Definitely this... the amount of times I've seen this type of "x years of y" constraints for hiring people. It's completely backwards, someone senior should be able to pick up new technologies quickly. Better focus on the ability to learn and other factors than limiting things to a particular stack.
Definitely agree with this. People are generally not used to this though. That's why one of the things I tell people during interviews is "I got a bunch of questions but there's no good or bad answer to them, they are conversation starters mostly". It's really all about knowing each other better first.
Fascinating research... indeed some spiders have really better cognition than we'd expect.
Excellent advice for managers. Framing the context is always important. Otherwise this can create stress.
Interesting thought experiment which gives clues on the burnout epidemic we can see in some circles. I don't necessarily agree with all the points in there though.
Very very nice post. Explains from the basics how to build Bezier curves and patches but also Splines, B-splines, NURBS and Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces. Talks about curvature, normals, etc. You name it.
Interesting findings about team dynamics. It's actually a good thing that we seem to usually prefer people exhibiting skills + friendly and trustworthy, but that if we can get only one of the two we favor friendly and trustworthy over skills. It's healthy, just skills tend to drag teams down.
The paper is very "cloud focused" but most of the arguments make sense overall. Managing complexity is really the core issue of what we do as engineers... or at least it should be.
Now this one is really nasty...
Definitely contradicts our preconceived ideas regarding labor before the industrial revolution.
Definitely this. We got a bunch of rich people with a very shallow understanding of cyberpunk literature. They're focusing on the gimmicks, missing completely the big picture... all of this to not face they'd be the villains in those stories.
Like it or not but the "manager" label indeed changes interpersonal dynamics.
Funny interesting tiny markup language targeting cooking. Funnily enough I could see myself using this.
Interesting exploration of statistics around marriage (in the US). Some jobs are definitely more staying in their own circles than others.
Another very important common turns 25 this year. Happy birthday Internet Archive!
This is in the context of a game, but from my experience in other domains... this is definitely why you want Linux users when you make a product. Might not generate a lots of sales but the signal/noise ratio in the bug reports is just great.
Dates are important, they can also be complicated. When unsure about how a format works this page can help.
Since I'm still hoping for a strong RSS revival (not that it disappeared but I wish it was more the default option again), this post especially resonated with me. The discovery tool sounds very interesting.
Very important skill indeed...
Interesting tips for musing a bit in product management. I especially like the tip about playbooks instead of automation.