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Everything by Simon Sinek, but most important for me is "Leaders Eat Last" [0]. I haven't read the last one (The Infinite Game), but I've heard it's pretty good as well. Also Extre…

In agile (from my perspective) you rely on constant feedback from the stakeholders (customers, Product Onwer, sponsors) and iterate on it - that's why it's crucial to have short sp…

You don't do the whole implementation at once - you usually split it into several chunks/releases and everything becomes more manageable. I am a fan of agile where it makes sense -…

Yeah, currently working on a project implementing new core banking system via waterfall. You can still see it quite a lot in these extremely risk-averse industries (pharma, finance…

- Extreme Ownership, especially if you like military stories (although the book is about leadership). [0] - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, a refreshing perspective on life va…

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The bigger impact on cookies in general will have the ePrivacy regulation [1], but it is not yet finalized. For example, the proposal clarifies that no consent is needed for non-pr…

I'm building a tool to help people with their decision making via the well known pros/cons lists. https://dilectee.com

Coming from system programming, I'm glad I made a website in a 2017 state-of-the-art fashion. React, DRF, Sass, JS... It's really great to see something you made out there in the w…

Speaking from experience -- GDPR is a huge issue basically for everyone in the Financial sector (banks, insurance, etc.) and projects to address that started two years or one year …

Having exactly the same background (system programming, linux, c/c++, python, never touched Javascript nor web development) I did the very same recently. My solution was to use Dja…

I choose several words describing the project and look them up in a Latin dictionary. These are already a natural sounding words, so you may tweak them a little. Pros: the domains …

Not sure if exactly technical, more like a meta-skill. Learn how to analyse and decompose problems. There always will be some.

For me, the biggest problem is the start of the (boring) activity. Once I'm already in it, I can work for hours -- just the first step. So my solution is simple. I say to myself: "…

Fiction: The Martian - Andy Weir Non fiction: Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely

https://dilectee.com Site to help people with their decisions. I created it as a way to learn web development (React, Django), since I'm coming from system programming.