The Daily Index — Friday, August 18, 2023 · TLDR Index

OPINIONS & ADVICE

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MANAGING DIFFICULT SOFTWARE ENGINEERS

There's a thread that weaves through every project, failure, and challenge. That thread is people. Managing people is complex, intriguing, and ultimately rewarding. This guide is a distillation of lessons learned and a roadmap to help you navigate the choppy waters of managing difficult software engineers.

vadimkravcenko.com · 31 min

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THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAM TOPOLOGY

Teams need to have an intentional and well-thought-out purpose to thrive. This blog explores two different team topologies strategies. It highlights which topology is most effective in the world today, why it’s effective, and how you can implement it in your organization.

blog.logrocket.com · 4 min

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HOW GOOGLE UNLOCKS AND MEASURES DEVELOPER PRODUCTIVITY

The time of rapid growth is on hold, leaving engineering teams trying to do more with less. No matter where you are, tighter customer budgets are driving greater demand to release differentiating features faster. Unlocking productivity for one of software development’s biggest expenses is more important than ever. Learn how Google measures developer productivity with mixed methods research, logs, and more.

thenewstack.io · 7 min

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ARE TECH WORKERS BENEFITING FROM TECH LAYOFFS?

Tech workers continue to be some of the most in-demand talent in the labor market today despite reports about tech layoffs dominating the news for the better part of the year. In fact, a recent survey conducted by Indeed to better understand tech worker behavior suggests that tech workers aren’t being affected by recent economic turbulence quite as much as some might think - some might even argue that tech workers are benefiting from tech layoffs.

indeed.com · 7 min

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13 USEFUL REACT LIBRARIES FOR DEVS IN 2023

These React libraries can help boost your development speed.

hackernoon.com · 8 min

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FRONTEND AND BACKEND DEFINED

Words like frontend, backend, and variations of them like “frontend development” are broadly used, yet there is little shared understanding as to their meaning, leading to inefficient communication at best and plain misunderstandings at worst.

industrialempathy.com · 3 min

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RESEARCHERS DISCOVER NEW VULNERABILITY IN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, and the Center for AI Safety in San Francisco have uncovered a new vulnerability and proposed a simple and effective attack method that causes aligned language models to generate objectionable behaviors at a high success rate.

techxplore.com · 4 min