🎧 Spotify’s Decision-Making and Next.js for e-Commerce

Hello, 

I’ve been seeing a lot of fascinating articles come out this week, and I’ve gathered them all in one place to keep you in the loop on the newest tech industry developments. Whenever you’re looking to improve your leadership skills by learning about the common mistakes made by engineering managers, gain some insights on feature flags, or arm your business with information on the hottest AI trends, this newsletter has you covered. 

Do you want to see how other companies handle some common pain points, like cross-team communication, losing user interest and poorly optimized web pages? Find out how Spotify handles decision-making, Stripe fans the flames of customer obsession and Lyngen North Hotel moved its website from WordPress to Jamstack.

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• How Engineer Managers Get Stuck

• Mitigating Risks With Automation

• The Key Trends in AI Engineering

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Technical Decision-Making In A Fragmented Space: Spotify In-Car Case Study

Achieving a balance between safety, simplicity and control is never easy, and it becomes especially challenging when you’re handling one of the world’s most popular music streaming services. Discover Spotify’s strategies and solutions for maintaining coherence and quality across diverse teams and projects.

10 Common Ways Engineering Managers Get Stuck

Great engineering managers are the glue holding teams together. They excel at setting clear goals, fostering communication, and investing in team development. What do they have in common? Not making the mistakes mentioned in this article. 

Want To Mitigate Risk? Invest In Automation

Are you worried about potential dangers your projects may face? Automating tasks and implementing CI/CD pipelines can minimize human error, ensure quality, and enhance efficiency. Improve reliability, scalability, and overall operational success.

Building Product At Stripe: Craft, Metrics, And Customer Obsession | Jeff Weinstein

Join Stripe product lead Jeff Weinstein for a deep dive into customer obsession in product development. Learn the secrets of Stripe's unique "study groups" designed to foster empathy for the customer experience and employ them in your own strategy. Interested? Listen to the podcast. 

How to Put Developer Survey Results into Action

Don’t let your survey results gather dust. Analyzing developer feedback and involving your team in decisions can result in massive improvements that boost team satisfaction and productivity. Find out how to start transforming those insights into real changes.

Deepen Your Expertise

Stack Development with Next.js, Clerk, and Neon Postgres

Discover how to create powerful web applications with this tutorial. Take a walk through setting up Neon, integrating it with Next.js, and performing CRUD operations with Drizzle ORM. Improve your projects’ security and performance with practical tips and examples!

Learning React: 5 Important Principles About Hooks You Have To Know

While many React developers consider hooks an essential part of their code, overusing them might be what’s killing it. Luckily the five principles listed in this article might save you from dependency array problems, useless re-renders and all the issues they leave behind. 

Understanding Feature Flags

Streamline deployments, minimize risk, and empower your development team – all with feature flags!  Feature flags, also known as toggles or switches, let you control which parts of your code are live in production. Discover how implementing them can lead to smoother deployments and a more data-driven feature selection.

Increase Scalability

Building a Super-Fast Jamstack Website for the Extraordinary Hotel at the Edge of the World

Lyngen North is an idyllic hotel with breathtaking views of the Lyngen Alps and Lyngenfjord and a common problem - a website in serious need of redesign and SEO worries. Read how our team managed to ensure a smooth move from WordPress to Jamstack without compromising on the beautiful visuals. 

Leadership Strategies For Product Maturity Phases

Product release is a journey, which will lead you through different stages of maturity. If you’re feeling unprepared for it, this article provides expert advice on planning and maintaining flexibility to deliver a fully mature product onto the market. 

3 Key Trends for AI Engineering in the Cloud in 2024

AI has become an important part of the tech industry, providing support in numerous avenues and projects. Its role keeps expanding and a key to being competitive is making sure you aren’t left behind with the new developments. Avoid this by staying up to date with the current trends for AI engineering. 

Experiment Finds AI Boosts Creativity Individually but Lowers It Collectively

A recent study by researchers from the University College London and the University of Exeter claims that while AI can boost individual creativity by offering new ideas, it may reduce collective creativity in group settings. Find out how and what it means for the future.

How Can Next.js Improve UX in E-commerce?

Could Next.js be the answer to your e-commerce problems? If you’re struggling with abandoned carts and terrible website performance, this guide will show you the benefits of creating a custom web store, instead of relying on pre-made templates, and why Next.js is the perfect tool for that. 

Just Cool

Globally Renowned Ancient Rock Art in the Negev Desert Faces Imminent Destruction

The ancient rock art in Israel's Negev Desert is facing imminent destruction due to fungi and lichens. Don’t despair yet! While nature can’t be stopped, monitoring microbial communities and documenting the petroglyphs in detail can help mitigate the damage.

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