What if working less actually increases productivity?
Itamar Turner-Trauring makes the case for working less in this month’s most highly-upvoted article.
Are you an old geek? Are twenty-something co-workers making you feel over the hill?
If you’ve ever been told that your age makes you a “poor cultural fit” for a company, then don’t miss IT veteran Tim Bray’s insightful article on Silicon Valley’s rampant ageism.
Entrepreneur John Wheeler also has an excellent follow-up article and solution for all old geeks out there. Check it out: oldgeekjobs.com.
We are also thrilled to have the creator of SQLite, Dr. Richard Hipp, break down the pros and cons of SQLite for us.
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In this month's issue, you'll read about:
Feature
- Less stress, more productivity, Itamar Turner-Trauring
Programming
- The cost of forsaking C, Ozan Onay
- Why learning Angular 2 was excruciating, Liz Bennett
- On DRY and the cost of wrongful abstractions, Vlad Zelinschi
- Not Just Any Old Geek, John Wheeler
- Lessons learned from software rewrites, Alex Martins
Opinion
- Old geek, Tim Bray
Interesting
- Don't start big, start a little snowball, Justin Vincent
- Understanding /proc, Frederico Bittencourt
Data
- Appropriate uses for SQLite, Richard Hipp
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