Cylinder

We help you build Internal Startups. Human-Centered Design, Hypotheses Instead of Opinions, Iterative Software Development, Talk to Your Users™️.

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Draw!

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Important to remember: these are not the same thing.

[Chris Herd @chris_herd]

Pandemic Remote Normal Remote

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Heuristics for Effective Software Development: A continuously evolving list. https://t.co/iUVctvVscd

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How to encourage smoother role transitions, or "Leaving Well" by @fredwilson https://t.co/RPVKoZ5DjQ

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An explainer about using a "Pre-Mortem" at the beginning of a project to identify risk, as a group.

We're big fans of these and use them on every project.

https://t.co/EfK2hsteKZ

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In Praise of PostgreSQL.

“PostgreSQL has taken a complex problem and solved it to such an effective degree that all of its competitors are essentially obsolete, perhaps with the exception of SQLite.” https://t.co/x3vIxuDFht

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How to Talk About Your Mental Health with Your Employer https://t.co/yQ4779gwC3

[Liz Ryan @humanworkplace]

You cannot simultaneously tell your employees:

“We do not trust you to decide where to work OR to get your work done unless we’re watching you”

AND

“It’s the organic, spontaneous flowering of ideas here in the office, enabled by our open, trusting culture, that makes us great”

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#awsinfinidash is excellent at bringing joy to web developers. Unparalleled.

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We have not been tweeting much recently, mostly been busy with our new focus as a licensed AWS Infinidash reseller and installation partner.

Booking projects starting Q1 2022 for clients interested in the cutting edge.

It’s changing everything. Yet again.

[Christine Spang @spang]

Are you a software engineer with a couple years of experience looking to get into SRE? Have some entry level opportunities @nylas—hit me up if this sounds interesting!

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Check out our hero illustration on Dribble (done by the amazing @devonstclair)

https://t.co/oHEpURx05C

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The @railsconf CFP is open, closes Feb 15th.

https://t.co/O36t7MkyIs

[Amanda Renteria @AmandaRenteria]

We, @CodeforAmerica, were proud to do this work with immigrant groups (like @CHIRLA +) and the state to build trust and reach immigrant families. Read about the project from Francesca Costa here: https://t.co/E2Y5bHK6my

[M @mariseca]

Remembering today that working in civic tech, public service, the public interest is “generational work” as I should credit @pahlkadot for always repeating. So vital to see this important, hard work as a long game, and that we are (or should be) in it together. #civictechservice

[Forrest Brazeal @forrestbrazeal]

Absolutely fascinating insight I just heard from a hiring manager:

Adding junior engineers makes the senior engineers on his team *better*, because the constant "Why" questions force them to articulate and confront their own assumptions.

Hire juniors for a stronger team!

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

Rails devs, what are y'all using to find dead code? Debride? Unused? Coverband? Scythe? Other?

[Ruby on Rails @rails]

Rails 7.0 will require Ruby 2.7+. rails/main will stop testing against earlier Rubies shortly. Get your upgrade game on ✌️

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It’s a Programming Unicorn sighting!

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(Ahem: we smaller consulting shops could do a better job for way less).

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Hey State/Federal Governments:

Stop buying from Deloitte.

[cat ferguson @biocuriosity]

CDC paid Deloitte $44 million to streamline vaccination scheduling, administration, and reporting. The tool they actually built is so bad, most states won’t use it. https://t.co/126wmMNL7n