Dear Hacker Noon reader, It’s easy to say, “prioritize work life balance” — when you already have a good life. It’s easy to say, “prioritize a good night’s sleep” — when you’ve already made enough money today. It’s easy to say, “prioritize diet and exercise” — when you have someone else cooking you a nutritious meal and a new Tesla parked in the garage, waiting for you to drive to the gym. You know what’s not easy? Making something from nothing. Sometimes, you’re going to have to prioritize “it” over you — if you want to “it” to live long and prosper. That’s the startup life. Here’s the top reading on 3 must read , and 14 trending posts in It’s all a circle! tech stories Software Development . 📖 📖 📖 3 Must Read Tech Stories by Ex-Googler Dear Facebook, “Download My Archive” is Broken and That’s Not Okay Stephen Cognetta by author, engineer and serial entrepreneur Gamifying the Delivery of Money Daniel Jeffries by Former #TU Director of Products at Telefonica How Amazon is winning the battle for the Home Operating System Jorge Serna 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 💻 14 Trending Software Development Posts by Bookvar Software Engineer A crash course on Serverless with Node.js Adnan Rahić by Engineer Awkward Moments in JavaScript Asana Greg Sabo by Software Developer Common Excuses Why Developers Don’t Test Their Software James Jeffery by PHP Developer Dealing with Data Migrations on Multi Tenant — Laravel Marco Aurélio Deleu by Laravel/React Senior Developer Delete Your Code Ruairidh Wynne-McHardy by Software Engineer Eloquent Relationships Cheat Sheet Mahmoud Zalt by Programmer ES6 for beginners Srebalaji Thirumalai by Catawiki Developer How we make npm packages work in the browser Ives van Hoorne by Connoisseur of code, country music, and homemade ice cream Making audio searchable with Cloud Speech Sara Robinson by Continental-ITS Backend Software Engineer Solving Mastermind with Go Ludi Rehak by The Beauty of Go Kanishk Dudeja by Tech Lead on the UI team for Major League Soccer Up and Running with Universal Components kurtiskemple by Computer Science Professor Walk This (JavaScript) Way Baptiste Pesquet by Zendesk Senior Product Manager Why Isn’t Agile Working? John Cutler Until next time, don’t take the realities of the world for granted. Kind Regards, , David Smooke AMI