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Don't build (or build) that feature

dont.build/

A simple, opinionated decision system to help decide whether to build a software feature or not.

• planning, tag
• product, tag
• engineering, tag
• ·2 years ago

Stay alert - DEV Community

dev.to/richharris/stay-alert-d

A short while ago, Chrome broke the web by disabling alert(), confirm() and prompt() dialogs from... Tagged with javascript.

• browsers, tag
• alert, tag
• engineering, tag
• history, tag
• development, tag
• power, tag
• ·3 years ago

Always be quitting - jmmv.dev

jmmv.dev/2021/04/always-be-quitting.html

A good philosophy to live by at work is to “always be quitting”. No, don’t be constantly thinking of leaving your job 😱. But act as if you might leave on short notice 😎. Counterintuitively, this will make you a better engineer and open up growth opportunities. A thread 👇.

• career, tag
• job, tag
• development, tag
• engineering, tag
• automation, tag
• management, tag
• work, tag
• ·3 years ago

An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding | by Camille Fournier | Jun, 2021 | Medium

skamille.medium.com/an-incomplete-list-of-skills-senior-engineers-need-beyond-coding-8ed4a521b29f

For varying levels of seniority, from senior, to staff, and beyond.. “An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding” is published by Camille Fournier.

• management, tag
• career, tag
• programming, tag
• engineering, tag
• skills, tag
• advice, tag
• ·3 years ago

Cognicull

cognicull.com/en

• learning, tag
• math, tag
• engineering, tag
• mathematics, tag
• reference, tag
• ·3 years ago

Internal Combustion Engine – Bartosz Ciechanowski

ciechanow.ski/internal-combustion-engine/

• animation, tag
• engineering, tag
• education, tag
• learning, tag
• exhaust, tag
• ·3 years ago

My Engineering Values | Mike McQuaid

mikemcquaid.com/2020/12/15/my-engineering-values/

I’ve been encouraged by a mentor to think about what my core (engineering) values are (in the context of being recently promoted to be a “staff engineer” and having my eyes on being a “principal engineer” one day). This felt like something that could be of wider interest so here we go:

• engineering, tag
• values, tag
• advice, tag
• career, tag
• ·3 years ago

What Silicon Valley "Gets" about Software Engineers that Traditional Companies Do Not - The Pragmatic Engineer

blog.pragmaticengineer.com/what-silicon-valley-gets-right-on-software-engineers/

• business, tag
• career, tag
• management, tag
• engineering, tag
• ·3 years ago

What distinguishes great software engineers?

faculty.washington.edu/ajko/papers/Li2019WhatDistinguishesEngineers.pdf

• filetype:pdf, tag
• software, tag
• engineering, tag
• career, tag
• leadership, tag
• best_practices, tag
• ·4 years ago

The Art of Debating: A Useful Skill for Software Developers

thevaluable.dev/guide-debate-software-developer-skill/

The keys to debate effectively as a software developer and therefore bringing value to yourself and your company.

• programming, tag
• career, tag
• communication, tag
• engineering, tag
• soft_skills, tag
• ·4 years ago

Why is This Idiot Running My Engineering Org? | by Marianne Bellotti | Aug, 2020 | Medium

medium.com/@bellmar/why-is-this-idiot-running-my-engineering-org-c6e815790cdb

• career, tag
• management, tag
• engineering, tag
• leadership, tag
• article, tag
• ·4 years ago

Woodworking for engineers

woodgears.ca/

• engineering, tag
• diy, tag
• woodworking, tag
• construction, tag
• gears, tag
• wood, tag
• ·4 years ago

Complexity Has to Live Somewhere

ferd.ca/complexity-has-to-live-somewhere.html

• development, tag
• programming, tag
• architecture, tag
• engineering, tag
• complexity, tag
• ·4 years ago

A practical guide to writing technical specs - Stack Overflow Blog

stackoverflow.blog/2020/04/06/a-practical-guide-to-writing-technical-specs/

• documentation, tag
• requirements, tag
• specifications, tag
• technical_writing, tag
• engineering, tag
• product_design, tag
• ·4 years ago

How to do a code review | eng-practices

google.github.io/eng-practices/review/reviewer/

Google’s Engineering Practices documentation

• engineering, tag
• review, tag
• development, tag
• collaboration, tag
• bugs, tag
• ·5 years ago

507 Mechanical Movements

507movements.com/

Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements, now Animated for the Internet.

• animation, tag
• mechanics, tag
• engineering, tag
• educational, tag
• reference, tag
• gears, tag
• physics, tag
• ·5 years ago

[1904.09954] Why Software Projects need Heroes (Lessons Learned from 1100+ Projects)

arxiv.org/abs/1904.09954

• software, tag
• engineering, tag
• management, tag
• culture, tag
• collaboration, tag
• ·5 years ago

The Elements of UI Engineering - Overreacted

overreacted.io/the-elements-of-ui-engineering/

What makes UI engineering difficult?

• resource, tag
• ui, tag
• design, tag
• engineering, tag
• programming, tag
• UX, tag
• analysis, tag
• guidelines, tag
• ·5 years ago

The Process Myth – Rands in Repose

randsinrepose.com/archives/the-process-myth/

• work, tag
• business, tag
• culture, tag
• process, tag
• management, tag
• engineering, tag
• ·6 years ago

Usability for Nerds

en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Usability_for_Nerds

This Wikibook is intended for engineers, technicians, programmers and others who construct and develop technical things and who want their products to be user-friendly.

• reference, tag
• UX, tag
• usability, tag
• interaction, tag
• ebook, tag
• design, tag
• engineering, tag
• ·7 years ago