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community December 15, 2020

Hat season is on its way! Join us for Winter Bash 2020

2020 was not an easy year for anyone in the world. As we do with someone who has overstayed their welcome at a party, let's signal that it's time for 2020 to leave... by wearing hats!

Nicolas Chabanovskii Community Manager

code-for-a-living December 14, 2020

Security considerations for OTA software updates for IoT gateway devices

In order to respond to threats, device designers must remotely update, which if implemented poorly, can provide another vector for attacks. In this post, dig into specifics related specifically to the over-the-air (OTA) software update framework in an enterprise setting.

Drew Moseley

code-for-a-living December 10, 2020

The semantic future of the web

Much of the data currently exchanging hands can be viewed as human-centric. We are not the only consumers of the web though, and someday that data may be made easier to read by those non-human consumers.

James Turner

code-for-a-living December 7, 2020

Can developer productivity be measured?

Defining and measuring programmer productivity is one of the most difficult parts of an engineering manager or CTO’s job description. When everything you do is intangible, how should you measure it? Can it be measured at all?

Isaac Lyman

code-for-a-living December 3, 2020

Tips to stay focused and finish your hobby project

The biggest roadblocks to finishing your hobby project aren't coding-related. They're mental.

Tomi Mester

code-for-a-living November 30, 2020

Does your organization need a developer evangelist?

What does it take to attract developers to your organization and to create an environment internally where they feel empowered to do their best work. One of the most successful strategies is to employ a great developer evangelist, which we’ll shorten to DevEv for brevity’s sake. In an era of remote work, DevEvs might be…

Medi Madelen Gwosdz and Ritika Puri

code-for-a-living November 25, 2020

How to write an effective developer resume: Advice from a hiring manager

Based on reviewing hundreds of resumes per year and researching a book, here are the seven pieces of advice for engineers on writing a resume that represents you as fairly as possible.

Gergely Orosz

code-for-a-living November 23, 2020

The macro problem with microservices

In just 20 years, software engineering has shifted from architecting monoliths with a single database and centralized state to microservices where everything is distributed across multiple containers, servers, data centers, and even continents. Distributing things solves scaling concerns, but introduces a whole new world of problems, many of which were previously solved by monoliths.

Ryland Goldstein Head of Product at Temporal