The Angel’s in the Details

#119 – December 11, 2022

The Angel’s in the Details

On a recent call, a Walmart store manager spoke about how he transformed his store’s performance by focusing his team on the little things. The signal in the noise for him was the cleanliness of the bathrooms. If the bathrooms were spotless, this was an indication that everything else in the store was going right.

Bring your own database, and let Directus do the rest | sponsor (sponsor)

Directus is an open-source platform (with 18k GitHub stars, 20M downloads) that sits on top of your SQL database, and dynamically generates REST and GraphQL APIs, providing you with a secure and intuitive no-code app. The new cloud platform offers a global CDN, end-to-end project provisioning, granular access control, and lots more. Self-hosted or in the Cloud, Directus is perfect for any developer and every project.

Hiring For Additivity

When I first interviewed at Netflix, I noticed that by and large the folks I met had been at Netflix for a long time. It made me curious, so I asked the question, “how do you think about the risk of echo chambers?” The answer, in short, was “additivity”.

Three Essential Remote Work Practices for Engineering Teams

It’s been around two and a half years since Shopify became a fully remote-first company. James Stanier shares three tips for succeeding remotely.

Planning in Bets: Risk Mitigation at Scale

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Shift Your Mobile App Security Left with the OWASP MASVS Framework | sponsor (sponsor)

Organizations are “shifting left” as a more effective method of mobile app security. In our latest report, we take a deep dive into OWASP’s Mobile App Security Verification Standard (MASVS) framework to help you implement a multi-layered security approach for your mobile apps to prevent risks like vulnerable code, components, and dependencies.

What are Healthy Relationships?

Strong relationships built in the small moments will be what you lean on to get through tough times.

Now, let's dive into product building a little bit.

And we'll wrap up with an interesting take on your personal values at work.

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