Learning Ractor with Raft
Explore Ractor, Ruby's new concurrency mechanism, by implementing the Raft consensus algorithm. Gain insights into distributed systems and unlock performance improvements in your Ruby applications.
On the Care and Feeding of Feedback Cycles
Explore feedback cycles in software development, from user input to testing strategies. Learn to optimize processes, manage branching, and create healthy feedback loops for improved productivity.
Scaling Happy Engineering Teams
Discover principles for scaling engineering teams while maintaining happiness, productivity, and impact. Learn strategies for remote work, decision-making, and building strong, collaborative teams.
Intentional Team Building
Explore techniques for cultivating effective teams through intentional values and behaviors. Learn strategies to identify and instill team values for improved dynamics and results.
Learn It, Do It, Teach It - How to Unstick Our Middle Devs
Discover a model to help mid-level developers thrive through learning, hands-on coding, and teaching. Managers can implement this approach to accelerate growth and boost confidence in their team.
Behind the Lemurs - Creating an Illustrated Talk
Discover the creative process behind illustrated conference talks, from ideation to storyboarding and art creation, with insights on incorporating code tie-ins and crafting engaging presentations.
Come on in! Making Yourself at Home in a New Codebase
Learn strategies for understanding and contributing to unfamiliar codebases, building code comprehension skills, and creating welcoming code for future developers.
Spacecraft! The Care and Keeping of a Legacy Application
Allegorical journey through strategies for assessing, improving, and maintaining legacy Rails applications, using a spacecraft metaphor to explain complex concepts in simple terms.
Do You Trust Me? - A Look at Trust, Time, and Teams
Explore the psychology of trust in engineering teams, its relationship to time, and strategies for better trust rituals to enhance collaboration and productivity.
Evaluating Cultural Fit + Culturesmithing - Everyone Influences Culture
Discover strategies to assess organizational culture, improve workplace dynamics, and implement positive changes. Learn techniques for personal energy management and effective cultural influence.
Leveling Up from Planning to Production
Strategies for senior engineers to manage complex projects, from planning to production. Insights on task management, progress reporting, and handling uncertainties in large-scale engineering work.
More Engineers, More Problems - Solutions for Big Teams
Strategies for managing large engineering teams, addressing challenges in communication, coordination, and code quality as organizations scale. Insights from Chime's experience with rapid team growth.
Building a Diverse Engineering Team - Wrapbook
Strategies for building diverse engineering teams: interview process improvements, inclusive practices, and real-world results from Wrapbook's experience.
This Old App
Discover parallels between home renovation and app upgrades, exploring planning, scheduling, and execution stages to gain valuable insights for modernizing legacy software.
Staff Engineer - Here Be Dragons
Demystifying the role of Staff Engineer: leadership beyond management, challenges, and opportunities in this uncharted territory of software engineering careers.
We Need Someone Technical on the Call
Strategies for technical professionals to excel in client calls, empowering teams and managing time effectively while delivering value and advancing career opportunities.
Change the Climate Before Changing the Weather
Explore strategies for initiating positive change in workplace systems, starting with small-scale improvements that can lead to broader organizational shifts.
Boot the Backlog - Optimizing Your Workflow for Dev Happiness
Explore the Shape Up approach to project management, optimizing developer happiness and productivity across global teams while delivering more value for users.
Exiting Through the YJIT
Explore YJIT compiler optimization, side-exits, and the development of a tracer tool in Ruby. Learn about implementation challenges, Rust rewrite, and the importance of continuous improvement in software development.
Building an Education Savings Platform, with Ruby
Explore the development of a digital education savings platform, addressing ethical considerations, engineer responsibilities, and challenges in tackling systemic inequalities.
Forging Your Path to Senior Developer
Illuminating the journey from mid-level to senior developer, offering guidance on technical mastery, leadership skills, and career growth strategies in software development.