Interesting links of the week 2023-10 (#62)

Here are some interesting articles, blog posts, videos, and GitHub repositories I've run into over the last week (February 27, 2023 - March 5, 2023)

As long as I continue to see layoffs, I'm going to include the link to this repository on GitHub. It's a list of job search and interviewing resources I've pulled together over the last few years. I accept PRs if you have anything to add. NOTE: I added several links on 3/6/2023.

My Favorites from the Week

• Dear Recruiters, please stop calling us rock stars (Me)
• Meetings *are* the work (Elizabeth Ayer)
• Is productivity paranoia spreading? (Esther Shein)
• Embracing old tech (Ted Neward)

Software Development

• Sometimes Optimization Is About More Than Code
• Fast-loading Python Dev Containers
• Powershell Weekly for March 3
• The Required Keyword in C# 11
• Azure Service Bus
• The Humble Object Pattern
• Why Python keeps growing, explained
• Difference Between Returning and Awaiting a Task in C#
• Can You Nest Transactions in SQL Server?
• 30 Interview Questions for a Database Administrator and Developer
• C# Basics: A Guide for New Programmers
• Job Interview Advice for Junior Developers
• The Most Common Misconceptions Amongst Junior Developers
• VSCode Can Do More Than You Imagine
• Microsoft Azure Load Testing is now generally available
• Exploring Webooks.fyi, the Webhooks Knowledge Center

Technology and Science

• Egg Drop From Space (Video) (Mark Rober)

Leadership

• Fixing It, and other uses for Duct Tape
• Commuting and employee wellbeing
• Culture Viruses
• Stop saying “technical debt”
• The Best Innovation Books of All Time
• The side effect of increasing developer responsibility
• Your view of management is upside down
• Fixing messy problems
• Accountability is Not Blame
• A Few Things I Learned From Coaching the Beautiful Game

Project Management / Agile

• What is user story mapping?
• Retrospectives: The Hidden Gem Enabling Teams to Thrive – Part 1
• How much of an impact can a strong, skilled product owner have?
• What does a poor scrum team look, act and feel like?
• The age of cargo cult Agile must end.

Social Media

• Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s the Evidence.

Non-Technology / Random

• 100 visualizations from a single dataset with 6 data points
• the musings of a designer on loves what he about design and learned what he's along the way

Videos

• Azure Infrastructure Weekly Update - 3rd March 2023 (John Savill)
• How to move a player in Unity
• Fluent Validation Overview
• Why Automated Software Testing Matters (1 of 12) | Automated Software Testing

GitHub Repos

• https://github.com/stars/patriksvensson/lists/programming-languages
• https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay
• https://github.com/Asabeneh/30-Days-Of-Python

Things I Learned

• Nothing this week, more coming soon