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My Favorite Books of 2021

Tomasz Tunguz

These are my favorite books from this year. The Sovereign Individual is an older book but foundational reading for web3. The Code Breaker relates the history behind CRISPR, a technology that enables biochemists to alter DNA via RNA, and the woman behind the innovation Jennifer Doudna. The Future of Money. A Man for All Markets.

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Why generic marketing approaches don’t work on software developers

TechCrunch

“Most of the technical content published misses the mark with developers. I think we can all do a better job,” author and developer marketing expert Adam DuVander says. DuVander was recommended to us by Karl Hughes, the CEO of Draft.dev, which specializes in content production for developer-focused companies.

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How To Use AI-Assisted Brainstorming To Boost Innovation in Remote Work

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Studies underscore the crucial role played by robust internet connectivity in enabling and enhancing remote collaboration. That evidence further supports the idea that refinements in remote work tech tools — enabled by fast broadband — offer the key to improved innovation. This process starts with selecting digital collaboration tools.

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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

TechCrunch

Lorna Mitchell is head of Developer Relations at Aiven , a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure. I have worked remotely in technology for over a decade, and I’ll share my tips for how fast-paced technical startups can take good care of their software development talent. Contributor.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers

TechCrunch

After selling two companies into large enterprises with lots of legacy software, Lawler witnessed firsthand how developers were struggling to understand the systems they were tasked with improving, and finding it difficult to deliver fast and secure code in complex microservices and cloud applications.

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250 Developers

This is going to be BIG.

In today’s world, one of the bottlenecks we have to innovation is the lack of software development talent. There have been some pretty good grass roots efforts at creating more development talent in the community—but they’ve been on smaller scales and heavily reliant on the volunteer efforts of a small number of dedicated people.