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what i've been reading (33)

software testing, software design, software architecture. everything a growing swe needs. featuring gdpr vs the catholic church

nathan
Oct 2, 2023
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software testing

adventures in modern testing (video) - slide deck - testing leadership is responsible for quality culture and achieved via coaching and data, not test writing.

software design

inductive user interfaces - microsoft (2001) - it’s obvious now, but this must have been genius at the time. build an interface around the different tasks a user will take.

software architecture

command and query responsibility segregation - separating query (read) actions from command (tasks/write) actions.

product management

how to hire a product manager (2005) - smart, technical, good instincts, knows what makes stakeholders tick

good product manager/bad product manager (2012) - good pms ship successful products. bad pms don’t.

secrets of exceptional product leaders (video) - they deeply understand customers and constantly tell their customer story

security

url confusion - even popular python url parsers all do slightly different things

pwn requests - code injection in github prs

social engineering: hacking helpdesks - call tech support, let them know your manager is on pto, and have the “manager” send a validation email from his personal account.

investing

an anonymous short seller - companies hate short sellers… sue!

ai

recent chatgpt upgrades are cool

misc

poetry - i never read poetry, read more poetry

chinese media reflecting on the us vs japan trade war in the 80s - advice to china on how to handle the current trade war.

studio ghibli sold to nippon tv - miyazaki hayao is 82 years old and still making movies

gdpr vs catholic church - the catholic church keeps a record of baptisms. this has gdpr implications.

the tail end - friendly reminder that life is finite.


thanks for reading! please reply to npeercy@substack.com if you have any thoughts or related links!
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