Dear Hacker Noon reader,
It’s easy to say, “prioritize work life balance” — when you already have a good life. It’s easy to say, “prioritize a good night’s sleep” — when you’ve already made enough money today. It’s easy to say, “prioritize diet and exercise” — when you have someone else cooking you a nutritious meal and a new Tesla parked in the garage, waiting for you to drive to the gym.
You know what’s not easy? Making something from nothing. Sometimes, you’re going to have to prioritize “it” over you — if you want to “it” to live long and prosper. That’s the startup life.
Here’s the top reading on 3 must read tech stories, and 14 trending posts in Software Development. It’s all a circle!
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3 Must Read Tech Stories
Dear Facebook, “Download My Archive” is Broken and That’s Not Okay by Ex-Googler Stephen Cognetta
Gamifying the Delivery of Money by author, engineer and serial entrepreneur Daniel Jeffries
How Amazon is winning the battle for the Home Operating System by Former #TU Director of Products at Telefonica Jorge Serna
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14 Trending Software Development Posts
A crash course on Serverless with Node.js by Bookvar Software Engineer Adnan Rahić
Awkward Moments in JavaScript by Asana Engineer Greg Sabo
Common Excuses Why Developers Don’t Test Their Software by Software Developer James Jeffery
Dealing with Data Migrations on Multi Tenant — Laravel by PHP Developer Marco Aurélio Deleu
Delete Your Code by Laravel/React Senior Developer Ruairidh Wynne-McHardy
Eloquent Relationships Cheat Sheet by Software Engineer Mahmoud Zalt
ES6 for beginners by Programmer Srebalaji Thirumalai
How we make npm packages work in the browser by Catawiki Developer Ives van Hoorne
Making audio searchable with Cloud Speech by Connoisseur of code, country music, and homemade ice cream Sara Robinson
Solving Mastermind with Go by Continental-ITS Backend Software Engineer Ludi Rehak
The Beauty of Go by Kanishk Dudeja
Up and Running with Universal Components by Tech Lead on the UI team for Major League Soccer kurtiskemple
Walk This (JavaScript) Way by Computer Science Professor Baptiste Pesquet
Why Isn’t Agile Working? by Zendesk Senior Product Manager John Cutler
Until next time, don’t take the realities of the world for granted.
Kind Regards,