Hype Tech Journal #2
Dear Engineer,
In this issue, we deal with #NoCode platforms, headless components, and security for startups. In addition, we deal with organizational change, scaling engineering teams, and Agile. Don’t forget to take a look at the June events that might interest you!
📕 Guides & Tutorials
How to reduce React Native App size by 70–85% using these simple methods
Read this simple guide and learn how to reduce your React Native Apps size by 70-85%. These methods are also applicable for generating Android App Bundles (Abb), the new publishing format for the Google Play Console that is generally bigger.
Early Security for Startups
This guide is for early-stage startups without security teams. It specifies tools and vendors to use, some useful explanations of security roles to have in mind, and types of potential security risks.
TypeScript / How the compiler compiles
Check out this tutorial for a more in-depth understanding of TypeScript’s compiling process. If the source file contains some problems, the TypeScript compiler is also able to provide the diagnostics, so the error reporting is described too.
🛠️ Code, test & tools
10 TypeScript features you might not be using yet or didn’t understand
TypeScript has many features that we’re using regularly - too many to keep in mind. Releases are also often. It means the constant arrival of new features. In this article, you will find a list of useful, but not so often used features, with code examples.
NocoDB - The Open Source Airtable Alternative
NocoDB is an open-source #NoCode platform that turns any MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite, or MariaDB into a smart spreadsheet. NocoDB is so flexible that it can be integrated with many business verticals. Check it on GItHub.
Headless components in React and why I stopped using a UI library for our design system
Using headless components can be beneficial for a developers-designers collab in writing React components - separating logic and functionality from the UI. Learn how to move from using UI libraries like MUI to using headless components.
📝 Articles & Reviews
Changing the organization — to build the technology right
An Engineering Manager at the BBC shares their experience with changing the organization, and the implications on the people within it. Through this blog post, he focuses on team topologies and interactions, rather than on technical challenges.
How to scale a unicorn-building engineering team (and stay sane)
Take a deep dive into the team scaling strategy behind Melio’s engineering group. This team went from a single-person commitment to a 25-person engineering group in less than a year and a half. Read how they set the foundation for the next 50!
Maybe you should do less 'work'
Read this great article about efficiency at work, and avoiding additional workload to speed up your pace beyond realistic expectations. These pieces of advice will help you avoid burnout, and expand your horizons for better organizational contribution.
Agile and the Long Crisis of Software
Is Software Development in Agile crisis? Does Agile try to rationalize and commodify developers’ work too much? Do Agile ceremonies create pressure to enumerate each task? Read the article where Miriam Posner has presented her point of view.
Occasions from around the world 🌎
WWDC 2022 06.04. - 10.06. - online
React Day Bangalore 2022 08.06. - 09.06. - online
CONF42 SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERING 2022 09.06. - online
React Summit 2022 17.06. - 21.06. - hybrid event
Blockchain 101: Understanding Crypto, NFTs, and the Metaverse 02.06. -online
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