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Why You Cant Afford Off Days

TL;DR Excellence isnt an event—its a habit. Learn why every moment, big or small, matters and how consistency builds a lasting reputation for success.

By @scottdclary [ 11 Min read ]

You read that right: everything matters.

Not just the big presentations. Not just the important meetings. Not just the moments when all eyes are on you.

Everything.

But excellence doesn't work like that. Success doesn't work like that. Life doesn't work like that.

Think about that for a second...

Suicide Hotlines Promised Anonymity - So Why Was Sensitive Data Sent to Facebook?

TL;DR Websites for mental health crisis resources across the country—which promise anonymity have been quietly sending sensitive visitor data to Facebook

By @TheMarkup [ 11 Min read ]

This article was copublished with STAT, a national publication that delivers trusted and authoritative journalism about health, medicine, and the life sciences. Sign up for its health tech newsletter here.

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How I Solved the WebSocket Scaling Problem Without Breaking the Bank

TL;DR A long time ago, I had to create a scalable system that could be capable of handling hundreds of simultaneous connections at not very high cost.

By @axotion [ 11 Min read ]

A long time ago, I found myself in a situation where I had to create a scalable system that could be capable of handling hundreds of simultaneous connections at not very high cost, and with reasonable, but not instant time of response.

Let's begin

Here's a module for that..

Gamification Makes It Easier to Teach Software Testing – New Study Shows

TL;DR Learn how integrating Gamekins gamifies software testing education, motivating students through continuous integration, points, and achievements in CI platforms

By @gamifications [ 4 Min read ]

Authors:

(1) Philipp Straubinger, University of Passau, Germany;

(2) Gordon Fraser, University of Passau, Germany.

Abstract and 1 Introduction

2.1 Software Testing

2.2 Gamification of Software Testing

3 Gamifying Continuous Integration and 3.1 Challenges in Teaching Software Testing

3.2 Gamification Elements of Gamekins

KEYWORDS..

The History of GitHub Awesome-Lists

TL;DR I studied commit histories, READMEs, and PR comments to understand how the GitHub Awesome-List trend came to be.

By @zevireinitz [ 7 Min read ]

Chances are, if you use GitHub, you’re familiar with “awesome lists.”

They’ve become so popular that GitHub now displays “Awesome Lists” as one of the options in the mobile app Explore tab:

I couldn’t find anyone who had written about this, so I decided to fill the gap myself...

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