Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k] TRY SIMPLE MODE
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
97
Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
over a year ago

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from Devmoh

How Google Stores 10,000 Petabytes of Data Efficiently

Google Colossus Explained Simply

a year ago 219 votes
3 key tips for maximum impact, and the myth of the "lazy" Big Tech Engineer

On forums with startup-heavy presences, it’s a common occurrence to sing about the downfall of FAANG and the uselessness of Big Tech for an engineer’s career. This specific tweet went viral recently and I wanted to do a little deep dive on the underlying implications of it:

a year ago 41 votes
Protobufs Explained, and why Google, Apple, and LinkedIn use it over JSON

Faster than JSON, clearer than XML, cross-language, type-safe, and backwards compatible.

over a year ago 53 votes
The Fall of Stack Overflow, Explained

Stack Overflow's decline is partly self-imposed, but also somewhat out if its control.

over a year ago 46 votes

More in startups

How Does GPT-5 Work?

Welcome to another premium edition of Where's Your Ed At! Please subscribe to it so I can continue to drink 80 Diet Cokes a day. Email me at ez@betteroffline.com with the subject "premium" if you ever want to chat. I realize this is before

20 hours ago 4 votes
America has only one real city

We need a few more of them. How can we get them?

yesterday 2 votes
Silicon Valley is sucking up Singapore’s tech talent

In The New Geography of Innovation, writer Mehran Gul examines the increasing competition for talent in Singapore, where big tech firms are luring people away from once-prized government jobs.

yesterday 3 votes
South Park and The Greatest TV Contract Clause Ever

Matt Stone and Trey Parker became billionaires by making 27 seasons of the funniest shows ever (and signing a first TV deal with an improbable clause).

2 days ago 6 votes
Marketing’s misleading metric

Perverse incentives, and the unintended consequences that flow from them, can be found on every continent, in every time, and in every industry. And marketing is no different. This article argues that a malevolent metric sits at the heart of many marketing discussions and decisions. I believe that the many marketers who prioritise this metric seek to capture value, but unintentionally destroy it.

2 days ago 5 votes