The Daily Index — Monday, November 25, 2024 · TLDR Index

OPINIONS & ADVICE

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28 YEAR OLD STAFF ENGINEER @ GOOGLE

A 28-year-old Google Staff Engineer advanced from a junior to a staff engineer role quickly. This was due to a combination of technical skills and strong soft skills, including proactively managing expectations with his manager, strategically selecting impactful projects, and saying “no” to less valuable assignments.

open.substack.com · 6 min

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THE ONE FRAMEWORK EVERY ENGINEER SHOULD KNOW

The MECE (Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive) principle is helpful for structured problem-solving and clear communication as it makes sure all possibilities are considered without overlap. This post shows how it helps solve problems in a structured, easy-to-understand way in various scenarios, including job interviews, troubleshooting, progress updates, when explaining systems, and when proposing new projects.

read.highgrowthengineer.com · 12 min

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ON NOT USING COPILOT

LLM-based coding assistants may create more tech debt and atrophied skills in devs due to an over-reliance on them. LLMs work great as a piece of the puzzle that is software engineering, but they shouldn't be used too much.

macwright.com · 5 min

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REACT ROUTER V7

React Router v7 has been released. Bringing features from Remix back into the core library, this update simplifies the transition between React 18 and 19 for most React developers and offers improved type safety, server rendering, and optimized bundling.

remix.run · 3 min

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DEAR FRIEND, YOU HAVE BUILT A KUBERNETES

This is a funny story of a stubborn developer who initially rejected Kubernetes as overly complex for a simple application. Their attempts to avoid Kubernetes led to a sprawling, unmaintainable system of shell scripts and Ansible. This eventually involved creating a custom solution that inadvertently replicated many core Kubernetes functionalities, which meant they just rebuilt a worse, more fragile version of Kubernetes.

macchaffee.com · 3 min

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THE TWO FACTIONS OF C++

The C++ community is divided into two camps: those who embrace modern practices and tooling, and those who are reliant on legacy code and lacking modern infrastructure. This is due to the C++ committee's prioritization of backward compatibility. Major tech companies like Google are increasingly turning to Rust due to C++'s slow evolution and inability to address safety concerns alongside warnings from US government agencies about memory-unsafe languages.

herecomesthemoon.net · 10 min

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DEPENDENCIES VS. DEVDEPENDENCIES FOR JAVASCRIPT APPS

There are three approaches to classifying your package.json dependencies: nihilistic (all as regular dependencies), idealistic (strict semantic distinction), and pragmatic (based on `NODE_ENV` and production needs).

angelika.me · 6 min

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MAKING YOUR CONNECTION BAD

This is a tutorial on how to artificially degrade internet connection speed on Linux, Android, and Firefox to test application performance under poor network conditions.

5snb.club · 4 min

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IS ASYNC DJANGO READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Asynchronous Django is mature enough for prime time as it has performance benefits for I/O-bound tasks while still using Django's developer-friendly features.

jonathanadly.com · 6 min