Bumerang

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by Bumerang 7y ago
Everything by Simon Sinek, but most important for me is "Leaders Eat Last" [0]. I haven't read the last one (The Infinite Game), but I've heard it's pretty good as well. Also Extreme Ownership [1] and Dichotomy of L
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by Bumerang 8y ago
In agile (from my perspective) you rely on constant feedback from the stakeholders (customers, Product Onwer, sponsors) and iterate on it - that's why it's crucial to have short sprints so you can contain the uncertainty and make
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by Bumerang 8y ago
You don't do the whole implementation at once - you usually split it into several chunks/releases and everything becomes more manageable. I am a fan of agile where it makes sense - in projects/products where you have a strong
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by Bumerang 8y ago
Yeah, currently working on a project implementing new core banking system via waterfall. You can still see it quite a lot in these extremely risk-averse industries (pharma, finance, insurance).
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by Bumerang 8y ago
- Extreme Ownership, especially if you like military stories (although the book is about leadership). [0] - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, a refreshing perspective on life values. [1] [0] https://www.audible.com/pd&#x2
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by Bumerang 8y ago
Check out https://www.indiehackers.com/products Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16617509
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by Bumerang 9y ago
The bigger impact on cookies in general will have the ePrivacy regulation [1], but it is not yet finalized. For example, the proposal clarifies that no consent is needed for non-privacy intrusive cookies improving internet experience (e.g.
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by Bumerang 9y ago
I'm building a tool to help people with their decision making via the well known pros/cons lists. https://dilectee.com
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by Bumerang 9y ago
Coming from system programming, I'm glad I made a website in a 2017 state-of-the-art fashion. React, DRF, Sass, JS... It's really great to see something you made out there in the wild, not just running somewhere in the depths of L
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by Bumerang 9y ago
Speaking from experience -- GDPR is a huge issue basically for everyone in the Financial sector (banks, insurance, etc.) and projects to address that started two years or one year ago. Now they are usually rolling their solution into produ
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by Bumerang 9y ago
Having exactly the same background (system programming, linux, c/c++, python, never touched Javascript nor web development) I did the very same recently. My solution was to use Django (DRF) for REST API and React for the front-end and
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by Bumerang 9y ago
I choose several words describing the project and look them up in a Latin dictionary. These are already a natural sounding words, so you may tweak them a little. Pros: the domains are almost always available, sounds classy and trustworthy C
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by Bumerang 9y ago
Not sure if exactly technical, more like a meta-skill. Learn how to analyse and decompose problems. There always will be some.
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by Bumerang 10y ago
For me, the biggest problem is the start of the (boring) activity. Once I'm already in it, I can work for hours -- just the first step. So my solution is simple. I say to myself: "I'm not gonna work on that boring thing, I&#x
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by Bumerang 10y ago
Fiction: The Martian - Andy Weir Non fiction: Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely
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by Bumerang 10y ago
https://dilectee.com Site to help people with their decisions. I created it as a way to learn web development (React, Django), since I'm coming from system programming.