Top Reads for November
This is the seventh installment of my attempt at creating a monthly post which aggregates all the best content I’ve come across in the past month. ‘Best’ in this context could mean quite a few things – interesting, thought-provoking, funny or a cool new open source project. So here are the top things I read in November.
Career / Startups
- Dear Startups: Stop Asking me Math Puzzles to figure out if I can Code
- What Long Hours Really Mean
- Stop Freelancing
- Hoards Of Novices
- The Ten Rules of a Zen Programmer
- The Eternal Struggle Between Business and Programmers
JavaScript
- Why The Hell Would I Use Node.js?
- An excel-like app in less than 30 lines of JavaScript, no library used
Databases
- Why JSON in PostgreSQL is Awesome
- Why You Should Never Use MongoDB
- re: Why You Should Never Use MongoDB
Funny
Other
- Inkpad Source Code
- Guidelines for Handling Support Emails
- How to write an app press release
- Watch 15 Awesome MS-DOS Viruses in Action
- Setting Up a Mac Dev Machine From Zero to Hero With Dotfiles
Happy coding.