Here are a bunch of Technical / Non-Technical topics that I came across recently and found them very resourceful.
Technical :
- [Book-Recommendations]:
Cloud-Native Observability with OpenTelemetryby Alex and Charity. (Side note: Half way through the book and learning a lot. )
Take away : Effective ways of adding metrics/traces in cloud native apps without marrying to any APM tools
- A list of possible developer questions to consider asking a prospective employer. – github link
- [Video]: Disk latency being directly proportional to vibrations (in other words, lets try shouting in data center!!) — 2min Video link
- What is Redis explained – link here
- Best Practices for Fixing your alerts in your service? (so that you can sleep well?) — link from newrelic here
- The disproportionate influence of early tech decisions (debatable but interesting!) – link here
Non-Technical :
- Second-order thinking: How to NOT create new problems while solving existing problems. – Link
- [90mins] Podcast recommendation — The Knowledge Project : Insights for making better Decision — Spotify link
- What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book ? (heartwarming!)– link
- 10 mental concepts for thinking better – Twitter thread
- A quote that struck the right chords:
“So much advantage in life comes from being willing to look foolish in the short term.”
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Cheers, until next time!
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