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Short Fat Engineers Are Undervalued
Professionals supposedly come in two shapes: either short and fat, or tall and skinny, meaning their skill set is either broad or deep.
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Safety
Memory safety is a hot topic, but what do we mean by it?
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Keeping Up
The more you know, the less you know.
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Carbon, the Would-be C++ Successor
When you absolutely, positively can't use an existing modern language.
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The Product Engineering Matrix
Product managers and engineers often have very different notions of project status, because their positions give them orthogonal perspectives.
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Recursion Stinks
see also: Recursion Stinks
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Skyways
On making your way to the top.
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Simpler Bricks and Stronger Walls
Abstract ideas with concrete ramifications
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The Rise of Coroutines
Fundamental changes to how software is composed don’t happen often, so this one is fun to watch.
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A Rant about Resumes
It’s a rule here not to post stuff that’s already been done to death, but this week, we’re breaking the law so we can talk about bad resumes.
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Designing Medium-Sized Systems
One of the toughest jobs engineers tackle is system architecture.  Here's a quick step-by-step guide.
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The Problem with Big O
Big O analysis is not a great predictor of performance.
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