industry, refuting the idea that software developers are going to be replaced. It covers economic aspects, Jevons Paradox, comparative advantage, Solow Model of Growth, widesprea...
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0The Tech Lead's Schedule Kinda Sucks
2024-07-24 •
The text discusses the challenges of being a technical leader, who has to balance a significant meeting load with contributing code and designs. It provides strategies for technical leaders to adapt, including delegating challengi...
The text provides one-liners to generate random passwords using Bash and Powershell. It includes examples and disclaimers about the security of the generated passwords.
0Real Complexity vs. Fake Complexity
2024-01-14 •
The text discusses the importance of keeping software solutions simple and avoiding unnecessary complexity. It highlights the difference between real complexity that benefits users and fake complexity that slows down the team and ...
The text discusses the benefits of using a mechanical keyboard for developers, emphasizing the advantages of wrist pain reduction, improved typing speed, and overall enjoyment. It also provides recommendations for switches, custom...
The author discusses the use of generative AI tools in developer projects, specifically GitHub Copilot, and the development of an Automation ROI calculator using Blazor. The author shares their experience with GitHub Copilot and B...
The text provides a guide on how to pass the Microsoft AI-900 exam, covering the main topics of study, exam objectives, and preparation tips. It also discusses the value of taking certification exams for developers.
The text provides a guide on setting up a notebook environment using the Open AI API and VS Code for LLM learning. It includes steps to install Anaconda, VS Code extensions, and Open AI API key, and create a function to call the O...
0A Quick Review of Investments Unlimited
2023-08-22 •
Investments Unlimited is a new book by IT Revolution that brings security and compliance into the conversation about DevOps. It tells a business fable about a financial company struggling to build new systems that automate complia...
0Heroism is an Anti-Pattern
2022-01-22 •
The author criticizes the celebration of heroic actions in project teams, highlighting the negative effects such as burnout, high turnover, lack of productivity, and low-quality products. Instead, the author suggests creating a su...
0The Most Important Developer Skill
2022-01-03 •
The text discusses the importance of resourcefulness in software development, emphasizing the need to find solutions to problems rather than memorizing everything. It provides tips for becoming a more resourceful developer, includ...
The text explains how to use a single database to support multiple instances of EF Core by using schemas to separate services. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to do it, including overriding OnModelCreating and adding a cal...
The text provides five tips for picking better developer tools for projects. It emphasizes the importance of people and processes over tools, the need for integration, simplicity, and avoiding bad tools, and the importance of main...
The text discusses the conflicting career advice given to a graduate at a party and focuses on the debate between being a generalist or a specialist in the developer community. It highlights the importance of resourcefulness and t...
0The Case for DevOps: A Summary of Accelerate
2019-02-22 •
The text discusses the book 'Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations' by Jez Humble, Gene Kim, and Nicole Forsgren, Ph.D. It presents the main points of th...
0Do Your Apps Spark Joy?
2019-01-22 •
The text discusses the KonMari method and how it can be applied to technology, specifically apps and social media. It emphasizes the importance of evaluating the value and impact of each app and social network, and decluttering di...
0Get The Boring Stuff Right: Talk Resources
2018-06-01 •
The text is a list of resources to update skills, including books, TED talks, and websites. It covers topics such as mindset, design and UX, writing and communication, conflict resolution, persuasion, critical thinking, and stress...
0Adventures in Learning Azure
2018-03-06 •
The text is about the author's experiences learning about Azure over the past few weeks. The author discusses the challenges of learning Azure, the different services and products in Azure, and the resources he used to learn, incl...
0Grouping Events by Date Ranges In SQL Server
2018-02-09 •
The text explains how to group events by date ranges in SQL Server. It provides an example of an event that begins on 2-1-2017 and ends on 8-1-2017 and would have entries for Q1 2017, Q2 2017, and Q3 2017. It then goes on to expla...
0Cmder is the Cadillac of Windows Consoles
2017-09-06 •
The text discusses the resurgence of consoles for .NET development, particularly on Windows, and introduces Cmder as a Windows console emulator that offers a better alternative to the default command line options. It highlights th...