Modules vs. microservices
Apply modular system design principles while avoiding the operational complexity of microservices.
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Four short links: 23 March 2017
Tractor Hacking, Economic History, Augmented Coder, and Temporal Dithering
An efficient approach to continuous documentation
How to cultivate lasting shared knowledge without giving up all that free time you don't really have.
Working backwards
Alan Cooper outlines his process for working backwards: Taking the time to ask the hard questions before wading into new territory.
Should designers. . .? New design skills from coding to Agile, process, and more
Dan Mall shares perspectives on whether designers should code (yes!), how designers can fit into Agile workflows, and more.
Government services that work for people
Jennifer Pahlka says poor service design can have devastating consequences for vulnerable people in our country, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Fireside chat with John Allspaw and Randy Hunt
Etsy’s John Allspaw and Randy J. Hunt discuss the practices that have helped their tech and design teams evolve together.
Four short links: 22 March 2017
W3C Sucks, 2038 Ahoy, Swagger 3.0, and Javascript Bundling
Highlights from the O’Reilly Design Conference in San Francisco 2017
Watch highlights covering design thinking, UX, interaction design, and more. From the O'Reilly Design Conference in San Francisco 2017.
Design for 7 billion. Design for one.
Kat Holmes explores how designing for human diversity can unlock more meaningful experiences for each of us.
The expanding perimeter: The evolution of design in Silicon Valley
Barry Katz explains how design has evolved from packaging electronics in sheet metal enclosures in the 1950s to grappling with some of the most fundamental problems of modern civilization.
The UX of buildings, cities, and infrastructure
Dan Hill explores creating great user experience for buildings and cities.
Determining success in design
Julie Zhuo discusses definitions of success in design and shares a few principles on how to set clear goals.
Fireside chat with Irene Au and Ivy Ross
Khosla Ventures' Irene Au and Google's Ivy Ross discuss the future of hardware design, how to design products with soul, and lessons on design leadership.
Four short links: 21 March 2017
Face Scanners, Formal Specifications, Simulated NYC, and Open Source Motorbike
Four short links: 20 March 2017
Time Series Database, Open Source Maintenance, Conversational Devices, and Google Glass's Act Two
On computational ethics
Is it possible to imagine an AI that can compute ethics?
Four short links: 17 March 2017
Personalized Learning, Programming Programming Languages, Poker AI, and Technical Interviews