Interesting links of the week (03/05 – 03/11, 2018)

Here are some articles and blog posts I’ve run into over the last week that I found interesting.

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Technology

• When is a senior engineer not a senior engineer?
• A crowdsourced dictionary of coding terms
• Survey confirms collaboration and the apps that come with it still suck
• AWS Lambda: Log early, Log often, Log EVERYTHING
• We Write CSS Like We Did in the 90s, and Yes, It’s Silly
• The Art of the Commit
• A quick and easy way to make your first open source contribution
• Blockchain - Blockchain Fundamentals

Non-Technology

• How swearing at work can help you succeed
• 10 books every web developer should read to increase their software IQ
• The benefits of setting professional goals in the open
• The concept of different “learning styles” is one of the greatest neuroscience myths

Random

• Why Old Video Games Were So Hard: The Unofficial History of Nintendo Hard
• What books (list of 10–20) should one read to feel well-read and have well-rounded knowledge?