Tue.May 22, 2018

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When Multitasking Is The Only Option

Professor Beekums

Multi-tasking doesn’t exist. All the science tells us that we are only capable of task switching. And task switching is really bad for us. Every time we switch tasks, we add to our cognitive load making us less effective at all the tasks we are attempting to do at once. A lot has been written on this topic with the attempt to justify creating work environments where people can focus.

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Getting Started With GraphQL Development Using Node.js

The Polyglot Developer

I’ve been playing around with GraphQL for a little over a month now, just to see if it is worth all the buzz it has been getting when it comes to modern API development. I must say that the more I use it, the more I’m coming to like it. I recently wrote a few tutorials around getting started with GraphQL using Golang , but being the polyglot that I am, I wanted to see how difficult it would be to accomplish the same in something else, like Node.js.

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Revisiting “Serverless Architectures”

The Symphonia

I started writing “ Serverless Architectures ” in May 2016. At that point I’d recently finished up at my previous job, had just been to the first Serverlessconf , hadn’t done much writing in a while, had some time on my hands, and so decided to put a few ideas together. I thought a few folks might be interested. Of course publishing it on Martin Fowler’s site was always going to get it to a wider audience (thanks Martin!