New Roles, Pay Boosts, and React 19: Empowering Developers and Streamlining Workflows
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I know this is a busy time - Easter, wrapping up Q1, and planning for Q2 can leave you feeling like you're juggling a dozen tasks at once. But I've got you covered with at least one thing - staying up to date with the latest news that may make your life as a technology leader a little easier (and more effective).
Today, we've got a jam-packed newsletter covering a variety of topics, including updates on the streamlined workflows in Netlify and a sneak peek at the features of React 19 (which, let's be honest, we can't wait to try out!).
Without further delay, let's dive into this edition together.
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Reduce Friction
Empowering Collaboration: Introducing New Roles for Better Team Management
Netlify introduces two new roles, Content Editor and Publisher, to enhance collaboration and streamline workflows across teams. The Content Editor role allows non-technical contributors like marketers to create and edit website content, while the Publisher role enables controlled publishing of that content. These roles aim to reduce bottlenecks and increase developer productivity.
When New Hires Get Paid More, Top Performers Resign First
A study found that developers who received pay increases soon after a higher-paid coworker was hired stayed in their jobs longer than those who had to wait for a raise. When pay was adjusted within a month, employees stayed an average of 2.5 years, while those who waited a year for a raise stayed only an average of 13 months.
How to Manage Up as an Engineer or a Manager
This article outlines a 5-step framework for successfully managing up, which includes building credibility, fostering good relationships with managers, focusing on great communication, proactively identifying and resolving problems faced by managers, and keeping managers informed and transparent.
Deepen Your Expertise
New Features in React 19 – Updates With Code Examples
This article provides a nice rundown of new features coming in React 19, including a React compiler for automatic optimizations, server-side component support, improved form handling with actions and new hooks, optimized asset loading, and web component integration.
About the New Architecture · React Native
React Native's New Architecture will become the default later this year, so now's a good time to make sure your product is ready. New features include: synchronous layout and effects, support for concurrent rendering and features like Suspense and Transitions, and fast JavaScript/native interfacing via JSI.
Best React js Tech Stack in 2024
Recommended and explained: a React.js tech stack, including TypeScript for code quality, Next.js for performance, Tailwind CSS for efficient styling, Sanity for flexible content management, and Tanstack Query or Apollo Client for streamlined data fetching and state management.
Hail to the King, Baby: Why JavaScript Reigns Supreme
JavaScript has been around for over 25 years, yet it's more popular and dominant than ever. It runs in every browser on every device. You can't swing a cat without hitting some JavaScript. There are more open-source packages on npm than grains of sand on a beach. It may not be the hero we wanted, but it's the one we deserved.
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How GitHub Monopolized Code Hosting
GitHub is the dominant code hosting platform for open-source software. It's easy to take GitHub ubiquity for granted - but how did things get this way? Every successful-business case study is potentially a case study in survivorship bias, but this one's a nice look at how Github got to where it is today.
All Javascript Conference Talks (+300) From 2023 Ordered by the Number of Views
Somebody took one for the team and compiled a list of the most watched tech talks from a list of 100 conferences in 2023. While view count isn't the only indication of quality, it's one potentially-useful way to zero in on good talks you might want to catch up on.
How to Automate Startup Screening?
We're all about scale-ups, but there's something we all can learn from how investors think about investing, risk, and returns, even if the only "investing" you do is into new features and customer retention.
A Deep Dive Into the Cloud & Application Security Ecosystem
Here is a nice broad and deep survey of the cloud & app security ecosystem. It's kind of like a nicely-annotated G2 matrix, but with lots more detail.
Is Your Technology Human-Ready?
This article discusses five key HFE principles for successful technology programs with examples like Google Glass and the Army's IVAS headset to illustrate the consequences of overlooking usability and user acceptance. A nice reminder about the importance of the most important component of digital systems: humans.
Increase Scalability
How We'll Reach a 1 Trillion Transistor GPU
Artificial intelligence has advanced to the point where it can "synthesize knowledge," says Andrew Keen. "Tremendous opportunities lie ahead for artificial intelligence to become a digital assistant to all human endeavors." Keen: We need to answer a pressing question: How can new generative AI applications continue to grow rapidly?
Compiling Advantage: Unlocking the Competitive Power of Software Adaptability
This is not your typical tech news item, but if you squint a bit, you'll pick up some food for thought RE: scalability and agility. Sometimes looking at these issues from an entirely different perspective (the article does so from the perspective of the world's largest military) can lead to an a-ha moment or two.
Overview of Decentralized Compute
Decentralized compute platforms are emerging as a solution to the scarcity of state-of-the-art GPUs, which are essential for AI training. They create a secondary market that allows for the immediate leasing of excess compute capacity. This article covers three decentralized compute protocols: Bittensor, Akash and Gensyn.
How to Detect and Tackle Perverse Incentives in A/B Testing: Prioritizing Rigor and Process
Perverse incentives can poison even the noblest of pursuits. There are two types of perverse incentives: Institutional perverse incentives and inadvertent perverse incentives. The problem lies in how success is often measured. In conversion rate optimization, optimizers are gunning for 'wins' at all costs.
Mastering Cloud Deployment: The Ultimate Guide to Harnessing AWS With Terraform and GitLab for…
This guide illuminates the path to seamlessly integrating Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, and Gitlab. It not only accelerates deployment but also embeds security at its core through DevSec Ops practices.
Just Cool
The Best New Science Fiction Books of April 2024
New science fiction from masters like Cixin Liu and Ann Leckie, as well as debuts exploring unique concepts like towns that exist at different points in time. From resurrected woolly mammoths to mining ships among the stars, more to feed your sci-fi appetite.
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