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Featured Articles ✍️🏾

1. Linux List Processes – How to Check Running Processes by Bolaji Ayodeji.

2. The Future of Web Software Is HTML-over-WebSockets by Matt E. Patterson.

3. TGIM: Nobody’s Thinking About You by Tiffany Walker.

4. Asynchronous Design Critique: Getting Feedback by Erin Casali.

5. Test Automation Career Path by Angie Jones.

6. The Architecture of Uber’s API gateway by Uber Eng.

7. How to Take Feedback Like a Pro by Kat Boogaard.

8. Human-Readable JavaScript: A Tale of Two Experts by Laurie Barth.

9. Lodash tutorial by Zetcode.

10. Warren Buffett Portfolio: 6 of His Best Long-Term Picks by Adam Hayes.

11. How to Get a Dysfunctional Team Back on Track by Liam Nugent.

Product of the Week ✨

Outline is a modern team knowledge base for your internal documentation, product specs, support answers, meeting notes, onboarding, and more.

Do check it out here and contribute on GitHub.

Good Tidings 🔊

1. We’re seeking a talented DX engineer to expand our Developer Relations department at Commerce Layer. If you possess infinite curiosity, are excited about developer tools, eager to solve challenges that developers face, and enjoy sharing knowledge, please apply. It’s a 100% remote opportunity!

2. Sarah is working on a new book titled “Engineering Management for the Rest of Us,” where she covers what it takes to manage people for the rest of us who are not “born leaders.” You can learn more and subscribe for updates here.

3. Here’s a great introductory course if you’re interested in learning Cyber Security. You should check it out!

4. Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of increasing the visibility of website pages on search engines. You can find beginner and advanced SEO documentation here to learn how to improve your site's visibility.

5. Andela, Google, and Plurasignt partner together to help 40,000 learners in Africa get skilled-up with the Google Africa Developer Scholarship (GADS) 2021 program. You should check it out and apply.

6. Check out the GitHub Student Developer Pack for free student access to the best developer tools in one place.

7. Want to learn more about SEO? Here’s a free Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide.

8. Are you interested in learning more about cloud engineering? Then, check out these live streams to learn core Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud concepts.

9. Here’s a comprehensive guide to headless commerce that’ll walk you through the benefits of headless commerce compared to the traditional one, highlighting the main differences between the two approaches and showing how Commerce Layer can help you go headless and stay innovative without pain.

10. I’ve been off Twitter for some weeks now. If you’ve been trying or need to reach me, don't hesitate to get in touch with me via LinkedIn or send an email.

Book Recommendations

1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.

2. Prayer - Asking & Receiving by John R. Rice.

3. Getting Things Done by David Allen.

4. Front-End Development Projects with Vue.js by Maya Shavin.

Featured Tweets 😍

Sadly, I’ve been off Twitter for a while now, so I don’t have tweets to share. However, I’ll share some of my favorite music from Spotify this week. Trust me; you might like them :).

Quote of the day 💙

“Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering ‘I will try again tomorrow” —Mary Anne Radmacher

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