Interesting links of the week 2023-7 (#59)

Here are some interesting articles, blog posts, videos, and GitHub repositories I've run into over the last week (February 06, 2023 - February 12, 2023)

My Favorites from the Week

• The biggest regret in my software engineering career

Software Development

• How to customize Conventional Commits in a .NET application using GitHooks
• In Defence of Pull Requests
• Introduction to Behavior Driven Development (BDD) in C#
• PostgreSQL in C# .NET with Npgsql, Dapper, and Entity Framework: The Complete Guide
• Feature Flags and How to Use Them in Software Development
• What is a Middleware and how to use it in ASP.NET Core?
• Installing .NET Framework 4.5 Targeting Pack
• How to Plan and Deliver on Site Speed as a Team
• Update to the .NET language strategy

Technology and Science

• Why We’re Rebuilding The Thunderbird Interface From Scratch

Leadership

• What is Leadership? Understanding the Key Principles and Practices of Effective Leadership
• Better to micromanage than be disengaged.
• As a Staff+ engineer leading multi-team projects, when do you code?
• The Alternative to Performance Reviews for Software Engineers
• Note to future self: Beware of fake urgency

Project Management / Agile

• Why backlogs are harmful, why they never shrink, and what to do instead
• Large Agile Framework Appropriate for Big, Lumbering Enterprises

Social Media

• Nothing this week, more coming soon

Non-Technology / Random

• 10 lesser known Motörhead songs that everyone needs to know

Videos

• Azure Infrastructure Weekly Update - 10th February 2023 (John Savill)
• Coding Stream Chat Bot Live - FF7 Interaction
• Emotional Decisions Can End In Disaster (Jocko Podcast)

GitHub Repos

• https://github.com/mjeaton/job-search-resources
• https://github.com/LEGO/AsyncAPI.NET
• https://github.com/Dotnet-Boxed/Templates

Things I Learned

• Nothing this week, more coming soon