Reading List
- TypeScript: Low maintenance types
I write a lot about TypeScript and I enjoy the benefits it gives me in my daily work a lot. But I have a confession to make, I don’t really like writing types or type annotations. I’m really happy that TypeScript can infer so much out of my usage when writing regular JavaScript so I’m not bothered writing anything extra.
- When costs are nonlinear, keep it small.
Jessica Joy Kerr
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19 Jan 2021
Batching work is more efficient … until cost rises nonlinearly with batch size. Then smaller batches are the most efficient. So don’t delay maintenance!
- Environment variables, config, secrets, and globals
Henrique Vicente
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16 Jan 2021
Server-side applications are heavily relying on environment variables for holding configuration data, and even credentials like token and password. Is this a good idea?
- How to gather consensus before a big decision
Jacob Kaplan-Moss
The next time you have an important proposal to make, don’t wait until the big meeting to ask for support. Here’s how to gather feedback and build consensus beforehand, so you can make that big meeting into a non-event.
- 3 Reasons You Should Start A Personal Blog in 2021
Jacob Gustin
Us humans tend to place things into narratives, and having a cool blog gives the people around you information about their narrative of you. Having a strong personal brand also makes you more employable and might open doors that you didn’t know existed.
- A solution for social media?
Jan-Lukas Else
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18 Jan 2021
Sometimes I find it quite interesting to read through articles that I wrote three or four years ago, back then still on the platform Medium. Some time ago I deleted them on Medium and published them on my blog in a “Medium Archive”.