This week’s episode of SWS contains an article on good software engineers, a Book Overflow podcast episode and a tool for modern color pallets.

🗞️ Article of the week

This week’s article comes from Candost’s Blog and is titled “On Good Software Engineers”. Candost goes into detail on which qualities a software engineer should have.

He comes up with this definition:

A good engineer is one whom I, as a manager or peer, can trust to progress a project, knowing that they will deliver a solution by working with the team and producing good quality, again and again.

The article goes in depth into the characteristics necessary to fulfil the above definition. 

🎧 Podcast of the week

I enjoyed listening to this episode of Book Overflow: Apple Design Award Winner Devin Davies Shares His Learning Strategies.

In this podcast Devin Davies, the programmer behind the popular app Crouton. There were valuable insights into how a solopreneur got an Apple Design Award and how he developed the app in his spare time. It was very inspiring to listen to.

🔨 Tool of the week

This week’s pick is Happy Hues. It offers some handpicked color palettes you can use for blogs or websites. Overall the website looks stunning.

Thank you for reading that far. I hope you’ve liked the content and find it useful.