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This week: SaaS Economics, technical debt from a dev perspective, the role of the CTO, predicting the popularity of future coding languages.
SAAS ECONOMICS
The million dollar engineering problem
It’s easy to fall into a cycle where the first response to any problem is to spend more money. Here’s the story of how Segment cut their AWS bill by over one million dollars annually.
CULTURE
On Technical Debt
Most articles on technical debt address it from the business side. Michael Dymel shares his thoughts on the topic from a developer perspective.
LEADERSHIP
The Role of the Chief Technology Officer
CODING
Predicting future popularity of coding languages
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Ben Thompson is a co-founder at GitPrime where he leads design and customer experience. He is a Y Combinator alumni, with a background in product design, branding, and UX design. Follow @thebent on Twitter.
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