October Tech Picks

Sun, Nov 4, 2018

“Excellent hand-picked articles & videos about programming from all over the Internet”.

Articles

• What nobody tells you about documentation

Must read for anyone writing docs.

• Writing system software: code comments.

Must read for anyone writing code.

• You don’t need standup

  1. No stand-ups
  2. No planning at regular intervals
  3. No retros
  4. All meetings are optional

  This may sound extreme. But there is some logic to this madness.

• Software disenchantment

“where we are today is bullshit. As engineers, we can, and should, and will do better.”

Threads

• What are the unsolved issues of Remote Working and Distributed Teams?

Videos

• “Uncle” Bob Martin - “The Future of Programming”

Reflection on the history of programming (from 1948).