Daily Reading List – February 27, 2024 (#267)

Today’s list has some fun content to chew on and consider more deeply. Look at items on productivity, interviewing, and figuring out AI for your company.

[blog] Build A Human-Centered Productivity Strategy. I’ve shared a lot here about developer productivity, but obviously it relates to a much broader discussion of how we work. This Forrester blog (which links to a $$ report) has good details on a better approach.

[article] 5 Ways to Prepare for Situational Interview Questions. Are you on the job market? I liked the simple interview frameworks put forth by this Harvard Business Review article.

[article] How Capable Leaders Navigate Uncertainty and Ambiguity. Speaking of interviewing, check out these excellent interview questions for those trying to judge whether a candidate is good at navigating uncertain and complex situations.

[blog] Explore Duet AI to assist with React frontend application development. Here’s a good example of using AI-assisted prompting to build something that can be complex for newcomers. And, even those with plenty of experience!

[article] How to cut through the AI noise. Enterprise companies making CapEx bets on AI-based tech seems … risky. There’s a lot of learning and scaling going on, and public cloud is designed for that.

[blog] Introducing internal range API: simplify IP address management in Google Cloud. This seems useful for those with big IP blocks in the cloud.

[blog] Cross-Cloud Network: Private, customizable and flexible networking. A double-dose of networking today, but I also liked this post about setting up a good cross-cloud network.

[article] We CAN Have Nice Things: Upgrading to Java 21 Is Worth It. When Josh talks about Java, I listen. These look like great additions to the language.

[blog] Increase Test Fidelity By Avoiding Mocks. Straightforward advice here: use the highest fidelity option to execute tests against dependencies.

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