Category: DPL Reading List

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Execution Is a People Problem, Not a Strategy Problem (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “However hard it is to devise a smart strategy, it’s ten times harder to get people to execute on that strategy. And a…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Penny Pinching in the Cloud: Running and Managing LOTS of Web Apps on a single Azure App Service – “Remember that you can fit as many web applications as memory and CPU will into an Azure App Service Plan. An “App…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. How to Communicate Errors Well (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “The more complex the software is, the more often we have to say “sorry” to our users. This means that it’s not enough to think only about…

Some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week: What I want other parents to know about women in tech – “But what grabs fewer headlines is the fact that there’s a lot going right with women in tech. Talk to people on the inside and they’ll tell you, if nothing else,…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Study shows 20% more high school girls like computer science after an Hour of Code – “We just released the results of a new study, conducted by our own evaluation team, that sought to measure the student impact of an Hour…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter – “In recent years a body of research has revealed another, more nuanced benefit of workplace diversity: nonhomogenous teams are simply smarter. Working with people who are different from you may challenge your brain to overcome…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Recognizing Traffic Lights With Deep Learning – “I recently won first place in the Nexar Traffic Light Recognition Challenge, computer vision competition organized by a company that’s building an AI dash cam app. In this post, I’ll describe the solution I…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Four Truths About Input (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Unlike Schrödinger’s cat, our input experiments don’t end. Knowing what input is used one moment tells you nothing about what will be used next.” We’re Thinking About Organizational…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Know when to ask for help with the 15 Minute Rule (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “The fact is – your time is expensive. It might feel good to learn things the hard way – you’ll build…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. 10 things I learned making the fastest site in the world (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Writing a fast website is like raising a puppy, it requires constancy and consistency (both over time and from everyone involved)….