As we go into the final two weeks of 2022, I wish you happy holidays!
Software Engineering ⚙️
Engineering in a Hybrid World
This report shows how other larger technical organizations operate. I found this part on measuring engineering productivity most intriguing: “Developer productivity can be compared to a sales funnel, with key metrics that can be tracked at each stage.” The report defines the stages as Writing Code, Code Review, Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance.
nact ⇒ node.js + actors
This Node.js library helps you by forcing you to delineate the different domains in your code. I also see a similarity in call patterns of nact’s actors and GraphQL’s resolvers. I don’t have an opportunity to test this out at work, but I will remember this in the future.
People ❤️
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
This article reminded me of the book “What Money Can’t Buy.” When we put price tags on intangibles, we lose the ability to see anything else.
Control vs. Context
The author suggests that control and context may not be one or the other but can coexist; there can be a high control and high context environment. It’s an interesting thought, but I can’t entirely agree that they are independent of each other, as his 2×2 grid suggests. High context enables low control, and low context forces high control. If people have enough information to make good decisions, they don’t need to be told what to do.
Business 💰
The charges against Sam Bankman-Fried and the first FTX Congressional hearing
It’s about time SBF gets actual charges for his fraud. Saying sorry and admitting his incompetency should not save him.
CEO Geoff Schmidt’s message to Apollo employees
Apollo, one of the top GraphQL tooling companies, laid off 15% of their workers. I was sad to see this happen because I’ve been a big fan of their work.
Apple announces biggest upgrade to App Store pricing, adding 700 new price points
I did not know that App Store only supports a few hundred price points. That explains why no apps are priced at “weird” numbers, such as $0.24 or $4.86.
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