Tag: short notes

Week 37 of 2021 Software development Give me /events, not webhooks“This post clearly explains the benefits of using an /events endpoint + long polling. Simpler and more reliable than webhooks. On the web we don’t have much of a choice, most platforms support webhooks and few support event streams. For internal applications don’t go with…

Week 28 of 2021 CSS CSS system colors“Jim Nielsen reveals the system colors we can use in CSS and how useful this can be for light and dark mode themes.” (from WDRL) Cloud The Gamer Guide to Playing Amazon Web Services (AWS)“This is such a nice article, sharing a getting started guide for AWS, in…

Week 26 of 2021 Team An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding How to run a meeting, and no, being the person who talks the most in the meeting is not the same thing as running itHow to write a design doc, take feedback, and drive it to resolution, in a reasonable…

Week 23 of 2021 Infosec CitySec Mayhem presentations playlist“Five Ways To Fail At Crime, Spotting the Storm: Attack Detection in the Cloud, Hunted: From Wanted Blackhat to Celebrated Whitehat, Plug – Silver Sparrow And The Tale Of The Mysterious Insu File, Forensics Crash Course, Find & kill your WordPress intruder with bare hands (and logs)”…

Week 15 of 2021 Backend development OpenAPI tools OpenAPI.ToolsSwagger EditorNSwag: The Swagger/OpenAPI toolchainStoplight Studio Building REST API with Express, TypeScript and Swagger A categorized list of all Java and JVM features since JDK 8 to 16“Since the release of version 8, up to version 16, Java is shaped by 180 JDK Enhancement Proposals, each of…

Week 13 of 2021 Learn SMS: Substitutable Message Service“Replacing the content of previously sent SMSs is actually possible.” Emoji under the hoodHow “biggest innovation in human communication since the invention of the letter 🅰️” works under the hood. Tools of the trade PyrightStatic type checker for Python. lazydockerA simple terminal UI for both docker and…

Week 11 of 2021 Work life Handbook for Remote employeesRead how Remote works as a company and take notes. How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects How to deal with difficult people on software projects Your Thinking Rate Is Fixed“You can’t force yourself to think faster. If you try, you’re likely to end…

Week 10/2021 iOS development Analyse, Design & Code the ClubHouse app with SwiftUIThis video from Franck Ndame on recreating the Clubhouse UI from scratch is incredibly well-produced and enjoyable to watch. Follow it up by checking out the Figma design and source code. (from iOS Dev Weekly) Cloud A Quick Look at GKE Autopilot (in…

Week 9/2021 Tools of the trade Uizard “The design tool for everybody. Scan a paper scribble and you get a wireframe. Upload images and it will extract color and style to generate a matching theme.” (from Weekend Reading) CamoCamo makes you look great on Zoom by using your iPhone as a webcam.… Jatka lukemista →