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Code Review on Printed Paper: an Excerpt from the Twitoons Comic Book

The Pragmatic Engineer

Manu recently published his book Twitoons: one employee’s cartoon chronicle of Twitter’s accelerated descent. I read the book: it’s funny! Today’s newsletter closes with a full chapter from this book, visualizing when Elon Musk demanded all Twitter software engineers print out their code on paper (!!)

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The “10x engineer:" 50 years ago and now

The Pragmatic Engineer

Lots of time has passed, yet the book is still relevant. This is how Brooks put it: “Programming managers have long recognized wide productivity variations between good programmers and poor ones. (.) ” This is a bit like a junior pair-programming partner.   The program clerk. Progress does not.

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Paying down tech debt: further learnings

The Pragmatic Engineer

Later this year, he’s publishing a book on tech debt.   Every program has non-domain specific code. In the early 90’s, DOS programs like the ones my company made had its own Text UI screen rendering system. My first project was supporting i18n (internationalization) in the app.

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Best Software Engineering Books [2024]

Knowledge Hut

Also, you must go through certain software engineering books to make your knowledge and skills robust for the job. In this article, we will read about some of the most prevalent and widely loved and best books to read for software engineers that can help you get a good hold of all the concepts in engineering.

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8 Best Python Data Science Books [Beginners and Professionals]

Knowledge Hut

Python could be a high-level, useful programming language that allows faster work. It supports a range of programming paradigms, as well as procedural, object-oriented, and practical programming, also as structured programming. More than 500,000 copies were sold, and 2,462 readers gave this book a rating of 4.3

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Top 15 PMP Bootcamp Programs of 2023

Knowledge Hut

Project Management Professional (PMP) is an internationally recognized professional designation offered by the Project Management Institute. Having a PMP portrays a robust skillset ready to take on and manage any complex project across any industry. What is PMP Bootcamp?

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Bun: lessons from disrupting a tech ecosystem

The Pragmatic Engineer

Smart choices include using a more performant JavaScript engine than Node does (Bun uses Apple’s JavaScriptCore, while Node uses Google’s V8,) and using the low-level programming language Zig. The innovator’s dilemma comes from the book of the same title by Clayton Christerenses. Bun has no such constraint.