Why “Normal” Engineers Are the Key to Great Teams by jnord

A version of this post originally appeared in Refactoring, a Substack offering advice for software engineers. Most of us have encountered a few software engineers who seem practically magician-like, a class apart from the rest of us in their ability to reason about complex mental models, leap to nonobvious yet elegant solutions, or emit waves

ByHackTechMarch 13, 20250Comments

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Engineers don’t make public squares. People do by PaulHoule

I was chatting with a friend recently who’s made the decision to quit social media wholesale, simply seeing it now as draining. Hearing that rings true, but it hurts, too. My experience of the social web growing up as part of the first “digital-native” generation was on balance a positive one; though there were plenty

ByHackTechFebruary 12, 20250Comments

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Engineers Want More Feedback by kiyanwang

Members of the Aha! Product Success and engineering teams connect at our company onsite in Deer Valley, Utah. | Photo by Jodi B PhotographyOctober 20, 2023You should honor the engineers who help you bring your product strategy to life. Because without them, you just have a bunch of well-formed ideas. But you do not have

ByHackTechOctober 29, 20230Comments

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Reverse Engineers’ Hex Editor by CTOSian

A cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD) hex editor for reverse engineering, and everything else. An online copy of the manual can be accessed here: solemnwarning.net/rehex/manual/. Features Large (1TB+) file support Decoding of integer/floating point value types Inline disassembly of machine code Highlighting and annotation of ranges of bytes Side by side comparision of whole files

ByHackTechOctober 5, 20230Comments

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Engineers Should Focus on Writing by skwee357

All engineers are good writers… of code. But I believe that in order to become better engineer–you should improve your writing skills. From the dawn of times, people were writing. We have written using symbols, like in Ancient Egypt. And we have written using letters, like in Renaissance times. And all of us, got at-least

ByHackTechJuly 9, 20230Comments

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MIT engineers develop a Jell-O-like electrode by markgavalda

Owing to the unique combination of electrical conductivity and tissue-like mechanical properties, conducting polymer hydrogels have emerged as a promising candidate for bioelectronic interfacing with biological systems. However, despite the recent advances, the development of hydrogels with both excellent electrical and mechanical properties in physiological environments is still challenging. Engineers at MIT have created a

ByHackTechJune 18, 20230Comments

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Software engineers panic about being replaced by AI by hackyhacky

Tech workers are taking to Blind to discuss the impact of AI on the future of software engineering. Some say they’re “anxious” about AI replacing their jobs and wonder if it’s the end of a “golden age.” AI has already begun to threaten the job security of software engineers. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for

ByHackTechApril 29, 20230Comments

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C++ Software Engineers (Various Projects) at Leica Geosystems/Switzerland by AgaRecruiter

Leica Geosystems is based in Heerbrugg, canton of St. Gallen. Very close to the border with Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein. Our office in surrounded by mountains and we take advantage of it by organizing hiking trips and other outdoor activities.Leica Geosystems (part of Hexagon) provides a wide spectrum of products and services in the various

ByHackTechApril 26, 20230Comments

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Tech Lead and Software Engineers by hkbockster

Sericin Limited| Tech Lead & Software Engineers | full-time | Hong Kong or remote | Asia time only| www.sericin.net | careers@sericin.netYou are going to help us build a world-class SaaS-platform from the ground up, that allows landlords to navigate from their computer screen legal risks and valuation implications buried inside contract language, in a way

ByHackTechJanuary 17, 20230Comments

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The Engineers Are Bloggers Now by herbertl

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ByHackTechJanuary 11, 20230Comments

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