Young Reacts #250: Going on hiatus
After this 250th issue, I’m taking a hiatus from my weekly newsletter. I’ve loved sharing my thoughts and experiences with you. However, I’d like to explore other types of writing and want to step back from this newsletter for a while.
It meant a lot to me that so many people chose to read what I had to say every week. I thank you all for your support and readership.
Software Engineering ⚙️
Bottleneck #01: Tech Debt
I keep reading about tech debt because my company is riddled with it. My key takeaway from this article was to provide the data when possible to engineers so that they can use their judgments.
Open Source composition and validation library for Apollo Federation
The Guild, another major contributor to the GraphQL ecosystem, open-sourced a library to replace Apollo Federation’s core library. Apollo Federation’s core libraries are using Elastic License, which isn’t an actual open-source license, as the license forbids Apollo’s competitors from using those libraries. The license doesn’t impact me or my team and won’t matter to most. But it still leaves a bad taste and leads to fractures.
People ❤️
Projects and Companies
Internal and external pressure often leads us astray, even if the pressure comes from the best intentions. As adults and professionals, we are ultimately responsible for our decisions and their outcomes.
Good Businesses Have Margin
This doesn’t just apply to businesses but also to our lives. It’s a blessing to have some slack in our lives. The slack affords us time and energy to take difficulties from a growth perspective. Which would be impossible if my life were to fall apart the moment I lost my job.
Quantity leads to quality (the origin of a parable)
An ample amount of deliberate practice will get us quality, even if our initial attempts look basic.
Business 💰
Dev Diary: Win Probability Powered by AWS at Worlds
I loved reading how statistics is applied to a complex game. It was also interesting to see that the resulting analytics, despite its name Win Probability, is descriptive (70% of the teams in this situation have won the game), not predictive (this team will win this game with the probability of 70%).
ChatGPT use shows that the grant application system is broken
ChatGPT is not just helping high school students with their homework. It’s also helping the PhDs with their grant applications.