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Our review + summary of the famous work by Reed Hastings on Netflix culture
Refactoring Spring Update π
73,000 friends, podcast season 2, digests, masterminds, and big library updates!
The pyramid principle, markdown diagrams, and removing friction π‘
Monday Ideas β Edition #98
How to Become a Successful Manager π½ β with Thiago Ghisi (Nubank)
Refactoring Podcast β Season 1 β’ Episode 10
The Startup Healthcheck π©Ί
My personal checklist of what you need to get right for a healthy team and product.
Advocating for technical work, pair programming FAQs, and threat modeling π‘
Monday Ideas β Edition #97
It's Rarely about the Tech π β with Andrew Weaver (CTO Academy)
Refatoring Podcast β Season 1 β’ Episode 9
The State of Engineering Productivity in 2024 π
The full report from the survey we have been running in the last three months.
Hosting LLMs, scoping like IKEA, and the Eisenhower Matrixπ‘
Monday Ideas β Edition #96
Good Communication for Engineers π¬ β with Wes Kao (Maven, altMBA)
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The Tech Talent Acquisition Landscape πΊοΈ
A round-up of the various ways you can increase your engineering capacity today.
Impact is a fallacy, the 3X framework, and more mental models π‘
Monday Ideas β Edition β95
How to Build a High Performing Engineering Team ποΈ β with Maria Gutierrez (Personio, Twitter)
Refactoring Podcast β Season 1 β’ Episode 7
Introducing the Refactoring Mastermind! π§
Monthly sessions where community members meet and help each other
On quitting, cycle time vs velocity, and a tech checklistπ‘
Monday Ideas β Edition #94
Should you Start a Startup? π
An opinionated take from an ex VC-backed founder, now turned bootstrapped creator.
How to Improve Developer Productivity π β with Kathryn Koehler (Netflix)
Refactoring Podcast β Season 1 β’ Episode 5
The Power of Pair Programming π―ββοΈ
The secret skill of high-performing engineering teams
Sources of Power, remote bandwidth, and ROI of ceremonies π‘
Monday Ideas β Edition #92
Running a Remote Big Tech π’ β with Farhan Thawar (Shopify)
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π‘ Agile manifesto, divergence & convergence, career frameworks
Monday Ideas β Edition #91
The State of Software Engineering π¨ β with Kent Beck
Refactoring Podcast β Season 1 β’ Episode 4
Should you use Scrum in 2024? πΊοΈ
A first-principles approach to dev process frameworks, plus a ton of real-world stories from the community.
Onboarding with 1:1s, dependencies, and personal workspace π‘
Monday Ideas β Edition #90
Integrating AI into Products and Teams β with Disheng Qiu (Translated) β¨
Refactoring Podcast β Episode 3
Mental Models for Engineers and Managers π²
My personal top 10, with drawings and a ton of resources.
The World Builder Framework β with Aadil Maan (Humane) π
Refactoring Podcast β Season 1 β’ Episode 2
Trillion Dollar Coach π
Our summary & review of Bill Campbell's famous leadership handbook.
Mandatory on-call, career autonomy, and network calls π‘
Monday Ideas β Edition #88
Leading and Human-ing in 2024 β with Lena Reinhard (CircleCI)
Refactoring Podcast β Season 1 β’ Episode 1
My Work-from-home Setup in 2024 πͺ
Learnings from ~3 years of WFH, plus the most popular items in the community.
Engineering investment, systems vs goals, and LLM use cases π‘
Monday Ideas β Edition #87
Introducing the Refactoring Podcast!
Weekly interviews with world-class engineering leaders.
How to Plan and Execute Software Projects π’
A no-nonsense guide to build the right things and build them on time.
New Tools and Techniques for 2024 π‘
A tech radar of stuff you should include in your new year resolutions!
Interest clubs, maintenance cycles, and personal work π‘
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