Dark Mode, Useless Blockchain, & More…
2 min readNov 5, 2019
by Tom Helvick
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Top Stories
- Dark mode is everywhere, but is it really better for you?
- As voice assistants become more popular, here’s how to keep your recordings private
- Google’s .new shortcuts make life online just a little bit easier
- Blockchain is a unique data storage technology, but is blockchain actually good for anything?
Dev Corner
- Microsoft SQL Server 2019 is out. Learn what’s new in this video
- JavaScript applications require increasingly complex state and state manipulations. Here’s a deep dive on advanced topics around shared state
- How can metrics empower agile teams, not discourage or slow them down?
Professional Advice
- Self-reflection is a key part of being a good leader. Leaders should keep a journal
- Be a technology tourist — A wide-ranging career is a great way to be a better technologist
- Here’s how to delegate tasks well when you’re leading a team
Tips from Intertech
- Modern machine learning holds a lot of promise, but for many companies, it can be difficult to imagine how they might leverage AI to their advantage
Have a Laugh
Originally published at https://www.intertech.com on November 5, 2019.
