From the blog
What can devs do about code review anxiety?
For this episode, we spoke with Carol Lee, PhD, principal research scientist in the Developer Success Lab at Pluralsight, about her research into code review anxiety, how developers are coping, and how a workbook can help.
Happy people make better products
The home team welcomes developer and software consultant Ben Borra to the show for a wide-ranging conversation about developer productivity, the value of positive feedback and identifying quick wins, the impact of code assistants on devs’ everyday work, and the challenges of system rewrites.
State of the Developer Experience 2024
Discover what developers and executives are saying about how developer experience is impacting their workloads, plans for innovation, and overall bottom line of their business.
Interesting questions
Imagining Graham's number in your head collapses your head to a black hole
Abstract concepts do not contain mass-energy.
Geometry question about a six-pack of beer
This is why nerds like us don't get invited to parties.
Is it unethical to have a videogame open on a personal device and interact with it occasionally as part of taking breaks while working from home?
Is your work getting done? Are your bosses happy with you?
How far back in time have historians estimated the rate of economic growth and the economic power of various empires?
Thirty pieces of silver doesn't go as far as it used to.
Links from around the web
React, visualized
This is a great, visual way to get your mind around React.
The true story—as best I can remember—of the origin of Mosaic and Netscape.
Web pioneer Marc Andreessen tells the origin story of Netscape and Mosaic.
Do grayscale images take less space?
If an image contains less color, does that make it smaller?
The math of card shuffling
How many times should you shuffle a deck to make sure it's "truly" shuffled?
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