Leading a Team of Senior Engineers
A how-to guide for creating a collaborative and supportive culturePhoto by ThisisEngineering RAEng on UnsplashWhen I became a manager, I experienced fear and self-doubt, making me question my ability to lead an engineering team.But partnering with my team helped me learn quickly, make the right decisions, and grow my leadership confidence.After
Read MoreGo 1.20 Unveiling and 1.21 Preview
A comprehensive overview of the Go 1.20 and 1.21 API enhancementsContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read MoreRocket Lab aiming to advance Electron reusability with tonight’s launch
Rocket Lab has made improvements to the first stage of the Electron rocket to make it more resilient to ocean water, upgrades that will be put to the test with tonight’s launch. The “Baby Come Back” mission will launch from the company’s launch complex on Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, with
Read MoreCommon Sense Media, a popular resource for parents, to review AI products’ suitability for kids
Common Sense, a well-known nonprofit organization devoted to consumer privacy, digital citizenship and providing media ratings for parents who want to evaluate the apps, games, podcasts, TV shows, movies, and books their children are consuming, announced this morning it will introduce another type of product to its ratings and reviews
Read MoreA tale of two climate tech SPACs
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. We could go on, but you get the picture. It might be boom times for climate tech, but climate tech SPACs? Not so much. With few
Read MoreRun UI Tests in Your CI/CD Workflows
Fast track UTAM test execution using GitHub actionsPhoto by Scott Graham on UnsplashIn the last article, I talked about UTAM, the UI Test Automation Model that lets us write user interface tests for Salesforce or any other application based on the Page Object model design pattern. By now, I’m sure you are
Read MoreModern Software Engineering — Part 4: Deployment
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. —…Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read MorePrincipal Stories: What is a Principal Software Engineer?
It has been a year or so since I’ve written about Qualifying Seniority, where I shared my view of what makes a Software Engineer a Senior…Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read More‘Millions’ of sensitive US military emails were reportedly sent to Mali due to a typo
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge For over 10 years, millions of emails associated with the US military have been getting sent to Mali, a West African country allied with Russia, due to a typo, according to a report from the Financial Times. Instead of appending the military’s
Read MoreUganda’s 5% Income Tax Hike
The parliament in Uganda released a statement last week that a new tax law that imposes a 5% levy on income earned in the country by foreign providers of digital communications services like Twitter and Meta’s Facebook. This is according to a report from Reuters. Parliament made the news public
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