Why API responses should be signed
Do you rely on data for your job? If someone gives you a scrap of data claiming to be from a website, how can you prove it is authentic?
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Weekly newsletter about leadership, technology, books and anything else we felt compelled to share with others
Year 3 - Edition 7
A Fistful of Links is a weekly newsletter about leadership, technology, books, and anything else we felt compelled to share with others, brought to you by Og Maciel and Mirek Długosz.
Do you rely on data for your job? If someone gives you a scrap of data claiming to be from a website, how can you prove it is authentic?
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Many people who work in software development today have heard of the practice of pair programming, yet it still only has patchy adoption in the industry. One reason for its varying acceptance is that its benefits are not immediately obvious, it pays off more in the medium- and long-term. And it's also not as simple as "two people working at a single computer", so many dismiss it quickly when it feels uncomfortable. However, in our experience, pair programming is vital for collaborative teamwork and high-quality software.
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I’m serious. Smart people with good ideas worth sharing can get a lot out of this exercise.
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Software companies always have an unended stream of product features for engineers to work on. One of the most important responsibilities of a technology leader is to carve out space so that engineers can also perform the technical work which keeps the architectural foundations of a product healthy. Just as product leadership are responsible for defining a vision for a product and leading towards it, tech leadership is responsible for defining a vision for architecture, and leading towards that.
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Habits are algorithms operating in the background that power our lives. Good habits help us reach our goals more effectively and efficiently. Bad ones makes things harder or prevent success entirely. Habits powerfully influence our automatic behavior.
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