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2/7/2022
18 : 34

Top 3: why LinkedIn is so cringe, best books on managing software complexity and how overengineering can kill your product

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1/31/2022
16 : 34

Top 3: Stripe & YCombinator, 11 years of side projects and cost of attrition

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1/24/2022
23 : 34

Top 3: typescript features to avoid, 12 questions to ask on interview, how to measure your code base complexity and Elon Musk

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1/17/2022
18 : 44

Top 3: CSS in 2022, websocket handbook and learn how your org works

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1/11/2022
0 : 4

Top 3: Web3 & NFT, JavaScript stars in 2021 and how to say NO

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1/4/2022
9 : 24

Top 3: laws of development, overengineering and 2,138 technical questions

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12/28/2021
0 : 4

3-2-1: meetings at Amazon, why big companies are so slow and against 3X speed

Hello my friends. Here's what I picked this week. Enjoy :-) 💎 Tech & Dev World 1. Against 3X Speed​ TL;DR: A story about how we try to absorb as much information as we can [because a sense of
12/20/2021
20 : 4

3-2-1: Strategies to land $250k+ job, "open source" is broken and book recommendations

Hello my friends. Here's what I picked this week. Enjoy :-) 💎 Tech & Dev World 1. "Open Source" is Broken​ TL;DR: Interesting opinion on open source, what's wrong with it and how
12/13/2021
19 : 34

3-2-1: Interview at Stripe, roadmaps for developers and five books that changed one man's career

Hello my friends. I'm back from vacation. Here's what I picked this week. Enjoy :-) 💎 Tech & Dev World 1. Accepted and ghosted: interviewing for a leadership position at Stripe​ TL;DR:
11/22/2021
20 : 4

3-2-1: 14 lessons from FAANG Staff Engineer, how Twitter process billions of events and how to adopt TypeScript

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
11/15/2021
19 : 34

3-2-1: why SOLID is still here, how to make a CPU and how to build a second brain

Hello my friends. Here's what I picked this week. Enjoy :-) 💎 Tech & Dev World 1. Why SOLID principles are still the foundation for modern software architecture​ TL;DR: what SOLID stands for (
11/9/2021
0 : 4

3-2-1: How to negotiate salary, boring SEO guide and list of skills senior engineers need

Hello my friends. Here's what I picked this week. Enjoy :-) 💎 Tech & Dev World 1. Ask HN: Negotiating Salary​ TL;DR: The entire HN is discussing how to negotiate salary. Why I enjoyed it: A lot
11/1/2021
17 : 34

3-2-1 is back (version 2.0)

Hello my friends. Sorry I've been away for a while. My last two months have been very eventful. But I'm back and going to get back to the grind. I know how many people love this newsletter. So
8/16/2021
23 : 4

3-2-1: Tips on staying employed, Github moves us to the future and 7 high value ideas on career & life

Hello my friends. Let's kick off this week with 3 hand-picked articles from the tech world, 2 web development guides, and 1 best Tweet of the week. 🔥 Picks From The Tech World 1. An Old
8/9/2021
18 : 34

3-2-1: Lessons after 10,000 hours of coding, Why don’t tech companies pay more to stay, and What game to play as an employee

Hello my friends. This week I've released Coding Fantasy. The next-generation platform for learning code by playing games 🎉 It solves two big problems of traditional learning to code, the lack of
8/2/2021
18 : 4

3-2-1: What I Wish I Knew About CSS, Chrome Extensions Impact Performance, When Does a React Component Re-render?, How JetBrains Reduced App Size by 65%

Hello my friends. Here are 3 hand-picked articles from the tech world, 2 web development guides, and 1 best Tweet of the week. 🔥 Picks From The Tech World 1. What I Wish I Knew About CSS When Starting
7/26/2021
18 : 4

3-2-1: The State of Developer Ecosystem 2021, Future of Web, Hidden Door to Build Personal Brand, How to Run Good Meetings, Guidelines to Write High Quality CSS and Bonus

Hello my friends! Here are 3 hand-picked articles from the tech world, 2 web development guides, and 1 best Tweet of the week. 🔥 Picks from the tech world 1. The State of Developer Ecosystem 2021​ This
7/19/2021
16 : 44

3-2-1: Dropbox Engineering Career Framework, 5 Things I Learned After Two Years at Microsoft, JavaScript Modules Rabbit Hole, One React Mistake, Guide to Storytelling

Hello my friends! Before we start this week with 3 hand-picked articles from the tech world, 2 web development guides, and 1 best Tweet of the week, I want you to do me a little favor: after reading
7/12/2021
17 : 4

3-2-1: On Working Hard, State Of Web Workers In 2021, Why Companies Don't Hire Junior Devs, New Rendering Engine in Chrome, Guide To Grid

Hello my friends! Here are 3 hand-picked articles from the tech world, 2 web development guides, and 1 best Tweet of the week. 🔥 Picks from the tech world 1. On working too hard: finding balance, and
7/10/2021
6 : 24

3-2-1: MASSIVE Announcement, Horrible experience at Amazon, Burnout is real, History of web, Demystifying styled-components, Optimizing Web Vitals

Hello my friends! I have a MASSIVE announcement for you. This week I'm releasing my Win "The Interview" Game book and Tech Bandits community. One of my friends said about the book, "