Interesting links of the week (04/16 – 04/22, 2018)

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

Technology

• Performance Improvements in .NET Core 2.1
• Security? We've heard of it, say web-app devs. 31 in 33 codebases have at least one big bad vuln
• A Brief History of .NET Standard
• Importance of Programming in Focused Time Blocks
• Learn Elixir by Creating a Command Line Application
• Designing very large (JavaScript) applications
• Is Ruby A Dying Language?
• 13 Things You Need to Know About Ruby on Rails
• Introducing GitHub Learning Lab: A new way to level up on GitHub

Non-Technology

• Sitting too much may weaken areas of the brain associated with memory, a new study found
• 14 Resources to Improve Your Writing and Editing Skills
• Strategies For Handling Unplanned Work During Sprint
• Interviewing for Potential
• What to do when you’re feeling overwhelmed at work

Random

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