Issue 35

Your Weekly Fortune

A brute-force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work. It can take a long time to get an elegant solution to work. In describing the history of searching algorithms, for example, Donald Knuth pointed out that even though the first description of a binary search algorithm was published in 1946, it took another 16 years for someone to publish an algorithm that correctly searched lists of all sizes (Knuth 1998). A binary search is more elegant, but a brute-force, sequential search is often sufficient. When in doubt, use brute force.

Events

Getting Started With Proxyman, Thu, Apr 13, 2023, 6:45 PM | GDG Hybrid Meetup

Proxyman enables developers to capture, inspect, and manipulate HTTP(s) requests/responses from apps and domains on iOS and Android devices and simulators with ease.

with Lily Kuntz - Comcast NBCUniversal (Android Engineer)

HackAI with UT Dallas for Students April 14-

As per Tech Titans:

A 24-hour student-run hackathon that will connect today’s students with the knowledge and resources needed to build Artificial Intelligence will be held on the campus of UT Dallas on April 15 - 16.

OWASP April Meet , Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 12:00 PM | REMOTE Meetup

Gaining Visibility and Reducing Risk in the SaaS Attack Surface

with Harold Byun, Chief Product Officer at AppOmni

Dev

Typescripting the technical interview

...we’re going to do a little programming puzzle, so I can understand how you solve problems. Don’t worry if you’re not able to complete the exercise, the main thing is for me to get a feel for how you think and communicate.

Redefining Developer Experience — Begin Blog

I would suggest that developer experience needs to pivot from a concept centered on feeling fast and living on the bleeding edge to one based on the enabling of developers to deliver reliable and first rate end user experiences

As a user, I don’t want to

A team that writes task-oriented user stories is stuck with their assumptions. A team prepared to invert their user stories is now equipped to actually find out.

News

Dallas Police Dept. Puts Use-of-Force Data on Interactive Public Dashboards » Dallas Innovates

The interactive dashboards include data on the day, time, and location of Dallas police use-of-force incidents; subject characteristics and crimes charged; and use-of-force tactics, restraints, and injury rates. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia brought the use-of-force data program with him from San Jose, California, where he served as police chief from 2016 to 2021.

Texas' child welfare technology is out-of-date

Texas DFPS uses a platform built in 1996, based on federal guidelines from 1993. Texas is one of just four states that hasn't modernized its child welfare information system, per the report.