Reading List Week 4 2025

Here are some things I’ve read recently, related to work, that caught my attention. Putting the list together made me realize that last week I read more stuff about work than I thought.

• Mistakes You Apparently Just Have to Make YourselfWho hasn’t said, at one time or another, this code is too bad, we need to rewrite?
• Mistakes to avoid when writing self-assessments Never assume your manager knows everything you did.
• Overcoming Resistance to Extreme Programming I am an XP person at heart.
• Infrastructure Platform Teams Reading this kind of stuff for “reasons”
• To Jumpstart Creativity, Try These 8 Prompts Clickbait? Sure! But some of the suggestions make sense to me.
• Stop Relying on Others for Validation at Work A very good reminder to self.
• Dealing with Impostor Syndrome Highly weaponized to mask toxic environments, but still real.
• Management Mantras Management happens everyday
• A Field Guide to Team Dynamics and Conflict Because some level of conflict is good, but like everything in life, there is such thing as too much of something.
• Database Sharding ExplainedBecuase, well, you’ll never stop learning.