Career story: From artist to self-taught developer to 3D rendering
The path to a career in tech can lead from different directions and interests. Maya, Senior Software Engineer, shares her story.
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The Agile Manifesto has stood the test of time, says its co-author Jon Kern
Agile is not a fixed process or some training course everyone needs to go to.
How to build an indie software business with Justin Jackson, Transistor. fm
Co-founder of podcasting platform on how to turn a software product idea into a successful business.
Are your engineering “best practices” just developer dogmas?
If you don't understand why a particular practice is used, you risk going down the lane of "hype-driven development".
How to become a Distinguished Engineer with Ib Green, Foursquare
Distinguished Engineers stand as the vanguards of innovation, seamlessly merging technical prowess with creative ingenuity. In this interview, we explore approaches and insights that set them apart.
On open-source as a public good, licensing missteps, and community building
We also discuss the often missed benefits of opting for open-source software, toxic scorekeeping, OS security and reliability, and who will pay for the pipelines.
The days of “it works on my machine” are gone; meet standardized development environments
An ideal dev environment enables developers to start coding within minutes, regardless of project or tech stack.
We built a Python framework bridging the gap between AI and streaming platforms
We wanted to develop a framework that would make it easy to develop scalable and robust streaming microservices in Python.
Josefine Schaefer: Accessibility improves UX, performance, code readability, and maintenance
Frontend engineer with a passion for JavaScript, community building, and web accessibility explains how investing in accessibility benefits all of us.
On UX and AI, being laid off from big tech and developer evangelism with Christian Heilmann
Veteran developer and developer advocate shares his disillusionment with big tech and AI being shoe-horned into everything.
How to contribute to open-source projects with Eddie Jaoude of EddieHub
After 15 years in open source and multiple awards, Eddie shares advice on how to get started with contributing to open-source and how to use it to become a better engineer.
Shawn Wang on the rise of the new role: AI engineer
A new role of AI Engineer will soon emerge in the software engineering industry, just like DevOps, SRE, or Data engineers have in the last decade or so.