July-August picks - A curated list of articles from the web

Here is a list of articles about tech that I have found interesting during the months of July and August. Enjoy !

Nodejs / Typescript / Javascript

• An alternative to Node.js & Deno, named Bun
• ts-node can now use swc to transpile typescript
• Node.js 18 supports snapshot testing
• Lodash is dead. Long live Radash.

Rust

• Interactive tutorial to learn Rust
• Rust, executing Javascript : 3ms to load & execute

Java

• Don’t call it a comeback: Why Java is still champ

Cloud

• How AWS Lambda Works Under The Hood

Dev / Tooling

• When Web Assembly (Wasm) and Docker Work (and Do Not Work) Together
• A great and thorough overview of the knowledge needed for system design
• Use git worktree to work on the same repo but with different branches
• How to make ids easier for developers to use
• Helix, a great alternative to vim or nano
• Diátaxis, a systematic framework for technical documentation authoring.

Craft / Architecting

• An interesting article on how one could refactor legacy code in a future prof way
• A reflexion about TDD and how to use it more effectively
• Great discussion between Michael Feathers & Dave Farley about Legacy Code among other things
• A clean architecture tutorial

Organization / Agility

• A really interesting conversation between Allen Holub & Dave Farley about scrum
• Heuristics for Effective Software Development Organizations by Allen Holub
• Spotify allowed its 6,500 employees to work from anywhere in the world. Its turnover rate dropped
• How to split your user stories (in french)
• A great Twitter thread on agility and agile organisations
• How to tell when an user story need refactoring

Lead in tech

• Stop Offering Career Ladders. Start Offering Career Portfolios.
• Why Compassion Is a Better Managerial Tactic than Toughness
• A tech lead’s guide to effective communication

IA

• DALL-E and similar tools can be useful to generate illustration pictures
• Run Stable Diffusion on your M1 Mac’s GPU

Fun

• Write regular expressions from plain english with this website
• Build your 8-bit computer from scratch (in french)
• Nostr, a protocol & ecosystem which are a decentralized alternative to Twitter