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breakdown of the architecture behind Linear's speed: local-first sync, MobX observables, instant first loads, and a keyboard-first design.

Why senior developers talk in terms of complexity while the rest of the business is worried about uncertainty — and what to do about it now that AI is in the picture.

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From zero to ChatGPT

What I think about when I'm lead engineer on a project

Curated list of awesome articles and resources to learn and practice about software architecture, patterns and principles.

Blissful unawareness, denial, then acceptance, then resistance. And finally, a pragmatic middle ground. This is the typical journey engineers go through in their relationship with tech debt. It's tempting to get straight to the point: how to remove tech debt, and how to keep it at bay. But that would

Most, if not all, developers are at least somewhat familiar with the concept of caching. After all, this technology is so ubiquitous nowadays, from CPU to browser caching, that all software relies …

How elite software engineers maintain outperformance

Engineers at all levels are encouraged to embrace curiosity, showcasing that asking questions, can pave the way for innovation and deeper understanding. Remember, the right question at the right time can be the catalyst for groundbreaking advancements in technology.

Lightning fast testing and delivery for all your software projects

Why and how we continuously invested the team bandwidth to pay back tech debt and what were the results?

Readability is more objective than you'd think.

Conflict Free Replicated Data types (CRDTs) can be tricky. You may spend months reading papers and implementing different algorithms before they finally click and become simple. That or they'll seem simple out of the gate and you'll be missing a bunch…

This guide shows you how to write, structure, visualize and manage software architecture documentation in a lean way using appropriate documentation tools.

A curated list of software and architecture related design patterns. - DovAmir/awesome-design-patterns: A curated list of software and architecture related design patterns.

Important, Read This First You’re about to read a blog post with a lot of advice. Learning from those who came before us is instrumental to success, but we often forget an important caveat. Almost all advice is contextual, yet it is rarely delivered with any context. “You just need to charge more!” says the company […]

Improve how you architect webapps Patterns.dev is a free book on design patterns and component patterns for building powerful web apps with...

The Problem Writing useful features for your users is key to a successful product.  It makes sense then that you should maximize your time w...

A team of senior software developers from Stratoflow shares 20 useful tips on how to be a good developer. See our checklist!

:wave: - The documentation for being an Artsy Engineer - artsy/README: - The documentation for being an Artsy Engineer

Some tactical and strategic tips for writing effectively as a software developer.

Matthew Childs / Reuters We live in a golden age of software reuse. We’ve never before had such a wealth of freely available code, in so many languages, so easy to find and install. And yet, …

A Big Picture, Thesaurus, and Taxonomy of Modern JavaScript Web Development - dexteryy/spellbook-of-modern-webdev: A Big Picture, Thesaurus, and Taxonomy of Modern JavaScript Web Development

Junior Engineers care about writing Software. They value code quality, employ best practices, try to adopt cutting-edge technologies. They invest a lo

Avoiding problems is faster than solving them

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. - Alan Perlis

Documentation for GitLab Community Edition, GitLab Enterprise Edition, Omnibus GitLab, and GitLab Runner.