Welcome back to Not So Random Software, this week’s links are dedicated to Memory! No, I am not talking about computer memory like how to design your perfect caching strategy, but human memory…but are the two actually so different? Join me in this random walk. A random article or paper How much information the average […]
Not So Random Software #13 – Observability
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Observability; the capability to observe the system’s current state and how the system reached such a state. I have been researching this topic for a lightning talk at the London Ruby User Group and here are some of the links I found. […]
Not So Random Software #12 – Software Architecture
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Software Architecture. Experts might define it as the art of taking decisions that are hard to change. Being a Software Architect is a role that you can either do full time — mindful of any ivory tower risk — or opportunistically — […]
Not So Random Software #11 – The one about Hiring
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Hiring; how to navigate skills shortage landscape, reflections on what you actually need, and tools that might be helpful to get it done. A random article or paper The First Round blog publishes wisdom from the top tech companies in Silicon Valley. […]
Not So Random Software #10 – The one about Automation
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Automation and how we can keep a healthy relationship with it. A random article or paper In an automated system two roles are left for the human operator; (a) monitoring that the automated system is working correctly, and (b) taking over control […]
Not So Random Software #9 – The one about Anger Management
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Anger and our relation to it. As Seneca pointed out many years ago we often suffer more in imagination than in reality. Our response to feelings of anger make all the difference to what happens afterwards and our happiness. A random article […]
Not So Random Software #8 – The one about Time
Welcome back to Not So Random Software. This week’s links are dedicated to Time and our relation to it. If you are anything like me you see time running faster and faster the more we get involved in our career; you need to build your strategy to not let the most precious asset in your […]
Not So Random Software #7 – The one about Goal Setting
After last week’s reflection time, this week is about goal setting for the new year. Over the years I have found hundreds of strategies for doing this type of exercise and it’s easy to get lost; accept that it is a challenging problem to crack. For comparison, seemingly simple problems like the Traveling Salesman or […]
Not So Random Software #6 – The one about Reflection
Another year has gone by. Days, weeks and months disappear in the blink of an eye. We are busier than ever, and if you happen to live in London you know what I am talking about. We feel the pressure to deliver more and more, but we are rarely encouraged to stop and reflect on […]
Not So Random Software #5 – The one about Lazyness
It’s Christmas time, and we all get a bit lazy. Time to be with your friends and family rather than keeping up with your productivity hacks. I hope you can find a signal in the noise of these links. A random tool With Data Science use cases exploding we need tools to make data analysis […]