http://labs.spotify.com/2013/02/25/in-praise-of-boring-technology/ More often than not, the right tool for the job is piece of software that has been around for some time, with proven success. One example would be writing a backend service in Java or Python instead of Go or Node.JS. Another example would be storing data in MySQL or PostgreSQL instead of MongoDB or Riak.
http://labs.spotify.com/2013/02/25/in-praise-of-boring-technology/ More often than not, the right tool for the job is piece of software that has been around for some time, with proven success. One example would be writing a backend service in Java or Python instead of Go or Node.JS. Another example would be storing data in MySQL or PostgreSQL instead of MongoDB or Riak.
http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Contributions_Appearing_in_the_Book 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know project, pearls of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners – the link contains list of articles from O’rielly book
http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Contributions_Appearing_in_the_Book 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know project, pearls of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners – the link contains list of articles from O’rielly book
https://lwn.net/Articles/540368/ interesting details about software development process at SpaceX [they mainly develop embedded linux stuff]
https://lwn.net/Articles/540368/ interesting details about software development process at SpaceX [they mainly develop embedded linux stuff]
http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html an excellent article by Peter Norvig that explains all those “teach yourself X in " nonsense
http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html an excellent article by Peter Norvig that explains all those “teach yourself X in " nonsense
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/what-are-the-unwritten-rules-of-deleting-code/ Good tips / insights about old code deletion / code review
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/what-are-the-unwritten-rules-of-deleting-code/ Good tips / insights about old code deletion / code review