March 2025
Time for another monthly post sharing some of the IT discoveries that crossed my path lately. Below you'll find a mix of articles, links, and resources, some of which tie into my current activities and areas of interest.
Articles
Software Design: What went wrong?
Software Design should be a developer’s bread and butter. Changing how we talk about software under development is the start of building better software systems. We must stop calling everything architecture, make design more accessible, and resist the urge of focusing on technology.
The 13 software engineering laws
Hyrum's law, Conway’s law, Zawinski's law, and 10 others.
Security
Thanh's Islett - Having Fun With a Scamming Crypto Job
I’m going to cover what happened and the technical details of a crypto job scam that I’ve avoided. Let’s hope that it can be both entertaining and informative.
Podcasts
Django Chat: Self-Hosted Open Source - Michael Kennedy
Michael hosts the Talk Python podcast, co-hosts Python Bytes, and runs courses at Talk Python Training. We discuss his recent shift to mainly self-hosted open-source options for everything from marketing emails to analytics and more.
Videos
FOSS Baackstage: Airflow Beach Cleaning – Securing Supply Chain - Jarek Potiuk
Uniting efforts of Apache Airflow, ASF, PSF, Alpha-Omega fund in experimental project aimed at review and help with security of the whole 700+ dependencies of Apache Airflow.