Articles

• https://medium.com/@willemvandenbergh_85885/the-ir-relevance-of-experts-top-down-versus-bottom-up-information-flow-428bd5005d88
• https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2007/03/trouble-with-science.html
• Is REST good?
• K8s secret compared
• The demise of the mildly dynamic website
• Github: Question for employers
• Knowledge is a house of cards – you need strong foundations

Do Less, Say No

• Entropy is Fatal
• The collapse of complex software – say no – get simpler

Project Management

• When Everything is Important But Nothing is Getting Done
• Planning and its perils
• Modern Software Development and why traditional car companies can’t let it happen
• Code Ownership

Version Control

• The origin of git

Distributed Systems

• Decomposing Microservices
• Autoscaling: Chairs and k8s HPA
• Fallacies of Distributed Systems
• Give me back my Monolith
• Segment Goodbye Microservices
• Netflix scaling api with graphql
• Netflix introducing microservices

Rust

• Misery of Rust Programming
• Response to the above article – saying async rust is simple

Javascript

• Javascript from an outsiders perspective

Databases

• Red Book on Databases – Michael Stonebreaker
• Removing a message queue and using NoSQL

Web

• Why you should serve your own static assets and not rely on a public cdn

Billing is a Nighmare

• Billing Systems are a Nightmare

Scaling

• Options for Scaling
• Kubernetes Mazimalism

Containerisation

• Docker is Dead – long live Podman

Companies

• Google, proprietary vs open source and the market

Testing

• TDD Process Smells
• TDD

Data Governance

• Keeping Sensitive Data out of Logs
• Cutting Dependencies and justifying your need for dependencies

Work and Life

• Quiting Google for Life Balance
• Google: Stressful job and causing brain damage
• Junior Developer to Senior Developer – the mindset and experience