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title: Fil Maj's Favourite Reads
description: Fil Maj's saved truths worth revisiting
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<h2><span class="material-icons">book</span>Favourite Reads</h2>
<p>
  Below are some articles that always seem to pop back up in my life and contain
  truths worth revisiting every now and again. They are loosely grouped.
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<h3><span class="material-icons">people</span>Organization</h3>
<ul>
  <li><a href="http://randsinrepose.com/archives/say-the-hard-thing/">Say the Hard Thing</a></li>
  <li>
    <a href="http://www.ame.org/sites/default/files/target_articles/88q1a3.pdf">The Functional Silo Syndrome</a>
    <ul><li>&hellip; and related follow-up: <a href="http://www.ame.org/sites/default/files/target_articles/88q2a1.pdf">Tearing Down the Functional Silos</a></li></ul>
  </li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/github/how-engineering-communicates">How GitHub Engineering Communicates</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-process-myth/">The Process Myth</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://martinfowler.com//bliki/PurposeOfEstimation.html">The Purpose of Estimation</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://hbr.org/2018/04/the-two-traits-of-the-best-problem-solving-teams">The Two Traits of the Best Problem-Solving Teams</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-interview-as-a-developer-candidate-b666734f12dd">How To Interview a Company</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://increment.com/teams/how-to-build-a-startup-engineering-team/">How To Build a Startup Engineering Team</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://www.swyx.io/first-principles-approach">How I Approach First Principles Thinking</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/jeff-bezos-uses-disagree-commit-rule-to-overcome-an-uncomfortable-truth-about-teamwork.html">Bezos' Disagree and Commit Teamwork Hack</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://www.leadingsapiens.com/greatness-as-mastering-the-mundane/">The Mundanity of Excellence - Greatness as Mastering the Mundane</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="material-icons">memory</span>Technology</h3>
<ul>
  <li><a href="http://hintjens.com/blog:31">Patents Considered Evil</a></li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.intercom.com/blog/run-less-software/">Run Less Software</a>
    <ul><li>&hellip; and a deeper dive into one of its pillars: <a href="http://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology">Choose Boring Technology</a></li></ul>
  </li>
  <li><a href="http://www.pement.org/sed/sed1line.txt">Useful one-liners for <code>sed</code></a></li>
</ul>