PragProg’s Medium Posts

Today, the spotlight is on Lauren Maffeo, author of Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up. Read the interview here on Devtalk:

Be sure to leave a question for Lauren in the ask me anything (AMA) section for a chance to win a copy of her book.

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Kick off your Monday with a brain-energizing Worduko puzzle:

If you like puzzles, pick up Erica Sadun’s @Erica book:

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#book-numerical-brain-teasers

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Today on Medium, our newsletter that lets you catch up on articles from the previous month:

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Mike Riley shares his outlook for the future of books and human writers in light of the rise of ChatGPT and other natural language processing tools driven by AI:

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Today on Medium, an excerpt from Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up by Lauren Maffeo @lmaffeo:

Her book is now in print:

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Join us in congratulating author Leemay Nassery @leemay on the beta release of Practical A/B Testing: Creating Experimentation-Driven Products:

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Learn how to create an endless scrolling background for your 2D game in Swift using Spritekit in this excerpt from Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies by Tammy Coron @Paradox927:

https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/juicing-your-games-with-sound-and-effects-create-an-endless-scrolling-background-20e05c9ff7c2

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Today on Medium, Ashley Peacock @ashleypeacock talks about common diagramming mistakes and helps us to fix them:

Ashley’s book:

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A fun AI experiment giving ChatGPT a voice with Alexa from Craig Walls @habuma:

Craig’s book:

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Today we are celebrating the release of Daniel H. Steinberg’s latest book, The Curious Case of the Async Cafe:

#swift #programming #books #concurrency

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Continuing with the Swift theme today, join us on DevTalk for an interview and ask me anything (AMA) with the author of Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies Tammy Coron:

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From the PragPub archives, hiring tips for Agile teams by Johanna Rothman @jrothman:

Pick up the book:

#career #teams #agile

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Another career-related article from the PragPub archives. This time, Andy Lester @petdance reminds us that interviews also mean making sure a company is the right fit for you:

Andy’s book:

#book-land-the-tech-job-you-love

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Advice from the PragPub archives on how to handle when coworkers are laid off:

Follow along with the conversation between Johanna Rothman @jrothman and Andy Lester @petdance.

Read Manage Your Job Search and Land The Tech Job You Love for pragmatic job search advice.

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Continuing on the career themed articles from the PragPub archives, today Johanna Rothman @jrothman and Andy Lester @petdance talk about coping with job loss:

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To wrap up a week of career-related articles, here’s an excerpt from Land the Tech Job You Love by Andy Lester @petdance with some resume advice:

The book:

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An excerpt from Practical A/B Testing by Leemay Nassery:

Leemay’s book, now in beta:

#book-practical-a-b-testing

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A Wordoku puzzle to wake up your brain this morning:

You might also like Erica Sadun’s @Erica brain teaser book:

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Ken Kousen @kenkousen on Mockito and software versioning:

Ken’s book:

#java #tdd #book-mockito-made-clear

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A/B testing is becoming increasingly popular in digital product development. Early feedback on the choice of direction may save you a lot of time and money. However, be careful about drawing too far-reaching conclusions from your test results. —Staffan Nöteberg

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https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/delusive-extrapolation-and-a-b-testing-ffebe8582a58

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