Since the day a hiring manager first wheeled a whiteboard into a conference room, software engineers have dreaded the technical interview, which can be an all-day process (or multi-day homework assignment). If you’re interviewing for multiple roles, you can expect to write out a bubble sort in pseudocode for each one. These technical interviews do…
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The home team is joined by Heather Meeker, a specialist with a deep history in the world of open-source software licensing.
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Readable code is great, but not all code will be immediately readable. That's when you get your interrogation tools.
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https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/08/15/how-to-interrogate-unfamiliar-code/
Monitoring data quality, telling your boss about overtime, and Docusaurus 2
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Spencer Kimball, cofounder and CEO of Cockroach Labs and co-creator of the GIMP image editor, tells Ryan and Ceora about how database technology has evolved to handle massive data volumes, how Cockroach labs came to focus on solving latency issues through serverless technology, and his “relatively gentle” transition from engineer to CEO.
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Will the programmers of tomorrow be shipping products written without touching too much code?
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https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/08/10/will-low-and-no-code-tools-ever-truly-disrupt-tech-dev
Joshua Browder, founder and CEO of DoNotPay, tells us how a heap of expensive parking tickets inspired him to build software that helps people avoid fines, secure refunds, claim free land, win back lost savings, and even combat systemic racism.
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Can you control what you've already set free?
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Hate it? Automate it, scientific uncertainty, and the benefits of mini-forests
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The home team talks about the coding error that forced ten million Canadians offline, advice for coders trying to get out of a rut, and how low-earth orbit satellites are reshaping the internet. Plus: a Netflix documentary for getting out of a rut and reshaping your mind all in one.
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