Welcome to issue 77 of Hacker Bits!
We have a great selection of articles this month covering database performance, Rust, problems with learning and productivity, Modern JavaScript, OKRs, MVC frameworks, Julia and so much more!
As always, please don't hesitate to let us know if you have any suggestions or feedback! 🙂
- Ray and Maureen
Learn more
- Unix command line conventions over time by Lars Wirzenius
- The SHA-256 Project: learn how hash functions work by implementing one yourself by Jack O'Connor
- Demystifying Database Performance for Developers by Christopher Winslett
- Rust from 0 to 80% for JavaScript Developers by Michael Salim
- Introduction to Compilers and Language Design by Douglas Thain
Work less
- Why I Quit Google's WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me Sick by Katelyn Gadd
- Ask HN: Why can't I learn anymore?
- A dev's thoughts on developer productivity by Beyang Liu
- How to feel engaged at work: a software engineer's guide by Jason Tu
- Thoughts on OKRs by Joe Blubaugh
Stay current
- Correctness and composability bugs in the Julia ecosystem by Yuri Vishnevsky
- Modern JavaScript Tutorial by Ilya Kantor and many more
- The other kind of staff software engineer by Adam Gordon Bell
- MVC frameworks aren't dinosaurs but sharks by David Dahan
- In Defence of the Single Page Application (sarcasm) by William Kennedy
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