Good reads

This is an unsorted list of articles that I find to be good in one way or another.

• Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
  • a must-read for anyone working in a software development team. Helps express what most of us have felt at some point in our careers.
• The case of the 500-mile email
  • a fun troubleshooting story that I always forget about.
• Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering
  • some hard truths about software development that someone starting out in this world should know.
• 20 Things I’ve Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer
  • more anecdata about life as a software engineer, and quite accurate in my experience.
• OpenZFS - the final word in file systems
  • a detailed summary about ZFS, the golden standard of file systems.
• I’m Going To Scale My Foot Up Your Ass
  • short rant that restored some of my faith in this industry.
• More than five whys and “layer eight” problems
  • not all root causes for technical problems are technical.
• People can read their manager’s mind
  • “Corollary 1” is very relatable.
• The Performance Inequality Gap, 2023
  • demonstrates why you should care about performance, and also highlights how slow a good chunk of devices using the web really are
• Questions for a new technology.
  • if you’re feeling hopeless about resume-driven development or uninformed tech choices being made in your organization, then this might help build your case against that sort of mindset.
• n-gate.com
  • amusing and cynical take on Hacker News top posts, plus a selection of FOSDEM talks. As of 2023-03-13, the last post is dated 2021-08-14, it’s possible that the author is inactive. Do give it a read, though!