Strategic Developer
Beyond NoSQL: The case for distributed SQL
What if the main problem with relational databases was the back end and not the front end?
9 career pitfalls every software developer should avoid
If you love to code, and don’t think much about your career or your business, it’s time to get real and rethink how you approach software development
Developers will decide cloud winners and losers
Companies might choose AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, but their developers will decide what runs there
Rethinking software developer events after COVID-19
Virtual events might actually be better for developers than the real thing—if we do them right
What now? A software developer’s guide to surviving the recession
This is a scary time for everyone, but also a moment that could define your career if you prepare for change
InnerSource: A better way to work together on code
How using open source methods to develop proprietary software increases project efficiency, code quality, and developer happiness
Should open source be ethical?
At present, software licenses that prohibit socially harmful or unethical uses cannot be considered open source. Should we change that?
Cloud outages show multicloud is essential
Outages are inevitable and vendors are unreliable. You can’t move fast enough unless you already have your service running on two or more clouds
Modern recipes for more resilient applications
New approaches and innovations at the edge keep applications alive when networks or services die
How developers can get the ops team on their side
It shouldn’t be dev vs. ops. Instead, consider the ops team as one of your customers, and make software that it can use
How to present to management: A guide for developers and engineers
Presenting to management is about realizing that you have a busy audience that wants to know the impact, cost, and risk of the plan
How to write better: A developer’s guide
Developers who can write impactfully tend to advance faster in their careers than those who merely code
How to test developer, data science, and devops job candidates
Even if they can show you code on GitHub, you want your finalists to do a trial project as a real, objective test. Here are the test projects you should use
5 reasons why your code is running so slowly—and how to fix it
Here’s how to address why the code runs well on your development machine but has totally borked in production.
Virtual assistants don’t need developers or AI
Virtual assistants could do so much more for enterprises, if only we’d realize they are essentially command-line interfaces that don’t require custom coding or AI tech to work
How to find a developer job after coding bootcamp
If you want a real developer job, a coding bootcamp won’t get you in the door. But if you add some real experience, you’ve got a shot. Here’s how to get that experience
How to use the Google Vision API
Happy or sad? Cat or person? Use the Google API to detect details about images
11 signs you’re writing great code
No matter what language or technology stack you use, if you can describe your code with these adjectives, good code should follow
The programming languages you should learn now
if you're in the market for a new lingua franca, what you choose next might be influenced by your current language of choice
Arduino plus 3D printing: The next big developer wave
3D printing will likely change manufacturing and even how products reach the home. Meanwhile, Arduino devices make electronic creation accessible to anyone with a laptop computer
