Counter Curated: What We Read in July

As we bid goodbye to July and welcome August, it’s the perfect time to share the tech news and insights that have caught our attention over the past month. In fact, this is something we’ll do every month through Counter’s email newsletter, “Counter Curated.” We’ve designed this newsletter specifically for tech leaders keen to gain a broader view of the ever-evolving tech landscape. Each edition offers a handpicked selection of topical and insightful tech stories, curated by our team to keep you informed and inspired. We know we’re new around here, and signing up to an email list is never something to be taken lightly, so to give you a taster of the great content our team is consuming, dive into July’s Counter Curated and discover the key stories shaping the tech world.

Crowdstrike Lowdown

Whether it’s ThePrimeTime and John Hammond over on Twitch, Dave the ex-Windows developer or two Doctors from Nottingham Uni, we’ve been consuming Crowdstrike Explainers and Analyses about how the world stopped functioning all at once.

Transparent, But Human

Alex Brogan gave a succinct, snappy summary of “Radical Candor“, the book and framework from New York Times Bestselling Author and CEO coach, Kim Scott.

Take a look. 

Sensible Defaults

Thoughtworks recently published their Sensible Defaults Framework. It acts as good guidance on broad defaults for technical projects, plus a note on GenAI.

Learn more. 

Productivity + Joy

Disclaimer: In the form of a transcript so not concise. But, a discussion between Trisha Gee (Leader of the Developer Advocacy Team, Jetbrains) and Holly Cummins (Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat) about developer productivity and developer joy was very insightful.

Read more

Management Fails

Counter’s Technical Director, James Heggs steps up to the plate to share his “7 Deadly Sins of Tech Management”. Something to educate us whilst making us all feel that little bit better.

Feel better. 

CTO Perspectives

Onshore, nearshore or offshore? Do you even have to make a choice? Or could they all play nice together? Bringing together CTOs over a tasty lunch to discuss this very question produced fresh insight and perspectives backed by real-life business experience.

View insights.

Want Counter’s Curated news sent straight to your inbox? Pop your email in here. 

We use cookies