Archive - Hybrid Hacker

May 2025

Feature Flags 🚩

The unsung heroes of continuous delivery.

May 29 •

When Should You Hire? 🤔

How to figure out if your team needs more engineers — or not.

May 22 •

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Nicola Ballotta

How to Grow Your Personal Network 🍻

A no-nonsense guide for engineers and introverts.

May 15 •

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Nicola Ballotta

How to Run Skip Level 1:1s 🔀

Why you need them and how to have good ones

May 8 •

How to Relieve Stress 🧑‍🚒

Understanding the sources of stress, monitoring your state effectively, and tips and strategies to defuse burnout.

May 1 •

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Nicola Ballotta

April 2025

How to Create a Great Resume 📋

What to write, how to write it, a review of all the sections, useful tools, and my very own resume!

Apr 24 •

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Nicola Ballotta

How to Delegate Effectively 🤝

Practical advice to do it well.

Apr 17 •

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Nicola Ballotta

How to Test Software 🔍

A practical and opinionated take on one of engineering's most divisive topics.

Apr 10 •

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Nicola Ballotta

How to Stop the Feature Factory 🏭

Learning to balance your engineering investment.

Apr 3 •

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Nicola Ballotta

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