Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software

 https://cerebralab.com/Imaginary_Problems_Are_the_Root_of_Bad_Software

Amen! One of the previous engineers where I once worked had spent lots and lots of time solving problems that didn't actually exist. 

20 Things I’ve Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer

 https://www.simplethread.com/20-things-ive-learned-in-my-20-years-as-a-software-engineer/

Some unexpected lessons, but seems spot-on to me. 

Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to software companies

 https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2022/theory-building/

why software churn kills software companies: oral lore. Can documentation help? 

How to Build Software like an SRE

 https://www.willett.io/posts/precepts/

Good advice on software architecture from a reliability viewpoint. 

How Software Is Eating the Car

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/advanced-cars/software-eating-car 

Excellent piece from Spectrum about software in automobiles. 

Let's make music with a free, cross-platform tool for your computer.

 https://lmms.io/

Open source, cross platform music platform

Architecture Playbook

 https://nocomplexity.com/documents/arplaybook/index.html

resources for software architecture

Hand-picked, validated SaaS ideas delivered straight to your inbox

https://www.softwareideas.io/ 

wonder what their idea-generator is?

FizzBuzz 2.0: Pragmatic Programming Questions for Software Engineers

https://triplebyte.com/blog/fizzbuzz-2-0-pragmatic-programming-questions-for-software-engineers
are you a software engineer? 5 easy questions

Software Tools for Hobby-Scale Projects

https://rickcarlino.com/2019/11/02/software-tools-for-hobby-sized-projects-html.html
Because sometimes you don't need a full devops stack. 

Web Application Software Stack: 2019 Edition

https://dev.to/cybermischa/web-application-software-stack-2019-edition-3c30
One outsourcer's preferred web stack. 

Lessons from 6 software rewrite stories

https://medium.com/@herbcaudill/lessons-from-6-software-rewrite-stories-635e4c8f7c22?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJRNFlUZzRNakF5WVRNMSIsInQiOiJ3aXBwNEVrUjloNzNTOHJyZUJKTHFMOHlqUjNcLzdWV2dKYXZPMDRzcnpITEdjM0pLN0dcL2pHUFFXZ3ZiclkyRm16RTNxS3FiajJMUXZBcExiWXhnV3JtS1JybThSTU9YZ2tjWVwvckxNQ0Fvc1g2cndYbHVUNzZ3anZ5dElIZDZydCJ9
 If it's just for performance or some new features...NO. If it's a fundamental paradigm shift: YES

Patching Is Failing as a Security Paradigm

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/439wbw/patching-is-failing-as-a-security-paradigm
The problems with patching: like not doing it.

Top 5 Contemporary Software Engineering Books

https://medium.com/ki-labs-engineering/top-5-contemporary-software-engineering-books-8b5ca6a28e83
I've put a couple of these on my amazon wish list.

The Journal of Open Source Software

http://joss.theoj.org/
Curated list of open source software for scientific research.

How to Easily Edit Video: A Simple Guide

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-easily-edit-video-simple-guide/
Some hints on using hitfilm express to make videos. 

NASA software catalog

https://software.nasa.gov/
Treasure trove of open source software from NASA. 

Significant Software Development Developments of 2016

https://marxsoftware.blogspot.fr/2016/12/big-news-2016.html
Reasonable assessment of the state of software as of the end of 2016

Red Hat CEO on Microsoft, Google, and Cutting Edge Software

http://fortune.com/2016/11/18/red-hat-ceo-james-whitehurst-microsoft-google-software/
RedHat CEO on where the money is in OpenSource vs. Proprietary Software.

9 Incredibly Useful Sales Tools for Startups

https://medium.com/product-hunt/9-incredibly-useful-sales-tools-for-startups-3fad6fb01215#.ppkr4s7cv
9 useful software tools for making sales. I'm not a salesman, but these look ok.