Hello my friends.

I will be on vacation for the next two weeks, so I will send you the next letter in December.

Here's what I picked this week. Enjoy :-)

💎 Tech & Dev World

1. Processing billions of events in real time at Twitter​

TL;DR: The story of how Twitter went from the old architecture to the new architecture to handle billion of events. Problems, solutions and lessons.

Why I enjoyed it: For the last couple of months, I've become interested in architectural challenges. Articles like this one are gems to me.

2. I became a FAANG Staff Engineer in 5 years. These are the 14 lessons I learned along the way.​

TL;DR: 14 lessons.

Why I enjoyed it: Who doesn't like articles with the title "X Lesson I Learned in X Years as TITLE"?

Favorite lines:

• Based on my experience, your influence, not your code, is the most valuable asset in your career.
• You can usually perfect imperfect code later if necessary. Save your fighting for the critical pieces; fix the rest later if you have to. Life’s too short to make every problem you come across one worth dying for.

3. Ask HN: What are some great engineering blogs?​

TL;DR: A list of cool blogs about development.

🔥 Web Development

1. Etsy’s Journey to TypeScript​

TL;DR: Story on how Etsy adopted TypeScript.

Why I enjoyed it: Lots of valuable lessons on how to transfer your entire codebase to TypeScript.

2. A Clever Sticky Footer Technique​

TL;DR: Chris Coyier outlines a simple technique to stick a footer to the bottom of the screen.

🏅 Tweet of The Week

Goes to Hiten Shah!

hiten.eth @hnshah What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Let’s make a list. November 16th 2021 25 Retweets 248 Likes

Here are some that I've enjoyed:

Julie Stone Pifer @julie_pifer @hnshah Don’t wait until you’re ready. hiten.eth @hnshah What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Let’s make a list. November 16th 2021 9 Retweets 51 Likes

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NFTLuffy (nftstrawhat) @NFTStrawhat @hnshah The biggest risk in life is not taking risks hiten.eth @hnshah What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Let’s make a list. November 16th 2021 0 Retweets 14 Likes

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Mid Cap 🦁 @Ming_Ke_Ming @hnshah 1. There’s no reason to get upset about things you can’t control. All you can control is your own actions. 2. Life is a game in which we all die in the end. Have some fun playing the damn thing. (From someone here in NFT Twitter, but can’t remember whom) hiten.eth @hnshah What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Let’s make a list. November 16th 2021 5 Retweets 35 Likes

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