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I think it depends on your company rather than saying "most". If you are in a software company (i.e. you sell the software you write), then your value is the unique IP you create f…

I have delivered successfully projects using Scrum, but we were fortunate that our Scrum Master was well trained and a senior engineer. Our CTO also let us figure things out, and h…

The documentation is pretty standard, it allows users of this typeface to build out a design system that scales.

Doesn't autoplay for me, maybe I have a different local setting.

As a parent, I'm hoping this will reduce the at-home workloads and shift more work towards school. What's the real life value of having students go to school and then spend all-nig…

I wish HN had a central thread feature for discussing oft-debated topics like TDD, microservices, and agile. This way, we could contribute to the conversation instead of constantly…

I was genuinely interested in OP's question and was hoping responses would not fallback on the much-already discussed "TDD or not" topic.

I want to create an app that emphasizes a distraction free experience. I'm a web dev so a web app would be easiest for me to build, but browsers are filled with distractions (e.g. …

This is great! I messed up my ankle when I began taking transit and walking to the office in a pair of terrible dress hoes.

Maybe then question then is how does one get every developer to design and build modules as you have prescribed? (Recognizing different talent levels across the industry / delivery…

Be curious to know if anyone who has trademark legal knowledge can answer this question. Since the word Impossible is common, as far as I can gather, if it is for a different indus…

If you are writing code by yourself and your code base is relatively small, then I agree it's hard to see the benefits at first. If your team and code base grows, one of the first …

I think it's a business problem rather than a technical one, how do I get people to even know my website exists? Google Maps, Facebook pages, Instagram are your immediate choices.

Huge fan of Screenhero back in the day so I'm happy this is back and you have full control over pop.com's future.

One challenge I had with the opening statistics in the post is that it treats all books being equal in writing quality and market demand. Just because I write a book, doesn't entit…

I don't doubt your technical skills, this comment is just to help you see the side of the employer. They don't have time to onboard someone on AWS, they need someone to be able to …

At the end of the day, those that get hired because of their certificate can't actually take up budget resources and not be able to expertly talk about HA architecture and deliver …

I disagree. I've worked with two groups of professionals, those that have certification and those that say they "know" AWS or have working knowledge or experience. It's quite painf…

I found these to be clean and easy to use. I converted the templates to React components without issue, but now they offer that too. https://cruip.com/

I went from typing everything out to using aliases via Oh My Zsh. https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Cheatsheet

If you are building software in a paid capacity then yes it's a small price to pay. But if you aren't getting paid or getting paid somewhat decently (e.g. study, hobby, open-source…