Link Dump #187

Today is a good day... good day to read another great article:

1. Software Architecture
   1. 3 Strategies for Achieving Data Efficiency in Modern Organizations
      Is your data infrastructure costing you too much? This article provides insights into strategies for achieving data efficiency, including optimizing storage, processing, and data transfer. Discover how to get more value from your data with less overhead.
2. Software Development
   1. The Forbidden Maven Cache: How to Break CI in 10 Ways
      A corrupted cache can derail builds, waste hours of debugging, and even break CI pipelines in spectacular ways. Here’s how to accidentally (or intentionally) destroy your Maven cache—and how to recover from it.
   2. F1 + DDD: All Models are Wrong, Some are Dangerous #PickOfTheWeek
      The article draws parallels between F1 simulations and business software, warning that flawed models can lead to significant financial losses or even more severe consequences in fields like medicine. It emphasizes the importance of careful modeling and continuous validation in software design.
   3. We Don't Merge into a Broken Master Branch #PickOfTheWeek
      The author warns against the common practice of merging code into a master branch that is known to be broken. The article explains the potential consequences, including increased instability and wasted development time, and offers advice on how to avoid this situation.
3. Agile
   1. Better alternatives to story points for software product teams #PickOfTheWeek
      Story points weren't devised to measure productivity, but rather complexity. But teams keep using story points as individual or team productivity "score cards". Here's why that's a problem, and what to use instead.
4. Project Management
   1. Why great product managers think like therapists 
      Learn how to think like a therapist to become a better product manager. This article explores the importance of active listening, prioritization under constraints, and concrete goals in product development. Discover how these skills can help you create products that truly resonate with your users.
5. Leadership
   1. Why Systems Change (and Why They Don't) #PickOfTheWeek
      Learn how five requirements for system change model can help almost all of whom are leaders seeking to drive organizational change.

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