January Software Links

Some of my favorite links from January. Also, I will use this month to highlight a group of folks who have been sharing advice and helping me grow for a number of years now. Thanks!

If you are growing as an engineering leader find a set of mentors. Thanks, @glv @mariagutierrez @mad_typist @SteveAkers @dramsay @ryan_owens @ioutfitter @chadfowler I always appreciate the thoughtful advice. pic.twitter.com/zJyBM9cNlo

— Dan Mayer (@danmayer) February 3, 2018

The above folks in a mentoring group recommend good books, bounce ideas off each other, and help folks prep for big talks, events, or projects. Thanks!

Software Development

• Events As First-Class Citizens
• Regular expression visualizer using railroad diagrams
• Elixir a big picture programming language
• Rest is the new Soap

Data

• Two great Postgres Links from @tpitale
  • Postgres Indexes Under the Hood
  • Postgres Configuration Recommendation Tool

Ruby

• Debugging 100% CPU usage in production Ruby on Rails systems
• Ruby Polyfill back-porting Ruby features
• Rubocop: Getting to Green in a Huge Rails App
• A really exciting sampling profiler
• learning block chains with Ruby

Tech Management

• best books for first time managers

Random

• The Thrilling Potential for off grid solar energy in Africa
• Amazon & Netflix leading the way on paternity leave

Links by wsyperek